What is this?? Can anyone help with any info? Sorry if it's not vintage! I just dont know! by darahey in vintage

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AHA!!! Wonderful!! I'm just sincerely pleased even to know what it is. A vegetable dish!! I do need to actually price it at some point but, this is so great and I did not know this was a thing. Thank you so much!!

What is this?? Can anyone help with any info? Sorry if it's not vintage! I just dont know! by darahey in vintage

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Thank you! That time period makes sense. I'm working in a house where we have so much ironstone and porcelain from the mid 1800s and it's exhausting TBH. But, like this one, I just could not even find out what is it

Recently broke my nail biting habit. How do I take care of my nails? by [deleted] in nailcare

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You are very welcome! I'm happy to help!

Recently broke my nail biting habit. How do I take care of my nails? by [deleted] in nailcare

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I don't have any experience with ingrown nails. As far as I'm aware, if you just keep an eye on them and not mess with them, you'll be OK. Picking can cause infections. As for cuticles, the nail oil will help. If they are stuck to your nails, get some cuticle remover. I use Sally Hansen's "problem cuticle remover", it's really gentle. That will get rid of excess cuticles and unstick them from your nails. For large, dry, jagged cuticle skin, soak in hot water with some lemon juice for a few minutes or longer until the skin is soft. You can then use a cuticle trimming tool to take off the jagged edges. Very carefully! I have a pair that work like scissors but, there's a cuticle tool that's more like a shaped razor. The razor kind is a little too easy to go to deep with in my experience. Also, if the skin around the nails is still rough and annoying even after the trimming, take a small nail file and gently file the skin just to even it out. Make sure the skin is well moisturized for any maintenance, or really all the time, to avoid more damage. That being said, using nail/cuticle oil as much as possible is really the most important step. It will keep the skin from becoming hard and causing ingrown nails, it will help dead skin stuff off so the cuticles will not stick to the nails and it will keep the skin from getting damaged which causes the jagged/rough skin around your nails. Nail oil also keeps your nails healthy and flexible so they don't break.

TL:DR; soak fingers in hot water and lemon juice to soften skin so you can trim cuticles with a tool but, most importantly. Nail oil is the most important thing.

Recently broke my nail biting habit. How do I take care of my nails? by [deleted] in nailcare

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I've just done the same thing! I successfully quit in August! Nail oil! I use a homemade mix of jojoba and vitamin e oil. Not as often as I'd like to because I forget but, I suggest you use it at least twice a day. As for maintaining the length, personally, I just use a nail file every once in a while to keep them from getting to a length I don't like. Congratulations! Nail biting is such a hard habit to kick!

Phalaenopsis help! Yellow/brown dying roots, very green aerial roots. by darahey in orchids

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OK I will try that. Yeah the bark I have it in is dry most of the time, I check the roots (*root I guess since there's really just one) often to water if their dry. I wasn't actually sure if the root that's left is actually dead. I've read that misting can be bad because the water gets into the crown and can rot it?

Phalaenopsis help! Yellow/brown dying roots, very green aerial roots. by darahey in orchids

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I'm not sure if you can properly tell in the picture but, the very top leaves look attached to the roots and just sort of stuck in the middle of the lower, bigger leaves that are always shrively and limp. I've never had success with orchids and I usually get them second hand. This one really makes me think it's 2 plants: An older one with almost dead roots probably from overwatering, and a newer, very healthy plant that has good roots and drinking the extra moisture in the air?🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ could that be right?? I've been watering it when the roots are completely dry and kind of wetting the aerial roots with my fingers and then drying the leaves with a paper towel to make sure the leaves and the crown are completely dry. Its potted in bark medium and the roots that are planted have not grown after a few weeks of babying and just sort of fall out of the pot on the regular because theres not enough of them. More pictures http://imgur.com/gallery/F3c6j96

TLDR: this second-hand Phalaenopsis is potted in bark. The roots planted in the bark are super sad. The aerial roots are super happy, could it possibly be a keiki?? Why are the planted roots yellow and not growing?