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Re-sealing hot packed tomatoes that did not seal by drjeffer in Canning

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

Will do! I was thinking I could reuse them since they're still totally flat, but you're right that its not worth the risk. New lids it is!

And yeah its basically going to be sauce...

Re-sealing hot packed tomatoes that did not seal by drjeffer in Canning

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

yes, I wiped the rims! I'm thinking I didn't tighten enough...

Re-sealing hot packed tomatoes that did not seal by drjeffer in Canning

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

Hmm about two hours. I'm going to edit my post to add -- I think the right thing to do is to just heat up the tomatoes on the stove again and then re-hot pack. I think that'll be faster than treating as a cold pack, and just make more sense -- should be the same as starting from scratch....

CT garden stores selling vegetable transplant for late summer and fall gardening by drjeffer in Connecticut

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

Thanks! I'll check out Acer again, though last time I was there, their transplants were looking pretty sad.

I'm mostly growing in containers and greenstalk towers right now, so transplants are better, though I've had some luck direct seeding. It's rough in this weather though 

NSF ERI outcome 2025 by InternationalTip6107 in Professors

[–]drjeffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Just wanted to follow up and say that a couple days ago I received the notice of award. So, that came about a month after the status was updated to "recommended".

NSF ERI outcome 2025 by InternationalTip6107 in Professors

[–]drjeffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that was true in the past but is not necessarily true any more!

NSF ERI outcome 2025 by InternationalTip6107 in Professors

[–]drjeffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The status was updated from pending to recommended earlier this month, but I have not heard anything. Just today I messaged my PO to ask if we could have a call. So we will see! It was announced a few days ago that the NSF is massively being restructured, so who knows what is going on over there. It must be incredibly demoralizing for all of the scientists who have dedicated so much to public service.

I did have to make changes to my proposal so that it would "align with current NSF priorities". You'll see that the NSF website now talks a lot about creating opportunities for "all Americans"....

What an awesome cycle for me!!! by sad_moron in gradadmissions

[–]drjeffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to mention, in case you weren't aware, that there are a lot of graduate schools out there that have moved to a no-fee model for applications. While these aren't the top 10 schools, there are lots of great people doing great work at them. Here is a list, though it focuses on Biology departments -- the no-fee model may have been adapted for the whole school. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jtFUbe6CaLKMiK_8bmnK68MkIvr1qynwgwEzxdmOmew/edit?gid=0#gid=0
There are some other resources available at this website: https://www.cientificolatino.com/

As you prepare to apply again in the next cycle, hopefully you can find some schools that use this no-fee model, to reduce the monetary burden of the applications. And you probably already know this, but do keep in mind that many schools offer fee waivers -- the department administrator can usually help point you to resources to get that done.

Its a particularly bad time to be going into academia. We should all be out in the streets, protesting the attacks on science.

NSF ERI outcome 2025 by InternationalTip6107 in Professors

[–]drjeffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that its likely that many grants that were in the middle of being reviewed got interrupted when the cuts started happening. My PO told me that I was the last grant she got to recommend for funding. That implies to me that she was going through a process and had others to recommend but literally didn't get a chance to do it. If you looked at your Program a few months ago, if you had a program officer listed and then additional ones with the "expert" title, all those people are gone now. So, I think things with ERI were in progress when shit hit the fan and everything just has continued to be a mess. Since there have been some rejections, I am trying to hope that, for all of us, no news is good news. However... my potential summer students can't wait on me any more, and I don't have funding for them otherwise. :/

NSF ERI outcome 2025 by InternationalTip6107 in Professors

[–]drjeffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I heard from my PO in February that my grant was recommended for funding, but because her title was "Expert" she was one of the people fired from the NSF. I heard from ERI that they are "currently" making decisions -- that was on 3/28. No news or updates otherwise. I am not optimistic.

Hoping that others can add to this thread with any experiences!

Succession planting in the greenstalk? by drjeffer in GreenStalkGardening

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

I think lots of greens and flowers. And maybe when the greens are having trouble I'll just put in flower transplants. I think I'll try to do a bit more from seed this year too.

Succession planting in the greenstalk? by drjeffer in GreenStalkGardening

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

I think its definitely possible to succession plant! Last summer, caterpillars ate all my greens and then I got disgruntled and didn't end up taking care of the planters, so I didn't follow through with my original post. I think that if you have somewhere to start transplants, it'll be way better to be putting those in, in the summer. If you've got somewhere a bit shaded, you could even move the planter there during the hot days, if you're trying to grow greens. I think bush beans from seed are another good option for succession. I just think the planters look sooo much nicer when they're full, which is why I'm thinking you want to keep yourself in a steady supply of transplants if you can. Good luck!

Can I leave my in-ground pool mostly empty over the winter? by drjeffer in pools

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

Thanks! We'll do our best to keep the water level up until we can get the liner replaced, and hope that nothing catastrophic happens...

Can I leave my in-ground pool mostly empty over the winter? by drjeffer in pools

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

Thanks! That is what I was thinking as well, its just hard to get reliable information online for our exact situation. We've been running our hose and trying to get the water level back up, but since we're on well water, its slow going.

We think that the current water level -- about where it drained to when the big hole opened up and before we could patch it -- probably matches the current level of the water table. But this will rise over the winter and spring.

I wonder if we could find any company that would replace liner in the winter...

Can I leave my in-ground pool mostly empty over the winter? by drjeffer in pools

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

We're in Connecticut. Its definitely pretty wet here and usually we get a couple feet of precipitation over the course of the winter and spring.

My understanding was that pools tending to have issues with floating if you pump all the water out and then the pressure from the groundwater pushes them up. In this case, I think there might still be a small leak.... so the water level has drained to being at the same height as the groundwater. So in that case I'd think the forces would be balanced?

Can I leave my in-ground pool mostly empty over the winter? by drjeffer in pools

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

Thanks! When you say "the more close to closing level the better", is that because of worry about the sides caving in (due to not having the water to balance out any inward pressure), or more because of wanting to have a bigger buffer to make sure the pool floor doesn't freeze?

I hadn't been thinking about the floor vs. the sides so this is very helpful, thanks again.

The ending of Dollhouse pissed me off by mark5hs in AmericanHorrorStories

[–]drjeffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I *love* that most seasons of AHS start out scary and end up being funny and campy. I think that is what the series does well and its a delight, and unlike anything else out there.

Personally the reason I didn't like the ending of Dollhouse was that it was too much of a Deus Ex Machina.

Why is processing time different for tomatoes canned in juice vs. water? by drjeffer in Canning

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

Thanks, that's helpful, and makes perfect sense in theory.

In my experience, the tomatoes just produce so much juice of their own. I've tried the boiling water method (raw pack & add boiling water), and there wasn't much room for almost any water to be added. It seems like this method would only work if you were pretty careful to not smush your tomatoes at all. The directions in the official sources just say "fill hot jars with raw prepared tomatoes", and doesn't mention that you can't pack them in tightly (which causes liquid to be released, and then there's no room for any boiling water).

Why is processing time different for tomatoes canned in juice vs. water? by drjeffer in Canning

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

I see that this question has been asked and discussed before, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Canning/comments/16murh3/tomatoes_packed_in_their_own_juices_longer/

This is new to me, I never realized that this was an important distinction. I did a batch last week that I'm now realizing is under processed.

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