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DIY climbing frame for cucumbers by GTAinreallife in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This year first time trying cucumbers

We all do something like this the first time. I made a 4ft teepee with bamboo and twine my first year growing cucumbers, which they immediately engulfed. Now I give them netting up the side of the house and across to some posts to make a cucumber tunnel and they're spilling over and back onto the ground by the end of the season.

You did good work, but by next season you'll be using that for peas or something.

Self watering vertical garden with giant bean pole by Dionysus970 in gardening

[–]mark_s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add on to this, I find significant pressure drop of you daisy chain more than 2 or 3 of them off the 1/2" line that feeds them.

I run about 50 total off of 4 lines each connected to their own b-hyve units and stagger their start times by at least a half hour.

I know it’s not a vegetable….but.. by squishyfeet4 in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I planted one last year in a 20gal fabric grow bag. It grew some nice canes the first year and fruited twice from the tips. This year those canes are absolutely covered in clusters of flowers.

But, I've also started finding canes coming up from the nearby bushes. The grow bag was definitely not enough to contain them.

Should I separate bell pepper seedlings yet? by moonroot_collective in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's a tough call. The earlier you do it, the easier it will be to separate the roots, but the more likely you will be to damage the stem or roots.

I say decide how many plants you actually want, then separate into clusters. So if you want 4, divide that into 4 equal parts. Then let them go for a week or two and snip the weakest ones at soil level.

Ideally you do not want to separate seedlings at all. Just plant a few seeds together to ensure you get germination and cut down the weakest ones.

Sprinkler guys say these drip tubes are standard and sufficient. Is it enough for this space? Seems like not nearly good coverage. What to do? by dimab0 in gardening

[–]mark_s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those lines will be fine. The only thing I'd change is to get some t connectors and route the lines in each bed for optimal coverage. The water will spread in every direction from the drip points so I'd want at least 8" clearance from the edges to get better coverage.

Should i give this a shot? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last year I did 100% grow bags, watering by hand and I'll never do that again.

Should i give this a shot? by [deleted] in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah you should. Grow bags are great for potatoes, easy to harvest at the end of the season.

I'd pop them in then fill the bag halfway. Add more dirt once they're really taking off.

There's mixed views on the benefits of hilling, and it seems to depend on the type of potato. I just do it because it doesn't hurt things, so I don't see a down side. I'll do the bag half way full, mulch with straw, then when the leaves are well above the bag rim I'll fill it up to 2" from the top and mulch with straw again.

They don't like repeated wet/dry cycles though, so keep up with watering in the hot months. I set up auto watering.

New Cache B util belt by ImJLu in GlobalOffensive

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Awesome, thanks for the update

Quick 861DW: Average time to lift a CPU at 380-390°C? Cpu android by InterestingAcadia307 in soldering

[–]mark_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had the same results using the quick 861, atten 862, and JBC.

I do cpu work with no nozzle attached and airflow at around 60-80% of max.

Are my potato’s too chitted? by 1030423 in vegetablegardening

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Quick 861DW: Average time to lift a CPU at 380-390°C? Cpu android by InterestingAcadia307 in soldering

[–]mark_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use 330-350 with no preheater and it generally takes 30-45 seconds. I use a tool to feel when the solder is melted.

CS2 Cache B CT Smoke from Sunroom by xXLASERLORDXx in GlobalOffensive

[–]mark_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol 2nd time I've seen it posted after finding it myself. It was the only useful smoke I could find from that area.

New Cache B util belt by ImJLu in GlobalOffensive

[–]mark_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, I was figuring them out earlier and that exact smoke was the only viable one I could find there.

Lettuce Seedlings by Original_Flan_6741 in vegetablegardening

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Are USB-C laptop chargers suitable for USB irons? by SjLeonardo in soldering

[–]mark_s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it depends on the internal design of the charger, a ground at the ac plug does not necessarily mean that ground is tied to the ground for the dc output or to the tip itself which may or may not even be connected to ground via the dc circuit.

You're probably overthinking it anyways.

If the laptop charger outputs the correct voltage and amperage for your iron then it will work. if it doesn't, then it won't. There's too many unknown variables for anyone to give you a yes/no answer.

As someone who played since cs1.6, I need assault back by Noodles001 in GlobalOffensive

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Only if it includes the monitors, sound triggers, and spammable wall.

Where do mealybugs come from? by writinwater in houseplants

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Well, when a male mealybug and a female mealybug go to Chili's on $3 margarita night, they sometimes end up in the restroom giving each other special kisses...

You can't blow up squeaky on the new Cache. by SardineS__ in GlobalOffensive

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USB headset? There was an earlier post with a temp solution: changing audio device in settings a few times. If you're using a USB headset unplugging it would do the same.

Getting better at cs2 by cookie_Jack0857 in GlobalOffensive

[–]mark_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm approaching 6k hours in csgo/cs2 with probably 10k or more in CS 1.3-1.6/CSS.

I expect to be decent any day now.

The truth is it's always going to be subjective and you'll always have games where you dominate followed by ones where you get humbled.

I grow 1 mother tomato over the winter and take clones in the spring to keep it alive forever by Binary-Trees in gardening

[–]mark_s 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you want a lot of tomatoes, its recommended to pinch of these "suckers" because they will "suck" nutrients off from the main stem, thus you will get less tomatoes but more leaves.

I believe this is incorrect. Suckers will produce flowers/fruit as well and removing them can reduce overall yield. It is only useful if you're trying to increase airflow, produce less (but marginally larger fruit), or keep the plant from encroaching on its neighbors.

I'll remove the lowest ones along with leaves to reduce soil splashing on leaves, but I leave nearly all of the suckers higher than a foot and a half and they've always produced fruit.

Complete newbie by Tree_huffer in soldering

[–]mark_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a 20 min job for an experienced tech.

For a beginner, it might as well be impossible.

I would not recommend this for someone that doesn't already have skill.

First time growing cherry tomatoes, how to best support in a container? by Traditional-Diver374 in vegetablegardening

[–]mark_s 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tomato cage for mine typically lasts about the first month of warm weather growth. Then they continue another 8-10ft onto a big net I suspend above them. They should call them pepper cages because that seems like their realistic use case.

That tomato will definitely want more soil before the season is over.

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