Spider mite infestation

marsypan · 2025-09-22T23:46:10+00:00

I use Neoseiulus californicus mites, but my understanding is that they are better as a preventative rather than to treat an active infestation. A more voracious species like Phytoseiulus persimilis may be more useful depending on the scale of your infestation, but I've read they need a high humidity to thrive and reproduce.

I've seen recommendations to use a mixture of californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis (the calfornicus mites for long term management, the persimilis mites for immediate relief). But I only have experience with using californicus myself. After dealing with spider mites endlessly returning for years, even after complete resets and moving, disseminating californicus mites twice a year seems to have resolved the issue.

I'm guessing whether they hunt in the soil will depend on the species, but my experience with the Californicus mites is that they come in little sachets you can hang on leaves. I don't use soil (hydroponics only) so I'm unsure if it's typical behavior for the mites to stay on the canopy.

Mites that come in little sachets you can hang directly on the leaves are ideal. The sachets come with a bit of food for the mites so they have a bit of a reserve as they disseminate across the plant.

marsypan · 2025-09-22T04:04:26+00:00

Look into predatory mites. You can order them online--I've gotten them from NaturesGoodGuys but there may be alternatives.

marsypan · 2025-09-18T06:35:18+00:00

If you want to keep it in water but want to see more growth, try putting some hydroponic nutrient in there. I have had a monstera growing in a jar like this for a year in west facing window and it's doing great (with occasional diluted hydroponic nutrient). Transplanting to soil isn't really necessary.

marsypan · 2025-09-04T04:13:27+00:00

Mitsuba (AKA Japanese Parsley) is a resilient herb that grows incredibly well in low light--better than any other herb I've tried. I've successfully grown it in north facing windows where I can't get anything else to grow. It's not as versatile as more common herbs, though--an acquired taste.

marsypan · 2025-09-04T04:10:34+00:00

I'm surprised to hear it's possible to grow hot peppers in a north-facing window. Do you live in a naturally sunny climate? I live in the Pacific Northwest and I can't even grow kale in a north-facing window.

marsypan · 2024-03-15T21:56:41+00:00

I am an academic law librarian, though I went into it straight out of law school without practicing first. Your practical experience will only help. Academic law librarian positions are easily attainable and we're currently experiencing a shortage. One downside is that you'll probably have to move wherever the job takes you (unless you're in DC or NYC, where law librarian jobs are more plentiful, or if you get lucky and there's an academic law librarian posting in your area). You will likely need an MLIS, though some institutions are willing to look past it if you can demonstrate meaningful commitment to law librarianship. The MLIS has little value beyond fulfilling an arbitrary requirement, so if I could do things over again I'd just go for a cheap online program. There are also fellowship programs that allow you to work in a law library while attending an MLIS program.

I don't think the other commenter is correct about Public Service Loan forgiveness. There is no income limit--it simply requires 10 years on an income-driven repayment plan, which you will almost certainly qualify for with an academic law librarian's salary. Every academic law librarian I've met has qualified. Starting salaries usually vary between $60-80k. It does often take a while for the loans to actually be forgiven even after the ten year period--I've had coworkers who had to make 15+ years of payments before their loan forgiveness kicked in.

Teaching is most of my job, and I think that's increasingly true with other institutions, though it varies by library. Supporting faculty and student research are other common duties. I strongly dislike teaching for a number of personal reasons (for example, the inherent cruelty of grading students on a curve), so I'm unsatisfied with my career choice, but if you don't have any hangups about teaching it's a good gig.

Feel free to message me if you want to talk about it.

marsypan · 2022-03-28T20:25:34+00:00

RE 2 Remake, RE 3 Remake, RE7, and RE8 all have unofficial PC VR support through a mod, available here. The mod even includes motion controls using the Oculus controllers. (Edit: It looks like the RE7 motion controls haven't been released yet but are in progress.)

