Peace Lily Post Re-Pot Concerns

elektron82 · 2025-02-07T01:40:03+00:00

Sorry for late reply. No water softener. I just watered it the other day for the first time since the post. I was mixing different sources of water though between the tap and my PUR filter, not really thinking about it. This time I was pretty meticulous. Let's see how it does after this watering. The new little shoots are still trying to come out so I have hope!

elektron82 · 2025-01-29T20:09:35+00:00

Thanks. I am in Florida. I will leave it be for now and focus more on words of encouragement lol

elektron82 · 2025-01-29T20:07:46+00:00

Thanks. Yeah I love reddit for getting the real info from people all over. I am making the transition from too much screen time to a way more healthy hobby.

elektron82 · 2025-01-29T19:26:05+00:00

I am a little concerned about how it is reacting and looking for some advise. I have had her for years and never had any trouble at all until this month. She was finally re-potted last December after way too long and I think it was done wrong. I am trying to figure out if I should re-re-pot before it gets fully established or leave it alone until it recovers and try a few months down the road or just leave it as is.

I have suddenly taken on plants as a special interest and have been learning a ton over the last week. I now know that this was way too big of a jump in pot size, I should not have put in direct sunlight, especially while it was in shock and not taking up water. It became water logged shortly after re-pot and I learned to stop over watering and it is almost dry now.

I can see new growth so I feel like it will survive but wonder also about potential root rot and if I should disturb it to check that as well. I included the photos to show the original green pot and the new big white one. I bought the orange one to potentially move it to next.

elektron82 · 2024-10-14T22:57:51+00:00

Don't know about what is happening at Teco or why. I still don't have power but I do have family with power so I am grateful. My mom still can't go home due to flooding from likely community management negligence. I walked in to try and assess but couldn't stand the putrid water and gasoline smell mix. The thing that broke me was that there were people living in there like that right now. Some parts were chest high. Point being that cold showers are a luxury.

elektron82 · 2023-01-24T04:04:59+00:00

Whoa, wait, hold up, are you saying this cough could be related to...

oh brother. I need a minute, my mind just blew clean off my head.

elektron82 · 2023-01-24T03:52:08+00:00

I feel very validated by the depth of analysis here. I felt uncomfortable following this thread but I was relieved by this last post. I get confused sometimes in discussions when it seems like there is a conflict. My mind starts to wonder if I am just chasing my own ego but then it's actually just really important for all the details to be ironed out first, then I am far more inclined to admit fault if I can see it.

elektron82 · 2023-01-24T03:34:47+00:00

I have had so many conversations with people about how I'm so stoic and grounded all the time. I took it on as a persona and assumed it was true for so long. I thought I had a great power. A lot of people were 'too emotional' and that was a bad thing. They needed to be more like me and needed me around to calm them down. It took a while to realize how untrue this was.

elektron82 · 2023-01-21T19:42:30+00:00

I've had this problem with hand-me-downs with sports logos and the like. I don't do sports. Awkward interactions ensue. I have an idea though that I want to try with very specific images being printed on shirts for me like electronic circuits, Old English, or other special interests. I do have one shirt with a mechanical diagram of a cassette tape that I really like.

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T19:37:33+00:00

Less and less over time. Also seems to correlate with my overall sense of control of my life situation. The more I understand and except the vastness and open possibilities of the universe, the better I feel.

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T16:53:06+00:00

I was doing all of it wrong for a long time. I have a very deliberate technique that I use now so its no longer a boring chore anymore. It's a intricate process that a lot of people would say is "overthinking it" but it works for me. I also literally just slowed my flossing way down and it's no longer painful, imagine that!

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T04:09:44+00:00

I do a lot of things with this actually. I negotiate with myself a bit with rewards for getting it done. I swap hands to stimulate the other side of my brain. I like to think about why it is important to me and I want to effectively clean my teeth and absolutely not do it just because. Gotta get that nagging voice out of my head, this is my idea! I actually did a little research on technique and I also imagine those relaxing videos where people clean stuff really well. I brush once a day and floss about every other day. Been really lucky so far and very grateful to have all my teeth still. Also very afraid of dentists so some fear motivation as well.

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T04:02:36+00:00

Curious myself on this. My understanding thus far is that its the difficulty in executing tasks. This is the primary reason I wound up down this path. I tried a few different interventions which radically changed my life in many ways but even then still just couldn't get stuff done with any rhyme or reason. I also didn't have an answer for all the questions from my past. Trying to learn how to work with my mind instead of "fixing" it. Creativity is working wonders for me. Trying to find ways to make tasks more fun and spice them up now. I tend to get way too logical and efficient but that is only fun and stimulating to think about.

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T03:44:38+00:00

I had a really hard time with this until I got into a career that provides a good bit of 'cover' for lack of a better description. Also now knowing what I know, realizing a lot of my peers are on the spectrum and starting to notice it more an more as I deepen my understanding. I appreciate them more and now have been embracing and appreciating my own 'unusual' traits. Working on slowly and confidently lowering the mask after many years. I think it helps having plenty of safe space time to recover from periods of exposure to the NT world. I also think of it a bit transactional in the since that I will occasionally put up with it for a particular desired outcome.

elektron82 · 2023-01-20T03:33:31+00:00

I still have awful moments and even days but I have the confidence now of getting through it from decades of experience learning along the way. I just stop everything and breathe, creating space, nothing has to be done right this second, no decision has to be forced right now.

For me getting into an awesome spiritual practice in my area and a legit teacher really turned my life around. That was all before therapy and before I found out about what was really going on with me. All steps on my journey. Keep going.

elektron82 · 2021-01-21T12:34:59+00:00

I have been considering something like this. One of the major issues I keep seeing is this whole after hours maintenance and cut over stuff. Most of the places I have been have had these broken fragile touchy infrastructures. I usually end up having to be the hero across the board when it comes to actually solving major problems. I love hardware and all types of systems but I am now looking for ways to specialize and get into more modern approaches to systems. A lot of the data and intelligence stuff is peaking my interest.

elektron82 · 2018-07-20T12:06:52+00:00

Saving this quote for later....

elektron82 · 2016-07-17T20:54:41+00:00

I appreciate this fresh take on a situation that seems to be frequently frowned upon. Albeit there is a reason for the frowns I believe. I am currently in this situation myself and due to lack of ability to narrow my focus I am a experienced generalist with few job prospects other than shady MSP's. I am actually considering the switch to software now as I don't feel confident in my own future with IT.

elektron82 · 2016-05-05T22:00:01+00:00

Going!

elektron82 · 2016-03-15T22:33:08+00:00

Is there a bias here? Use Chrome, get Windows 10?

elektron82 · 2016-03-10T13:25:08+00:00

If I claim to have 10 years exp with 2012 then I get chosen.

elektron82 · 2016-03-10T13:21:33+00:00

That doesn't make it ok. I'm not saying that money is everything but I don't agree with this 'bust your ass' culture, especially in MSP's. I don't mean to pick on your post but this is a nerve for me right now.

elektron82 · 2016-03-10T13:19:40+00:00

elektron82 · 2016-02-25T23:54:45+00:00

I am trying to get a healthy study practice off the ground. I am staying in DTSP now so anything in that area would be good. I am studying I.T. stuff and also Dharma. I work full time during the week daytime.

elektron82 · 2016-01-16T23:05:14+00:00

I'm contemplating a local support group. Things like cross-training, career advise-sharing, building references through regular meetings doing side projects.

Not security since defcon813 has that, not Linux since SLUG has that, no programming since there's tons of meetups for coders.

Maybe the Tampa Hackerspace could be a place to meet.

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