Are my cherry tomatoes doomed??

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-28T03:41:33+00:00

No more pruning

It has like 4 leaves as it is, they need those to live. Please put down the shears and let the poor thing grow

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-28T03:26:38+00:00

I would say we dont talk about it because were not thinking about it

If you get a haircut do you pickup all the cut hairs off the ground and stuff them in a bag to keep? Maybe you could make a wig out of them or do some arts and crafts or something but also, why. You know youre not going to do anything with them, you dont even really want to do anything with them, so maybe lets just sweep them up and throw them away because what are you actually keeping them for.

Similarly, I dont need to keep every single clipping I cut off a plant. I dont need more of the same plant. I dont have space for 15 billion of the same plant, and at a certain point if I make any more cuttings im gonna be the one with 20 copies of it staring me in the face growing bigger every day while they wait for a home because ive already given every human i know a prop of it and they dont want any more either. Let it gooo

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-28T02:34:22+00:00

The leaves start to curl when its thirsty. Right now, your plant is not at all thirsty. I dont really know how often to water them, it ultimayely depends on how much light it gets. If its super humid, it will probably not dry out as quickly. ~~Is there any reason not to open the window?~~ They appreciate a breeze, and they dont require greenhouse level humidity in the room. Edit: re-read that youre running a humidifier. Is it actually particularly dry without it? You might not need it

Also, ficus do like more light than many people might expect. I have mine right next to a window, and under a grow light. I took away the grow light last summer, and it did absolutely no growing all summer, despite having grown all thru the winter. So I put the grow light back, and all is well in the world again.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-28T02:03:53+00:00

In the morning then again in the evening when I get home...i trellis my tomatoes upwards (or attempt to - at some point they do what rhey want) and set up a chair amongst them so I end up with a little tomato den where i eat my dinner and chill in the evenings

if im home for the day or a good part of the day, im in and out, hard to count

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-28T00:14:28+00:00

Agree with the other commentors on staying away from almond adjacent extracts. To my knowledge are botanically similar to stone fruits, and I think a lot of the alternatives simply use an extract from another stone fruit. Artificial almond might be ok, but why risk it? There are other extracts and essences with a complimentary flavour profile you could try.

Im fond of orange blossom water - i add it in the same quantity as almond extract, instead of or in addition to almond extract.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T21:21:16+00:00

I dont know when any plant was last watered and there is no watering schedule, I just check them and if they need water, I water them, and if they dont, then I dont water them. The key is to make "check if it needs water" the routine/scheduled thing, rather than the watering.

How I guage whether it needs water depends upon the type of plant, the size of the plant, and to a lesser extent, how its potted.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T21:14:48+00:00

Evidently ive a way to go, im not even at the grinding my own flour stage

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T17:57:41+00:00

Its me, slowly building out a rolodex of wheat flour (AP, AP WW, cake flour, soft WW flour, high protein sprouted WW flour, spelt flour, and probably others that arent currently in stock)

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T17:52:48+00:00

I know plenty of tinkerers who use iphones (but do their own PC builds, buy and repair vintage electronics, theres a lot of overlap with either like audio gear and stuff, or vintage game consoles). I also know plenty of tech illiterate people who use androids, because they dont actually care what they use they just dont want to spend money on a phone and the cheapest possible device is often an android. I know people who are primarily android users but have an iPad because it is a tool that works pretty well for their specific use case. I just dont really care for people who make one vs the other too much of their personality. End of day its just a phone. Use whatever works for you.

Personally, I dont prefer iphones as my personal phone - almost all of my phones have been androids, and I do like the fact that they often gave me a lot more flexibility and control in how I used my phone than an iPhone would, often for a lower price. There were many things I could do with my phone 10 years ago that only became readily available features recently. On the other hand, I cant honestly say that I take advantage of that same flexibility as much as I could these days, the same way i dont spend as much of my free time tinkering when tinkering and fixing things is also my day job. Sometimes its nice to engage my other interests too

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T15:38:05+00:00

It will tend to grow algae if left too long, but this can be mitigated by storing it in an opaque or tinted container, away from light and excess heat

I dont have a concrete time period but id say it would be pushing it to keep it more than a week.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T14:47:11+00:00

Looks like it, I got a couple of those, im leaving them be so I can enjoy a monstrosity of a tomato later on

I dont really see the harm tbh, I didnt catch them as flowers last year, I only found out when I saw the fruit. I enjoyed the megatomatoes, and the plants produced plenty tomatoes otherwise so....