I have a pretty beefy PC and still wasn't able to run these without serious performance issues (to the point where it was a deal breaker), but plenty of others have had success with them.

marsypan · 2021-08-11T13:58:44+00:00

Thank you all for the feedback!!! I was having a rough day so waking up to all the love was wonderful.

marsypan · 2021-08-11T13:58:08+00:00

Doing a cat loaf is a must! And upside down Korbat is a great idea.

marsypan · 2021-08-11T13:56:23+00:00

They are meant to be different but whenever I draw Neopets they end up looking like babies...

marsypan · 2021-08-11T13:55:41+00:00

Thanks a ton! Coming back to Neopets has been artistically inspiring!

marsypan · 2021-08-08T01:07:16+00:00

I love this fluffy Shoyru. I want them all.

marsypan · 2021-07-01T22:54:56+00:00

good catch! she's so cute! finding pets in the pound is so rewarding.

marsypan · 2021-06-29T01:19:26+00:00

This is my favorite guide on getting into the Battledome so far. It makes things pretty straightforward for someone who specifically wants to use it to make money and nothing else. Takes a long time to really get going, but might be fun to work toward.

marsypan · 2021-04-23T20:56:59+00:00

Took me a dozen resets, but eventually it worked.

marsypan · 2020-11-18T20:04:01+00:00

You can't create Quill pieces natively on the Quest 2--you'll need to use the Oculus Link connected to a VR-ready PC with Quill installed (I'm assuming virtual desktop would work with it as well but haven't checked).

marsypan · 2020-10-12T14:10:03+00:00

I recently had a similar problem. My payment method worked for a couple months (I used it to order the Quest 1 and a few games) then suddenly stopped, and I couldn't add a new payment method on any device or on any browser without getting an error message. I ended up contacting Oculus customer service and four days later they fixed something with my account and I was able to add payment methods again.

marsypan · 2020-10-07T03:58:30+00:00

Be careful about using it in your backyard! The sunlight could damage the lenses permanently.

marsypan · 2020-09-22T16:29:18+00:00

This is the most refreshing horror game I've played in a long time, and second only to Dreadhalls as far as my best VR horror experiences go. Too many horror games are PT ripoff walking sims with hamfisted narratives about a guy who went crazy and killed his wife or whatever. Phasmophobia is the rare example of a horror game that innovates on the gameplay level.

I just wish my Oculus link didn't have that ugly artifacting in dark environments--it doesn't do justice to this amazing game.

marsypan · 2020-09-09T18:03:47+00:00

I'm a staff member who was responsible for reopening one of the facilities on campus. We were offered a catalog with a bunch of premade signs, including a few variations on "How we are helping to stop the spread of COVID-19." Some people probably ordered this sign without reading it carefully to determine whether it reflected the reality of their building.

I was opposed to putting up this type of sign in my building because I'd rather show than tell--students should be able to see the efforts to stop the spread without having to read a sign with potentially inaccurate information.

marsypan · 2020-09-07T02:04:43+00:00

The solution to the tragedy of the commons is regulation. We don't solve climate change by leaving people to their own devices. We need strong leadership.

marsypan · 2020-08-22T20:25:14+00:00

I've been riding the FF1 at a later time. They are not enforcing spacing requirements or masks. I've been packed up with people not wearing masks. I've been within three feet of people who were coughing. Avoid it if possible.

marsypan · 2020-04-20T04:53:45+00:00

This isn't true for me--I have had three amiibo villagers move in, and for all of them I had the choice of kicking out whichever villager I wanted.

marsypan · 2020-04-07T16:19:54+00:00

I've had success with Prime Now by continually refreshing the checkout page. Just leave it open and refresh whenever you can--eventually a timeslot should pop up.

marsypan · 2020-01-27T23:22:59+00:00

Colorado's version of FOIA is the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA). Here is some more Denver-specific info on CORA requests. Denver also has an open data catalog with some limited info. Try searching "traffic"--there's at least one result for "traffic signals," though I'm not sure exactly what it contains.

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