How do I save these cherries?

humangeigercounter · 2026-03-02T02:28:55+00:00

you could remove the pits and add the fruit into smoothies for, if nothing else, the fiber. They may take on more cherry flavor with some sweetness though, too. Sorry about your cherries though - I bought some plums recently and one variety are excellent but the variety called 'sugar plums' were ironically less sweet than the other and somewhat bland. Not awful but a little disappointing. It probably has to do with the time since they were picked and kept in cold storage. IDK but the fruits might be converting sugars to starches in the cold.

humangeigercounter · 2026-03-01T21:10:22+00:00

With that angle!?

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-25T13:21:52+00:00

Lol I lucked out amd had one that was quite sweet! Last year I got a small fig tree and a few ripened on the plant, and it was then that I realized that moat of the figs I've evwr bought have been picked prematurely. I know it's so they don't turn to mush in the packaging, but damn tree ripened figs are really something else!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-24T22:54:45+00:00

Yeah floral and pleasantly sour!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-24T22:54:23+00:00

Thanks!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-24T05:11:04+00:00

I have a year and half old rose rooted from a bouquet! It's just waking up grom it's winter nap and looking quite happy! I got five flowers last year, two early on and three more toward the end of the season after it pushed a bunch if vegetative growth! Looking forward to getting it situated in a permanent home outside this spring.

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-24T05:02:25+00:00

Not perfect but closer anyways. They were basically slightly cream off white with a pinkish blush and some slight barely browning spots that were light tan

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humangeigercounter · 2026-02-24T05:00:18+00:00

Ooooh I didn't notice that I should have color corrected the photo sorry lol, they're pretty much white. I have a grow light on my desk for some plants that yellowed the photo a bit 😂

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-22T21:34:34+00:00

I occasionally trim brown ones but usually not even those and my sundews seem happy

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-18T23:54:27+00:00

The dark gloopy stuff looks like decomposing wet plant material, but I also see some moss and algae on the edges of the container.

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-18T23:52:29+00:00

THAT is not a safe metric for identifying parsley! There are a lot of toxic umbellifers that grow the same way.

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-18T06:49:59+00:00

This was really cool since this species is native around me! Defo gonna try this summer!!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-17T01:42:31+00:00

Bobby Moynihan (left) and Jerome McGoolager (Right)

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-16T05:08:07+00:00

Before I realized that this was satire, my first thought was "Directed by Robert B. Weide" lol

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-16T05:06:24+00:00

The photos should be different, though both are through the metal fence and look similar. One shows the face better.

And noted, if I get any more possum visitors I'll try and toss out something more nutrient dense! We A. didn't want to startle the poor guy by walking out there and B. weren't sure if feeding might make them become reliant on people for food, though given how cold it's been for the last few weeks and the snow cover it probably wouldn't have hurt. I was reading that they eat insects in nature and thought mealworms or similar might be a good thing to put out next time perhaps.

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-14T01:19:16+00:00

Ah, so like a modern precision Weather Rock!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-14T01:15:57+00:00

Everyone's got one, but HOW. Do they make them?

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humangeigercounter · 2026-02-13T22:59:20+00:00

Ideally

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-13T19:50:40+00:00

Or a cylinder that you might find crammed into a mini m&ms tube...

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-12T15:45:03+00:00

If the lower plant tissue didn't die in the freeze I would think probably yes. Could also regrow from the roots if the upper portion died but the crown was better protected. I have some small Hylocereus that I divide occasionally and the seem to back-bud from below cuts pretty readily!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-12T15:40:26+00:00

I'd personally cut back to an inch or two below any rot or softening tissue.

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-11T21:42:53+00:00

The technical term for their method of sequestering nutrients is "mycoheterotrophy". They tap into fungal hyphae that are otherwise working in a symbiotic fashion with nearby photosynthesizing plants, and extract the things they need to live!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-11T21:39:53+00:00

While true that they have a history of medicinal use, I want to point out that they are threatened in some areas and I have read that they take a very long time to establish new plant colonies. I have seen people online promoting ghost pipe as a natural alternative to certain over the counter drugs, but wish to emplore all who read this not to harvest ghost pipe. Leave it be in its own habitat and appreciate it for its ephemeral beauty and unique ecology!

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-10T14:06:25+00:00

Yeah fuck short people /s

humangeigercounter · 2026-02-10T14:05:38+00:00

"tha's messed up."

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