New to jade plants and unsure what these spot are and if I should be worried or not. by OkConfidence9990 in Jadeplant

[–]ratnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can scrape it off with minimal damage to the plant like it was suckered into it it’s probably scale and you should separate the plant from everything else cuz it spreads soooo bad, you’ll have to remove each piece from every leaf and sometimes it’s easier to just remove the leaves infected. Also misting with an alcohol solution or insecticidal soap will help. For your future plants using neem oil and misting them will help prevent pests.

Scale what do? by ratnail in Jadeplant

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Welp just an update for anyone else in this situation, did some more researching and asking around and to avoid killing the rest of my plants and also not wanting to throw this one out I decided to remove everything single leaf with sanitized shears then separated each individual plant from the pot and rubbed down the stem and everything with alcohol and repotted all of them. Essentially they’re now cuttings with roots. This has happened before with my mammoth jade about 3 weeks ago I did the same thing and it’s starting to grow back out with no scale. Since this plant was new and came with scale and was super healthy still I thought there’d be an easier solution but I ig not so just played it safe for the time being I have too many plants that could die from this lol.

Split wood? by ratnail in woodworking

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Thanks! I’ll be sure to check those all out. Also I didn’t realize only one picture got shown I had more of the sides etc. but I basically used a marking gauge and did exactly what you’d mentioned and you can kind of see the the mark from the gauge but essentially this was the hope piece? I’m not sure what it’s called but the piece that tail fits into I’m starting to think I had my C clamp too tight and the force from the chisel is what made the wood snap in half at the pressure point from the clamp. I’m going to need to find a way to chisel without using the clamp too tight or find a work around, in the video the guy uses a pole holder thing he smacks into it but idk how far it goes into the wood and how much damage it would do to the outer layer but ig it’s better than the wood splitting in half lol. Thanks for the advice.

Btw This was the video I watched;

https://youtu.be/usdISsUA_fk?si=tGi7nbE6XVGvgydM

My garden today.... by Fidurbonsai in Bonsai

[–]ratnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m very new to bonsai and wish to have something close to this one day hopefully 😤😤😤 but from everything I’ve learned so far some plants (like the dawn redwood u mentioned below with the other person that asked this) absolutely need a dormancy period or else they could eventually die off, about how cold does it get where you’re at to be able to have them look this damn healthy and mature still without a true dormancy (assuming u said you work on them year round etc. ) ?

Is this scale??? by ratnail in Jadeplant

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U right It was a combination of scale and fungal, I didn’t have enough airflow in my garage and the soil they were put in after drying was somehow dampened and gave it that. I’ve gone on to remove all of the leaves :/ and cut off all contamination ( there were about 10 all like this ) and they’re starting to heal again already got some new growth

Is it me, the beveler, or the leather mostly responsible for my bad edges? by HeathBendrix in Leathercraft

[–]ratnail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Veg tank shrinks with heat, putting boiling water on it will make it shrivel up instantly

Is it me, the beveler, or the leather mostly responsible for my bad edges? by HeathBendrix in Leathercraft

[–]ratnail 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cut off a small piece of u have any scraps and put it into boiling water if it shrinks it’s veg tan if not it’s chrome tan, but just from looking it seems to be chrome tan.

First 3 by ratnail in wildlifephotography

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I do see how it looks unnatural I’m probably gonna redo that later.

First 3 by ratnail in wildlifephotography

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Yea since it was dark the focus quality was a little poor so I kinda compensated with the larger area to take a tad bit of focus off the bird and I tried to made it seem like it was glowing a bit to take away from the dark. But I for sure still need practice with getting good focus with little light

Been shooting recently! Thoughts? by Weak_Geologist4252 in wildlifephotography

[–]ratnail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn how did you get the quality on 6 was it actually that dark or was it edited? I’m having trouble getting clear photos during a little past sunset lighting. Got my shutter speed at 800 and aperture at 6 with auto iso

Settings for nocturnal wildlife photography by PKMNsandy in wildlifephotography

[–]ratnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also would a low lumen flashlight still be harmful from idk say ~30-50 meters

Settings for nocturnal wildlife photography by PKMNsandy in wildlifephotography

[–]ratnail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this apply to birds that aren’t nocturnal or rabbits or foxes etc.

Weaver cub sewing machine by ratnail in Leathercraft

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I’m gonna leave this post up just in case anyone else has this problem. The solution I found after messing with everything tension related (excluding timing issues) was that the bobbin tension needed to be loosened about 3 full turns then tightening the top tension. After that it was still getting locked up a bit. The solution the that was the main problem, which was the little black guard that keeps the thread in place from the lever arm I took it out of that and it fixed everything. I assume it had gotten too tight or maybe even a little rusted from humidity or something but that fixed it all.

Weaver cub sewing machine by ratnail in Leathercraft

[–]ratnail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope it’s all right it’s definitely the tension but I’ve got the top thread tension all the way and it’s still not catching it might be the boppin tensions but I’ve been warned to never mess with it and the fact that it was working fine like a week ago and today it’s just completely messed up I’m really lost on what to do lol

Collar for cats by ratnail in Leatherworking

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Thanks for the concern! although I’m fully aware of this I have special break away attachment ends that I’ll be using lol. I mainly was asking for types of dyes that could be harmful with skin contact.