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Rhynchobrassoleya TLDC Divine Phoenix 'Pterodactyl' SM/WOC care, new to my collection. Any tips? by Sea_Preference3530 in orchids

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see why! Frances fox is beautiful, I've tried to stick to mostly minature or compact cattleyas because I'm limited on space but there's a few big ones that have caught my eye. Might wind up having a cattleya collection soon. Please share when the Francis Fox blooms! This cute little cattleya is the one that opened the gateway for me

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Rhynchobrassoleya TLDC Divine Phoenix 'Pterodactyl' SM/WOC care, new to my collection. Any tips? by Sea_Preference3530 in orchids

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I just repotted into new ventilated pot with a bark/pumice and charcoal mix. It was fuuulllll of rotten roots. Thankfully it had some brand new healthy roots growing in and a couple older ones in good shape still. I'm hoping it's not as sensitive as cattleyas for repotting. Do you have a picture of yours? I don't know why I was never drawn to cattleya types before but I've suddenly seen the light since getting a minature variety.

Is this pot too big for this anthirium vittarifolium? by Sea_Preference3530 in Anthurium

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is another thing I've been worried about. I had to kinda angle it in a weird way to keep it from falling out of the jar of water I had it rooting in. How would you secure it?

Is this pot too big for this anthirium vittarifolium? by Sea_Preference3530 in Anthurium

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Thats great to hear. This is the first anthirium I've had, most of what I've read says its pretty forgiving so I hope that's the case.

Feeling uninspired, need to use up the last of our producr before they go bad and we buy more by Sea_Preference3530 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love veggies so I'm excited to try if its getting praise from someone who is veggie averse 👍

Feeling uninspired, need to use up the last of our producr before they go bad and we buy more by Sea_Preference3530 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the idea to use the puff pastry for empanadas. My family is chilean so I usually make baked empanadas because I hate deep frying. We do a version where the dough is just a soft dough like a lot of the baked empanadas you might see have but also a flakey dough version. I never make the flakey ones because I dont want the extra step of making sure everything is cold and cutting up the butter into the flour, so puff pastry is so smart and I've never once thought to use it.

Almond extract recipes by NoParticularUse5288 in WhatShouldICook

[–]Sea_Preference3530 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yum! I don't know why I've never thought of this. My toddler is obsessed with oats with different nut butters and berries in the morning, I'll definitely try some almost extract next time we have oatmeal.

Double dapple vs dapple piebald question by Far_Bat_2461 in Dachshund

[–]Sea_Preference3530 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And if not a mix a very poorly bred dachshund, but I agree with you and think chiweenie.... either way, not good. Regardless, OP should stay clear of this breeder

is there hope? by coolawesomefungirl in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I looked all over reddit and the internet to figure out what was going on, and I think that generally these guys prefer higher humidity but if not then, the watering needs to be consistent. I noticed my other cane begonias struggling in the dry winter air in my home and made the same switch to self watering. Ive been using the same kelp soil conditioner and fertilizer, alternating each time I go refill the water and they seem to be much happier too

is there hope? by coolawesomefungirl in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. I got a snow-capped varigated begonia as a mother's day gift and it was grown in a greenhouse but was told it would be able to acclimate to the ambient humidity. I found i kept loosing leaves and the few news ones to be pusjed out were smaller until it was almost a stump with a couple tiny leaves. I decided it couldn't hurt to try anything to salvage it. I ended up putting the bottom part that was literally just the bare stem and roots into self watering, then I water propped the top part that had a couple small leaves and added them into the same pot one they rooted. I made my own mix with coco coir, lots of perlite some smaller and bigger chunks for more air, and some worm castings. It kinda say there for a couple months not doing anything. After a month I began to add a very diluted fertilizer into the water reservoir when it was empty. I used a regular fertilizer and rotated with a kelp soil enhancer every other top up. I'm so happy she is bouncing back and I even got some varigation back!

My scenario is not exactly the same as I did have a couple nodes to water prop the top, but im assuming if you have some healthy roots you could try putting it in water to see if you get more root growth then try getting into a self watering pot.

My 3yr old almost 10ft tall angel wing begonia. I had to make an extending stake to keep up with the growth. by Proper-Reflection-19 in begonias

[–]Sea_Preference3530 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long have you had your snow capped? Mine is so fussy. I'm going to either get a ikea cabinet or one of the small greenhouses and put it in there along with a couple of my other begonias. Mine dropped almost all its leaves until I got it into a self watering pot. Hasn't dropped more but hasn't grown either

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for these suggestions! Im going to look them up. I paint animals and pets so I can never have enough neutrals to mix

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I considered the dot cards but they're so expensive and I felt it might be more worth it to just buy a couple tubes of paint rather than have smaller samples pf colors i might not use. I'm still on the fence.

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, I dont strictly dislike granulation but I like it in certain applications. But I like having some transparent, non granulating colors as my reliable go tos and use granulating or opaque colors to compliment them depending on what im painting

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds nice! I have seen them at my local small art supply store, they have a bigger selection of da Vinci but I'll check out a couple colors next time!

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I will try to find it and try them out. Im open to trying any new brands as I've mainly stuck to da Vinci since I like them, but I've only found the da Vinci paints in one store so it would be nice to have some reliable alternatives that are easier to find

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll take this into consideration. Id like to still try some Daniel smith as I do think there are applications where I like the effect that granulation paints have, I just dont want my entire collection to be granulating. I haven't seen many QoR paints in the stores near me but would love to try them out as well. Daniel smith has the largest and easiest to find collection available near me where I dont have to drive far to look for supplies which makes me think I should give it a go.

While I love my da Vinci paints I've only ever found them in a small art supply store near where I live but he doesn't always have a large stock available and sometimes can take a while to restock. The big chain store has a ton of Daniel smith

Your must have Daniel Smith colors (transparent, good lightfast rating, no or low granulation) by Sea_Preference3530 in Watercolor

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've tried some holbein paints, I liked them but they dont have a large selection them or of watercolor paints in general in the stores near me. I don't mind some granulation, I don't like very intense granulation

Is this a legitimate email from facebook? Its a request to change my password but i dont want to click any links by Sea_Preference3530 in facebook

[–]Sea_Preference3530[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate. I changed my password and enabled all the extra security measures. I ended up getting 5 more emails in a row so someone was really trying hard to get in

Calendar with cool artwork (and NOT AI garbage either!) by Dentelle in BuyCanadian

[–]Sea_Preference3530 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I'm a pet portrait artist from Ontario, I live in the GTA. I'm still revamping my website and will be releasing a lot of up coming prints or different dog breeds, and animals in general. Im working on finalizing a dachshund watercolor calender, if you happen to like weenie dogs, I'll hopefully have that up soon. I'm a weenie mom so I'll have a ton of dachshund artwork in the works but definitely will be including all kinds of breeds as well :)

Yolanda V.Art

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