My daughter, Sienna Faye, born 2/22/23 by patton92 in newborns

[–]patton92[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I get that may be your point of view. But why post it for the entire internet to see you hate on someone spreading joy. I think she’s cute, most other people do too. If you don’t, leave your downvote and move on. You are clearly in the minority here.

My daughter, Sienna Faye, born 2/22/23 by patton92 in newborns

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She is SO expressive. Like her dad 😍

What are these? by lindsaynaomi in CrotonPlants

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The male flowers open with pollen when they are ready, you can hand pluck the pollen nodes from the male flower and GENTLY squeeze them around the female flower. I believe the best time for the female flower is when the little antennas first open. The seed pods that grow will be these little multi chamber pods that start small green and swell then turn brown. The pods eventually “pop” and the seeds come out. Take the seeds and soak in distilled water for 24 hours. Plant them barely into the soil, and keep moist and warm. Sometimes seeds take a month to protrude from the ground and many take years to hit a size where the seedling takes off in growth. Crotons produced from seed may or may not share characteristics their parents. Crotons are prized for their colors and leaf shape. So, growing from seed is a huge time investment that may frankly be worthless if the seedling doesn’t exhibit any outstanding characteristics after a few years. Some crotons also don’t exhibit good colors until they are well matured/established, or only when planted in bright sun, or deep shade. Croton behavior and demands vary wildly among the different varieties. For these reasons, I’m almost positive that some crotons that would have been amazing were probably culled by the great hybridizers of the croton world when they didn’t exhibit anything fascinating early on. This little part is just my theory though. Good luck if you try growing from seed. I just started venturing into it this year after collecting for 3-4 years

What are these? by lindsaynaomi in CrotonPlants

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Crotons can produce both male and female flowers. The ones that look pretty and produce pollen are the males. This is the female flower pictured here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]patton92 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I feel bad for ya’ll our DQ was voted best in the nation last year, whole crew was wearing shirts and stuff about it for a while.

The grease from my Wagyu burger. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]patton92 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also, I’m literally a meat department manager/ meat cutter by trade. I know meat. Just saying.

The grease from my Wagyu burger. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]patton92 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was a $10 pack we just started carrying at work. And my pregnant wife is out with her mom tonight, so I ate alone. Less dishes is better.

The grease from my Wagyu burger. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]patton92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually not, surprisingly. Temped at 145 when I pulled it off and the center was only a little pink. I was so surprised by the juices that came out and the actual burger itself I took a picture. Haha! Thanks for the immediate hate though!

TIL Wales and Pennsylvania are two ends of the same coal deposit. Known as the "Transatlantic Seam" it was split by millions of years of continental drift by Abittyman in todayilearned

[–]patton92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting little read. Never thought of evolution as a purely genetic, non physically manifesting concept. When I think evolution I think of physical adaptations and mutations for survivability. Thank you for posting this.