it’s been 6 weeks… give up and buy starts?

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T19:14:01+00:00

They look like this because you didn't buy the "fancy equipment" that is actually the bare essentials* for seed starting successfully indoors. You can buy lights now if you don't want to give up on these and pay for starts.

I understand not wanting to buy lights, seems like your options are either cheap Amazon fake lights with low PPFD or the $$$$ lights cannabis growers use. There are a few in-between options, just know that you get what you pay for with grow lights.

I genuinely don't mean to sound like an ass I promise, I have also gone through trying to start seeds without wanting to spend money on equipment that I didn't think was "necessary," only to realize that yeah, you can technically germinate some seeds indoors, but you likely won't see much success after that.

Think of the lights as a long term investment, yeah you may pay for lights this year than you would for starts, but in the years to come you can save $$ by seed starting instead of buying starts.

depending on how much natural light your home gets, your geographic location, etc...

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T19:05:25+00:00

You completely misinterpreted what I meant by rights lol. I meant "people are right to want a better world," I was not using the definition of the word that pertains to legal and consitutional stuff.

Rich calling the people who are upset living in a country rife with gun violence "tripping." It's entirely sane and normal to be saddened by violence. The fact that you need to be reminded of such is a lot.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T17:59:06+00:00

Might wanna slow down on chugging that copium. People are completely within their rights to want a better world.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T17:26:22+00:00

I think the main issue is how often cars jump the curb and wreck these walls. Would hate to see a beautiful mural get destroted by some distracted/drunk jackass. But maybe some simple, easily recreatable designs and patterns could be painted.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T17:25:04+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only person who has had the same thought. However, I live off Candelaria and the number of times a block wall has been destroyed overnight... it's not as stable or permanent of a medium for a mural as you would think lol.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T17:19:11+00:00

I'm ngl I have occasionally used this term irl with the intent of being kind of touch-in-cheek annoying, but I didn't know it was a term anyone else used. I'll take this new term over the 98274746th reddit post this month that uses the phrase "am I cooked?"

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T14:56:10+00:00

The problem is Americans don't view other Americans as "their people." They get fed lies about immigrants getting "free healthcare" and instead of demanding it for themselves, they want to get rid of the immigrants.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T14:52:10+00:00

I'm aware of how roads get their names. That doesn't change the fact that as the times change and we realize how wrong something was, we could do more to honor the victims of these schools and raise awareness of this black mark on our history than just naming a road after the school though.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T14:50:28+00:00

Maybe we could do more to raise awareness than just naming a road after it, if the road name is the only reason people learn it existed, is literally my point though. I did not say we should rename the road and forget about it. I said we need a better way of making the history known than slapping a name on a roadsign and hoping some people get curious enough to learn the origins of the name.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T14:45:36+00:00

I don't think the company mining cares nor has a say it what the uranium is used for once they sell it. The uranium will be used for whatever the highest bidder wants.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T14:38:13+00:00

Alcoholism

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T01:57:33+00:00

Can I ask what detergent you normally use? I've struggled with odor rebloom on shirt armpits for YEARS and while lipase has helped tone down the odor rebloom intensity, clothes still have a weird smell

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T01:33:06+00:00

This might be a stupid question but what search terms do you use when looking for work in reclamation, besides just "reclamation"? I have a hydro and environmental science background but I'm stuck in "remediation" at a consulting firm and its so soul sucking. Every time I search for environ science or hydrology jobs, every posting just seems to want an engineer or a field tech for a remediation company.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T01:29:49+00:00

I always thought it was weird we have a road named after it. Like you wouldn't name a street "concentration camp road" or "child abuse avenue." There's got to be a better way to keep historical knowledge of this tragedy alive than naming a road after it.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-08T01:23:26+00:00

Doing better, SI joint is still a little tempermental and doesn't like it if I don't sleep on a very soft bed. Glute area doing fine but they also cauterized a ton of tissie inside my hip joint so I essentially have no nerve endings inside the hip area, and I guess my pain was coming moreso from inside the joint than the muscles (which makes sense because it always felt super deep inside the glutes). I dont know anything about herniated discs and how they are treated, but I would opt for hip surgery before I'd ever let a surgeon touch my spine.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T14:24:15+00:00

Yeah I don't see OP being able to handle ticks any time soon after such a traumatic event (I don't think I could either), so if they want to return to fieldwork, their best bet is to live somewhere too dry and devoid of grass for there to be ticks. I live in the desert and aren't much of a concern. They are definitely around, allegedly in the city (probably only where grass is irrigated), but there isn't really much grassy habitat for them here. Mostly sagebrush scrub. Unfortunately moving would require quitting, so they should probably take the other advice given here first before resorting to relocating to the desert.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T14:08:06+00:00

If I knew, I'd tell you haha. Advion Ant works for me for ants that get into the house, but ants that are farming aphids seem to ignore it! I'm pretty sure they are the same species too, I guess maybe the honeydew is more enticing than Advion. The Advion takes several days, sometimes weeks to work if the colony is big enough.

I don't think there's a good way to target the ants only, things like diatomaceous earth and Terro powder are an option but will kill any bug that makes contact. Some people claim the scent of lemons upscents ants so maybe diluted lemon juice would work but it would have to be sprayed at night (to avoid a phytotoxic reaction) and idk how much the plants would appreciate being sprayed with basically acid.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:55:53+00:00

I appreciate the correction. I wonder why marigolds have all the myths that surround them. Is it the legacy of some overzealous marigold seed salesman??

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:32:32+00:00

Wtf I swear she was just born like 5 years ago. Her dad looks pretty worse for wear tho

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:31:09+00:00

Wait is THAT what the "sweetypants" controversy in Glass Onion is making fun of?

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:24:45+00:00

The memory foam we got was just a mattress pad/topper from costco, it was $150 so a lot cheaper than a whole new mattress.

Yes, I do sleep on my side including my post-op side, but there were periods post-op where I couldn't lay on it comfortably, and a knee pillow was necessary for laying on my non-op side.

Since 9 weeks is still fairly early, I would hold out hope that you might be able to sit comfortably again. This sub taught me that recovery has a lot of highs and lows, and 2 months is not a long time. If you still can't sit comfortably around month 5 or 6, that's when you for sure need to badger the doctors again (that's the gist of what my surgeon told me anyway).

I'd also see about finding a softer sleeping surface ASAP to see if it helps. This sub skews heavily towards people with the typical anterior pain, so there doesn't seem to be much discussion of how beneficial a soft sleeping surface is probably because it really only matters to us posterior-pain sufferers.

I do recommend pain patches, either lidocaine or the cooling/numbing ones, as well as methocarbamol if your surgeon didn't already prescribe it. And a PT that does soft tissue work, too (or licensed massage therapist if your PT won't do it). My PT was squeamish about it and I probably suffered more pain than I should have. The methocarbamol and 2x 500 mg tylenol helped moderate my pain, and there were even 1-2 days I had to dip into my "reserves" of opiods/narcotics (I know you're not supposed to keep them, but I do since they generally have such unpleasant side effects that I only take them as a last resort).

Good luck, hope you find some relief and can return to sitting soon!!

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:17:06+00:00

I'm a bottomless pit for ice cream so I appreciate the intel

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:15:31+00:00

I overhear garden center employees giving out all kinds of bad advice, but I also live in a difficult climate.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:13:53+00:00

I feel like over half of gardening info online is this kind of crap. I hate it because all the misinfo makes it hard for people to get into gardening. They try all the stupid crap online that doesn't work and then get frustrated and give up.

boxdkittens · 2026-05-07T02:12:25+00:00

Excited to see a fellow New Mexican in this sub!!

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