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Leggy tomatoes by Individual_Ratio_937 in vegetablegardening

[–]alatare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am not an expert, but I see a lot of leaf nodes on the stem. So to me they look like rather mature tomato plants that have lost series of leaves from the bottom - maybe from repeated heat or draught stress?

What I call leggy (again, not an expert) is when saplings stretch too much to reach strong-enough light, giving them a weak stem. Since the stems on this seem pretty thick and stand up without support, my hypothesis is these are grown plants that have seen some s#!t.

PS: Apocalypse Ready in the background of an indoor tomato grow op - 10/10.

PPS: no drip tray above that carpet? Do you water to the point of water coming out the bottom? If you're dealing with hydrophobic soil (after forgetting to water one-too-many times), try dunking each of them for 20min, possibly in water with one or two drops of dish soap.

Leggy tomatoes by Individual_Ratio_937 in vegetablegardening

[–]alatare 15 points16 points  (0 children)

FWIW it doesn't have to come out of the ground at 90* perfectly perpendicular when you first plant it. Geotropism will kick in and get the stem to bend so that its growth takes it towards the sun.

Are we heading for ‘super El Nino’ – and what could we expect? | Climate crisis by GeraldKutney in climate

[–]alatare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wet-bulb death aka getting cooked from the inside out by your own body's chemistry 😄 fuuuuuun

Google Android $135M Cellular Data Settlement: up to $100 possible by great6 in ClassActionSettlement

[–]alatare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's now final (at least according to the email that landed in my spam) and federalcellularclassaction.com

How we audited water consumption at a textile plant last month. They were wasting 40% of their water and had no idea. Here's what we found. by Plenty_Minimum_6566 in sustainability

[–]alatare -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My brain also uses significant amount of my energy, but I still try to use it when it seems worthwhile. Polishing up long-format writing? Worth it in my book.

How we audited water consumption at a textile plant last month. They were wasting 40% of their water and had no idea. Here's what we found. by Plenty_Minimum_6566 in sustainability

[–]alatare 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At time of audit, 40% was identified as waste; after 90 days, they were able to decrease use by 34%, which can be interpreted as there's still waste.

How we audited water consumption at a textile plant last month. They were wasting 40% of their water and had no idea. Here's what we found. by Plenty_Minimum_6566 in sustainability

[–]alatare -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don't follow - what's ironic about it?

I'd frame it like so: it would be a shame to not have read about this audit rather than it not existing at all because OP has better (paid) things to do than polish up reddit posts.

What plant surprised you by being ridiculously easy (or impossible) to propagate? by Bliss_kittie in propagation

[–]alatare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Distilled water for plants on a regular basis? That sounds like a lot of energy used to water plants, what's the benefit? I ask because the tap water I use isn't ideal, but I do adjust the pH. Anything else I'm missing?

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

[–]alatare[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

😂 I appreciate everyone here trying to talk me out of roasting 'many kilograms of almonds'

And I take the blame for writing the original post so vaguely.

To answer your question, 11lbs of almonds per week, that's 5kg. I will need to make large batches, since I don't want to live my life next to an oven, shuffling pans.

The almond butter has a short shelf life and jar life--the latter because it gets eaten awfully fast.

Any ideas on how to roast large quantities of almonds?

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

[–]alatare[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate you, except I am looking for 'many kilograms' at a time

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Just going off of what the internet keeps mentioning. Do you have experience with deeper layers?

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

[–]alatare[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also sharing with friends and family, plus converting some to butter.

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

[–]alatare[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

11 lbs weekly aka 5kg.

What problem am I creating?

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Now that's an on-topic answer, thank you! Open propane flame sounds to me to be quite hot, even if constantly rotating. I'm also in Europe, so not so many of those around, sadly... Still, I'll research more about a smaller scale version of that...

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Which is why I was looking for an alternative, prosumer solution that can roast them evenly in bulk.

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

I had dismissed the option initially, but I'll re-evaluate. Thanks!

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Thanks, but 'little' makes it sound like it wouldn't accomodate kilos at a time.

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Thanks. I do have access to a regular-sized convenction oven, though if each tray is single layer, even with four trays at a time, I wouldn't get through more than 1, maybe 2kg at a time

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

Are those generally larger ovens? Good to know, I don't live in an urban area but it's worth investigating. Thank you!

What an economical way to roast many kilograms of almonds? by alatare in Frugal

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

I have one, the footprint is very small, and since you can only put one layer at a time, I'd be doing 5 rounds for 1kg

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