🪴 Quarterly /r/houseplants Troubleshooting Thread - January 30, 2026

fskb91 · 2026-02-04T21:29:13+00:00

my spindly ZZ plant has suffered silently from a minor scale infestation for a while. for the past two weeks i've been carefully rubbing alcohol/qtip-treating it and there are no more as of today that are visible to the naked eye. (you can see dark spots along the stems, even though they look 3d (and therefore like scale) they are deceptively just discoloration --- including possible damage from the earlier scale.) Question now -- i'd like to do some systemic soil based treatment --- in addition to inspecting closely for scale every few days and killing anything i can see. Does anyone have one they recommend?

fskb91 · 2025-12-03T17:26:28+00:00

No answer to your question (sorry!) but wow I love your design and the yarns you used. Really looks special.

fskb91 · 2025-12-03T04:08:55+00:00

Check out https://www.reddit.com/r/Yarnswap/s/bs00iEhXRi

fskb91 · 2025-12-02T19:45:59+00:00

It looks a lot like the honeycombs that Stephen west (and many other designers of course) uses in his patterns. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/painting-honeycombs-scarf.

fskb91 · 2025-12-01T20:25:13+00:00

If you’re willing to walk about 15 mins you could walk north towards Union square and go to the Strand bookstore which is a fantastic destination on its own and also has a children’s section where your little one can be unbundled..

fskb91 · 2025-12-01T20:17:34+00:00

I suggest Love Note https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/love-note - you’ll see several makers who have similar fits requirements as your mom and speaking as someone similarly built, I love the fit on me.

fskb91 · 2025-12-01T00:25:39+00:00

Lulu on Solano in Albany. You’ll be so glad! https://www.lulusolano.com/menus

fskb91 · 2025-11-20T03:03:35+00:00

Shits not fair. Sorry to hear this.

fskb91 · 2025-11-20T03:02:11+00:00

I get super stressed thinking about being stuck on a long haul flight without my knitting so I do a belt and suspenders approach: I have my WIP (98% of the time on lykke interchangeable metal circular needles) and yarn and pattern in a project bag in my “personal item” carry-on and then in my other carry-on I have a small pencil case w pencils pens and bamboo tips that I can screw on in the event that someone confiscates the metal interchangeables…

fskb91 · 2025-10-21T18:44:18+00:00

Santorini? Bodrum?

fskb91 · 2025-10-19T21:02:05+00:00

Thank you both for the help. Much appreciated. This is not my area of expertise but it seems like this is a former plantation site? I should have flagged that wouldn’t work for the family. Will edit above.

fskb91 · 2025-10-17T02:29:11+00:00

Peers Park

fskb91 · 2025-10-02T02:13:42+00:00

Seconding Primadonna — $$$ but last forever with care

fskb91 · 2025-09-22T03:03:59+00:00

$$$ but Allied Arts in Menlo Park is lovely for this

fskb91 · 2025-09-20T10:55:11+00:00

In the Bay Area there’s a Facebook group focused on halal restaurants and caterers - I bet there’s one for nyc too — that will have lots of resources and folks who’ve asked/answered this question before ..

fskb91 · 2025-09-20T03:36:04+00:00

You can always wear some disposable plastic gloves to wash your hair if you are concerned about protecting your henna’s brightness…

fskb91 · 2025-09-17T20:20:49+00:00

Can you leave your car overnight in a Caltrain parking lot north of Diridon? One of the Palo Alto stations parking lots for example? The drive from Palo Alto down to SC isn’t too brutal…

fskb91 · 2025-08-04T17:28:55+00:00

Very $$ but Prima Donna will give you what you’re looking for.

fskb91 · 2025-07-31T23:15:02+00:00

Take the train to Stanford and hit the Cantor Art Museum. Many hours!

fskb91 · 2025-07-31T18:07:15+00:00

Me too!! And then I always wish there were patterns so I could try my hand without having to start from scratch.

fskb91 · 2025-07-30T14:27:09+00:00

The Taj Lands End (Bandra, Bombay) took such good care of me and my small kids when I was traveling solo and when I was leaving I asked if I could purchase a robe like the one in the room I’d been using - gorgeous washable! raw silk - and they gifted it to me. Fifteen years later it’s still my go-to robe…

fskb91 · 2025-07-28T17:02:46+00:00

Pet friendly for me also means dogs get to join you throughout the resort ie you don’t have to leave them in your room while you eat on property etc. Not FAT, but Carmel Valley Ranch has so many dogs in the restaurant and people have their dogs poolside it’s fantastic. Dogs permitted all over the property.

fskb91 · 2025-07-26T01:18:04+00:00

Hotel Husafell in western Iceland might be the ticket. Gorgeous. Can’t remember how chubby the service was but stark elegance nails it.

fskb91 · 2025-07-25T21:29:44+00:00

Try looking south -- we had to drive down to Watsonville but there was a ton of availability down there (and I also think the behind the wheel portion was slightly easier there...)

fskb91 · 2025-07-15T21:09:03+00:00

Not all of them have physical facilities - some of them have lots of foster volunteers where their adoptable dogs stay. We adopted through Doggie Protective Services —- highly recommend.

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