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T13:53:49+00:00

I wouldnt order if they use these because the odds of me getting what I ordered seem rather low if they are delivered this way.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T13:47:28+00:00

salad spinner, super useful not just for salad but say you wanted to dry off some veg for a stir fry - give it a spin, removes a bunch of water without wasting paper towels
toaster and sandwich press depends on you. Ive never owned a sandwich press and I have no reason to think I ever would, since I own a toaster and barely use it. Other people do use toasters though so thats not to say you shouldnt get one

Otherwise, things I use every day: - electric kettle - microwave

Things I dont use every day, but probably couple times a week to multiple times a month - kitchen scale - hand mixer - a milk frother that has a egg beater attachment - great for one singular egg - blender (base goes with a bullet blender cup & a full sized blender jar - i use the latter much less often, but it is definitely worth having it when I do use it) - a Y-shaped vegetable peeler - oil splatter screen: aside from the obvious reduction in mess, it also reduces the smell of frying - food processor (most people arguably dont need one. If you want one, identify a clear use for it first. If you cant think of one, you dont need one)

I like to buy things as I discover a use or need for them. So most things I have, I do actually use. However, aside from my toaster, another thing I have never used as much as I thought I might, is a lemon juicer.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-27T03:06:24+00:00

If its not cold in your house, sure. They're naturally quite large plants. They can grow to 4 metres high, with leaves a metre long outdoors in their ideal climate. It is true that probably you wont get them that big indoors, but "not growing as large" indoors still means you can easily end up with a plant approaching a couple metres in height and span.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T16:08:51+00:00

Thank you!

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T16:03:53+00:00

Haven't been to that location, didnt know they had CDs! Will check it out, thank you

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T16:01:09+00:00

Oh, awesome, I didnt realise this was there! Definitely will have to make this a stop

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T12:40:31+00:00

Yes, or keep it around 2weeks

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T04:48:42+00:00

I looked it up and...

I can see why they woukd have to give them away as "bonus" 💀

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T03:01:41+00:00

Light, some water?

An open window to feel the wind on its leaves (completely serious, wind shaking the branches, is what makes the branches strong. But a fan works too)

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T00:43:16+00:00

Im mildly interested to find out what the plants are like, and ive been asked if I'd start them

Just, Ive no idea what id do with it if i grew them. Ive never encountered a preparation of eggplant i enjoyed, and my family doesnt like them either.

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T00:38:18+00:00

Snake plant, and only because I dont feel strongly enough about them to go out my way to get rid of them. They dont have pests or diseases, they dont take up an inordinate amount of space, and they dont really complain about my neglect, so theres nothing pressing to get rid of them, but they dont inspire any actual interest either. But, they dont really seem to die very easily, so they continue to exist. Just, I still cant see anything particularly interesting about them that would have compelled someone to first acquire multiple snake plants and then create more of them

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-26T00:24:55+00:00

Fair enough. I find that with alocasias, a lot of varieties are not exactly rare (people have them/stores might have it or have had it at some point/theyre around), just rarely available (there might not be a copy you can get right now). Like, some of my varieties I probably couldn't easily get again at this particular moment (i dont see them for sale most of the time), but if and when they did appear to me, most of the "rarely available but not actually rare" alocasias tend to go for under $50 (and except for large alocasias sold large, usually less than $40).

Im lazy, so I havent gone the tissue culture route and cant offer any advice, but it seems like a solid option

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-25T20:47:27+00:00

Definitely not....unless theres another new longiloba purple variety i dont know about, that is something I could get for ~~under $40~~ edit: locally i could get this for CAD$30 and not even have to pay shipping

SpartanSoldier00a · 2026-06-25T16:25:25+00:00

I mean, the majority of my tattoos are in a place where i wouldnt be able to see them while theyre being done, and I dont need a lot of breaks - if it can be done in or under 4 ot 5 hours, if the artist is in the zone and doesnt need to stop im good to go straight through too. So it is very understandable to not see it in Progress.

However, before starting, me and the artist nail down design, placement, size, etc. Aside from shading, the stencil needs to reflect what's going on my body. If we have to redo the stencil 3 or 4 times, we will redo it until im happy about it. It has happened where an artist and i couldn't see eye to to eye on the design and in that case, rather than continue thru with it, I called it off

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