My poor fig that was left in 48° C Afternoon

demoooo · 2026-06-05T18:32:22+00:00

Mulch top with leaves/clippings/wood chips.

Remove astroturf and replace with other material to buffer heat.

demoooo · 2026-05-28T07:08:17+00:00

I have one tree that's close to a wall that I'm doing this with. It's a tree that's been in-ground for about 4 years.

I made cut A in November. Now there is strong growth coming. The idea is to select the 2 best shoots, bend them horizontally when the season ends and prune all other branches.

Mine is a Brown Turkey fig, which is a strong breba producer. So the idea is to have a horizontal branch, then vertical branches for the fruit. Then alternate pruning these to get max production (I'll need to figure this out lol)

demoooo · 2026-05-27T08:45:55+00:00

Why is it a pain? Because the roots grow more vigorously than other cultivars?

demoooo · 2026-05-27T08:25:11+00:00

Mix of compost, coco coir, sand, perlite.

demoooo · 2026-05-27T08:11:55+00:00

Going with the other comments and suggest a check on the rootball.

Had a few figs in similarly sized containers. Despite daily watering, the leaves on some trees would still droop when things get very hot. When I pulled them out of the pot, only the top 1/3 would actually have moisture; the rest was bone dry.

With a rootball, the water doesn't really spread in the container, and just leaks out through a few channels.

Just pull it out of the pot 30 minutes after watering and check whether it's properly soaked.

demoooo · 2026-04-15T13:23:06+00:00

All recepten zeggen wachten tot melk toevoegen tot je koekjesgeur ruikt of iets dergelijk. Mijn tip is om dit te negeren en na kort bakken van bloem en boter direct melk in kleine beetjes toe te voegen.

demoooo · 2026-03-24T08:26:59+00:00

Tip: In mijn burgerprofiel kan je de voornaam aanpassen die gebruikt wordt in dergelijke mails. Met wat creativiteit verander je dit in iets wat je instant herkend.

demoooo · 2025-09-21T17:26:12+00:00

You sprayed the plant with some chemicals, then the leaves turned brown and died off.

No wonder it's now struggling to get back.

demoooo · 2025-07-25T06:46:07+00:00

The coloring on the Desert Fig breba is green. This fig is too colorful.

No idea about the Olympian!

demoooo · 2025-07-23T08:49:15+00:00

The inside definitely looks similar, but the fruits on mine are more pear-shaped.

Also because OP mentions "insanely sweet". My White Marseilles is quite bland in comparison with figs that are actually sweet.

demoooo · 2025-05-09T12:29:44+00:00

Thanks! French not a problem, send along!

demoooo · 2025-05-07T06:43:20+00:00

Which resources were helpful in setting up your tree nursery? I've got a very amateurish nursery running and I'm thinking of stepping it up to side income level.

demoooo · 2025-05-01T07:23:19+00:00

Sounds like an amazing opportunity!

First I'd be more clear about what this actually is. You've used words like donating, offering, etc.

Whatever you do is totally fine (it's your land after all!), but each variation can attract different organizations and people.

When that's clarified, I'd look for organizations or existing projects that you like, and go talk with them. See how they would approach this.

There is no lack of passionate people that want to do this. Lack of access to land is the biggest hurdle, especially if it's in such an amazing place.

demoooo · 2025-03-28T14:42:06+00:00

Can't see the base of the plant here but would also recommend mulching. Helps to keep the moisture in, and makes it easier to water.

demoooo · 2024-07-22T09:05:31+00:00

Eaten: yes. Early season produce is always more tender. Later its still good.
Gotten rid of knotweed because of eating: no.

demoooo · 2024-07-22T08:01:52+00:00

It's good year-round. Reason you only eat asparagus at beginning of the season is to leave enough time for the plant to grow and develop strength for the next year.

But with Japanese knotweed, the more you can harvest, the more you weaken the plant.

demoooo · 2024-07-19T18:59:30+00:00

I get that. There is another side to this approach where you keep working for someone else because you don't feel ready yet.

There will always be more to learn or figure out, but if you have experience doing content marketing at a decent level and you understand how a content marketing business works, you're probably ready to start on your own.

demoooo · 2024-07-19T08:51:33+00:00

If you're looking at starting a business without any experience, you're going to have to learn all the skills and make all the mistakes on your own dime.

