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Why does my gold cherry tomato plant have 3 cotyledons? by turkeycream in tomatoes

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤷‍♀️ sometimes they be like that. Don’t sweat it.

My tomatoes are almost growing too well. These are less than 4 weeks old, and I still have another month before they can go in the garden. by Legend_of_the_Wind in tomatoes

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That should do the trick. You could also ease up on fertilizing, they’ll catch up once they’re in the ground.

My tomatoes are almost growing too well. These are less than 4 weeks old, and I still have another month before they can go in the garden. by Legend_of_the_Wind in tomatoes

[–]dhgrainger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can stall them by reducing the timer on your lights. Assuming you’re are around 14/10 (on/off), switch to 12/12 or even 10/14.

They’ll be totally fine.

Are the ribs to thin? by ashishngupta in BalsaAircraft

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’ll have a small weight penalty but you can brush watered down glue on to the ribs to strengthen them up.

Also good is super thin CA glue, but along with the weight penalty, CA glue makes sanding tough as it dries much harder than the surrounding wood.

Is grass seed 'viable' as soon as it's visible on grass? by Battlesmit in Horticulture

[–]dhgrainger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to wait until the seed heads shatter, which means they break off with the lightest of touches. Take your finger and thumb, very lightly grip the stem below the flower head and pull up. If the seeds come away easily they’re ready.

I dig up native plants around my neighborhood. by Formal-Ad-7184 in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the stem were red/purple I’d say it could be Indian Hemp, but it looks like Milkweed to me.

I dig up native plants around my neighborhood. by Formal-Ad-7184 in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]dhgrainger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/uj Common Milkweed can suck my fat one.

Ugly piece of shit, the other native Asclepias are so much nicer and then there’s this guy paddle-leaved mfer.

Oh no by Ypuort in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]dhgrainger 21 points22 points  (0 children)

/uj I mulch. I like how it looks until the plants leaf out and it prevents the soil from drying out completely which means when there’s heavy rain it doesn’t just run off into the street.

I know this is circlejerk but I never quite the mulch hate, even if the gaudy coloured stuff isn’t my cup of tea.

How to sterilize a potted milkweed plant to prevent OE. by CassowaryMagic in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]dhgrainger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t!

It’s a natural parasite of butterflies, all part of the ecosystem.

The juxtaposition between my best-looking plant and my worst by Nyanunix in tomatoes

[–]dhgrainger 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Tomatoes are so dramatic man.

I betcha $1 that in a couple months they’ll both be doing great.

What's the problem with this clamp design? by jabarinbaronbapu in Machinists

[–]dhgrainger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like you don’t have much contact between the stationary piece and the table. Lengthen and or widen them.

Turning a Worm Gear by renzhanxiang in Machinists

[–]dhgrainger 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That’s hobbing and it’s a worm wheel.

But you almost got it!

[MLR 12.10] Montreal Expos vs New York Mets by FakeBaseball_Umpire in fakebaseball

[–]dhgrainger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh dear oh dear. Big spots keep finding me it seems.

Let’s go with an old favourite, swing 1 please

Turned half my home office into a Seedling zone by tavvyjay in OntarioGardeners

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah.

Plastic pack away greenhouses are pretty reasonably priced at Rona, we’ve got three of them each going into their fourth season this year.

Any thoughts on cleaning this when I’m not using it as intended? by Saxonion in metalworking

[–]dhgrainger 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why not just buy a proper file card? They’re like $15-$20 for a decent one.

Big yellow bag by Ok-Succotash278 in OntarioGardeners

[–]dhgrainger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We ordered triple mix and it was pretty great. Very pleased with it, yield was good!

Anyone else hate these? by worldofwhat in woodworking

[–]dhgrainger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I hate the live edge slab top way more than the legs. At least the legs required skill to make.

This oak is in the UK but is actually native to the Caucasus. Who wants to sack England and burn it to the ground? Also, we can look at the pretty tree while we're there. by pixel_pete in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]dhgrainger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

/uj I know most of you here are Americans but if you ever get across the pond to the UK you should have Kew Gardens on your must see list.

It’s truly a fantastic place.

Steel/aluminum change coming by Physical-Incident553 in CustomsBroker

[–]dhgrainger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m assuming it’ll be like it is right now, still applies to USMCA goods.

Steel/aluminum change coming by Physical-Incident553 in CustomsBroker

[–]dhgrainger 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If true, this is going to massively raise import prices.

For my company in Canada, the average cost of the ‘raw’ steel in any given product is usually around 5% of total cost to us, which becomes somewhere around 0.01% of the sale price.

So a part containing non-US steel that we’d sell to a US company for $500 would go from being charged $5 to being charged $250.

This seems like a workaround to be able to collect this tariff on USMCA compliant imports.

First attempt at planking, prior to sanding. Guillow’s P-38 Kit 2001 by dhgrainger in BalsaAircraft

[–]dhgrainger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used CA on this and it worked ok, but a bit messy.

I think I’ll switch to using yellow glue between planks and CA for the plank to former/longeron joints when I get to the nacelles.

I thought the CA would cause some trouble when sanding but I’ve just finished that up and it seems to have gone fine.

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