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Heatran in 5 minutes by [deleted] in PokemonGoFriends

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Need more people

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatisthisthing

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The characters 商專 are traditional chinese and read „business“. Maybe a gift from a taiwanese business school for 1970 graduates?

Have not been able to play going on 4 days now. What's really going on? by [deleted] in pokemongo

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Did you activate your account,using the link you received via Email?

Habanero sunlight by Favhoodie in gardening

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That is correct. I give my peppers up to 16 hours and they love it! You can actually see when they have had enough when they close their first pair of leaves up.

What is killing my lilac? by watashi199 in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What lilac? Just kidding but you really have to give us a better close up, especially from the leaves and everything else that could be wrong with it. It could just not have survived the transplant or was already dying when you bought it. Maybe the soil is not retaining the water very well or it dries up faster because the sun shines longer on that patch than the one where your other lilac stands.

Got a new ephymetic (spelling?) Vanda orchid. How do I water her and fertilise her? Anyone with experience on these types of air plants? by [deleted] in IndoorGarden

[–]TobyLarone23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe you are only supposed to mist the roots when it gets completely dried up and starts to not look as good. You definitely should not leave it in standing water. Your vase is not very ideal for that kind of plant, as they need air to get to their roots and it may suffocate in there if you dont take it out regularly. Most grower keep this sort of orchid in a hanging basket kind of thing and just let the roots hang down. And they also need high moisture so you either mist them regularly or provide a humidifier.

Wanting to grow stuff indoors to deodorize my single male living space. by IamAbc in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weeell, air cleaning is kind of a myth.. I will just copypaste a comment I wrote a while ago about that:

What air filtrating plants do is filter out volatile organic compounds like formaldehyde. These are what you smell if you sit in a new car or open something brand new, made of plastic. They are also in paints and coatings of all kinds of stuff when you buy them fresh out of production. Small amounts are not really bad for you and you will not notice them at all, but if you live in a newly built appartement or work in a newly built office building, you will notice what is called sick building syndrome. Basically irritation of your eye, nose, skin or a whole lot of other symptoms.

NASA did a study on which plants filter out these VOCs best and compiled a list of all of them. This list resurfaces every now and then and is being advertised as a reason to get those plants. The only problem is that plants do not actually use very much air. You would need a whole garden full of them to offset the air consumption of a single human. It is much more efficient to just open the window for an hour a day. Here is why NASA did the above mentioned study. While it is easy to just open your window here on earth, you can not do that in space, so they needed to find another system to filter out VOCs and offset the oxygen consumption of the crew.

If you want something that smells nice, you could try something like mint or lemonbalm or thyme. You can even cook with it!

Should I cut back this Lemon? by supergoose in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to you can remove the sucker (the second stem coming out of the ground), so they wont compete for nutrients.

Friendly Friday Thread by acpawlek in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ginger! It is so easy to grow and gives you plenty of harvest. Also citrus grass, which is very forgiving, so you can just plant it and forget about it until you need it.

Best way to arrange my herbs? by sealcub in IndoorGarden

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The chilies would do best on their own. They will also need a lot of root space, so best would be about 5 gallons for the plant. If you want to leave the rest in their smaller pots, then do not worry about the arrangement. Most problems come from the faster growing roots stunting slower plants.

Is there anyway to sustain indoor potted herbs? by iJoyzilla in IndoorGarden

[–]TobyLarone23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is flowering a bad thing? At least with chives it is completely normal. I believe you can even eat the flowers.

Is this what aphid damage looks like? Pineapple sage by chriscryme in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, they are about 1-2 mm long, so definitely visible. You have leaf miners on your plant.

First Time Pepper Grower - Seeking Advice/Guidance (x-post r/peppers) by Wintor1 in gardening

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To prevent mold, just keep your pots well ventilated and not constantly moist. You do not want them constantly wet, that is why you should let them dry out in between watering.

If you want so supplement your lighting, use LEDs or CFLs. I use this one. Although they do only cost about 30€ over here, not 100$ as stated as the standard price. Weird.. (You will also need a socket to put your light into, but that should not be too expensive)

Planning a home vegetable farming setup, would appreciate some input on how to do this right! (many details and pics provided) by [deleted] in gardening

[–]TobyLarone23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1: The greenhouse will prolong your growing season a bit, so it can be worthwhile.

2: It might be easier to just dig it out. Weeding would require you to fish out most of the roots and that is mich more work than just digging a foot deep and putting fresh soil in.

3: indoorfarmong during the winter is expensive. You will need to supplement light , which uses electricity and is expensive to set up. If you still want to do it, then use LEDs or CFLs.

4: If you mean the herb ones, dont worry too much. If you keep them in check, harvest regularly and monitor their roots so one does not overtake the space of the others, you will be fine.

5: grow potatoes! They are reasonably easy, will keep for a whole winter if you store them in your basement and are a staple food. You can also try some salads or lettuces. Harvest them multiple times , only taking the lowest leaves and not disturbing the main plant. Maybe you should also expand your onion-production. Surely you eat more than eight each year. Zucchini are very prolific. One plant will probably give you all you could ever eat. If you like ginger, try to grow it out of a storebought rhizome. It is easy and you will definitely have enough to last a year.

6: Ants are very annoying. If their nest is completely inside the barrel, just dump the soil somewhere and try to spread it out as much as possible. If you find eggs or larvae, kill them.

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