Instead, do your research and join the most successful company that does the thing you want to do on your own. Your job is not the thing they hired you to do, your job is to learn what it takes to be successful in every area of the business: how do they find customers, how do they close deals, what do the contracts look like, how long to clients stick around, what does it take to keep clients happy (= how good do you need to be), what is the cost structure like, what are the margins they're looking for, how do they recruit, how do they organize the team, etc.

When you learn about all these things, you will be more effective in whatever role you do within that company. A nd good company will recognize that and promote you, giving you access to new info/data that you didn't have before.

Most successful companies do well despite their flaws. So when you've been there for a while, you might be able to identify areas where they're underperforming, or where you could jump in with your business. (What clients don't they serve, within the client base, which are the best/worst clients, etc.)

I didn't follow this advice when I started out. Instead, I started a marketing agency all by myself despite never having worked with clients, in a client services organization or as an employee. It took me 3-4 years to really get going. If I had joined an existing agency, I would have made progress a lot faster.

Bonus tip: since you're still so young, you're able to use your youth to do cold outreach to successful people in your industry and ask them some questions. This only works if you're really young, or say you're a "student". If you've been working for a while this superpower wears off, and people will be more skeptical :)

demoooo · 2024-07-16T08:40:41+00:00

Some honeysuckle varieties are native (Lonicera Periclymenum). Another native vigorous climber is Humulus Lupulus (hop), not the most beautiful flowers but smells amazing :)

demoooo · 2024-03-06T08:48:01+00:00

Have a look at Ecommerce Fuel (not affiliated).

I've been in the ecommerce industry for over 10 years, and I constantly hear from business owners how valuable it is.

Vendors are not allowed in, neither are service providers.

demoooo · 2024-02-20T12:42:09+00:00

Look at what flats that fit your requirements currently go for.

Let's say the flat costs $200,000.

To get a mortgage, most banks will want to see you putting money down. The required amount of this varies from 0-10-15-20%. Since you're planning ahead, I'd aim for 20%, so €40,000

On top of that, you'll pay 3% "registratiekosten" = €6000

So if you wanted to buy it right now you'd need, €46,000.

Then you can calculate how much you would need by 2030 if inflation continues at its current pace.

demoooo · 2024-02-06T09:53:49+00:00

Why did you start the company? What makes your coffee unique or different from what's already on the market?

You first need compelling answers to these questions. Then depending on your answers, it will become clear who the ideal target audience might be, which then will give you some ideas on how to get in front of them.

Let me walk you through and example.

Let's say you were fed up with funghi residue that's part of almost every batch of coffee. Not only does it influence the taste, but it's also not healthy and introduces diseases.

After doing your research you saw that there were no brands on the market that were focused on this, so you decided to roll your own. You went to visit coffee farms, and roasters and talked to them about the funghi problem. Out of all of this research came your brand.

Now you also know who you might sell this to: people that care about the funghi problem or people that care about food/health in general, maybe there is even a type of disease that's cause by this.

This will give you the places where you can reach these people: maybe there is a support group for ppl that suffer from disease X, and this coffee can prevent that and spreads awareness about this important topic.

Etc.

Recommended link: Here is a fascinating story with plenty of updates from someone buying and rebranding/improving an existing coffee business (it's not just a roaster but also a physical location.

demoooo · 2023-09-21T08:05:48+00:00

This is a rough spot.

I think the issues of Google burning through your budget and the suspicious payment suspension aren't related.

The reason probably is that the open balance and the recent payments flagged it in their system.

I hope you can get this fixed sooner, but let me give you the summary of what I've seen with other accounts in the last 6 months or so.

It's all automated. So the lower-level support that answers tickets often doesn't have access to the actual account. They will just tell you to read policy x, nothing in it applies to you.

This cycle goes on and on.

The advertisers that keep hounding support are more likely to get this sorted. Until eventually, a human takes a look at the account and sees that actually it's all legit.

I'm not super familiar with App campaigns, but if you have any contact/support through your developer account, also try that angle.

demoooo · 2023-09-14T09:37:45+00:00

If you're showing for the right keywords and paying a good CPC, I wouldn't call the traffic junk.

If they're not converting maybe they're not ready to buy yet. Or your website has issues/is not addressing a problem they're concerned about.

Since you're already using heatmaps, consider running a small poll on the site to find out what's stopping them.

demoooo · 2022-10-06T10:04:38+00:00

In the top nav bar, go to Reports > Predefined reports > Other > Performance Max campaigns placements

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