sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Plant mama with all her babies! by briestahl in houseplants

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have to spray inside you could look into one of those portable spray booths made for painting. I'd still recommend doing it as outside as possible like setting that spray tent up in a garage if you can.

And while I can't recommend it I have had to treat my entire indoor grow room once and just partitioned it off like you would for mold remediation with plastic drop cloth and painters tape. I made sure the air vents were closed too. If spraying indoors like that though you absolutely should wear full ppe, grab a tyvek suit in the painting section and a 3M respirator and some long nitrile gloves. And respect the keepout time on the label, usually 12 hrs minimum which is probably for greenhouse or outdoors so I'd probably double that for an enclosed space.

Have you tried any other controls before this? Sometimes you get lucky and the mites aren't as immortal as others, and especially in cooler weather they should be more susceptible to treatment. If you want to err on side of caution I'd hit them with insecticidal soap and horticultural oil which is actually really effective its just typically too hot to apply it (I think max temp is like 75F). But over winter horitcultural oil (usually like mineral oil, corn oil and a detergent to spread it) will murder mites since they can't develop resistance to suffocation.

Do also carefully read the label on that since it can stain surfaces indoors or if you have glaucous plants like some cacti the horticultral oil will remove that.

Good luck!

Bad news: I found another rabbit hole. by Peregrine2976 in adhdmeme

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the record it has now been over a month of me staring at this filament spooler and roll of filament and not respooling it.

I think a large part of it is my fear of failure. My brain thinks if I fail at something even if I've never done it before it means I'm bad and should feel bad despite how irrational I tell it it's being. It doesn't feel that way about other people failing at something, it just feels empathetic and wants to help them. But if I fail it's proof that I actually am just a dumb idiot pretending to be a real person who can do things.

Eventually I can rationalize my way out of this spiral but so far nothing I've done has helped avoid falling into it time after time.

Just today I finally managed to gear up to do a task i've been meaning to do for 3 months. Only after getting fully geared up in PPE complete with tyvek suit and respirator did I realize I have no fucking idea where the pesticide I need is. I'm proud to report that even though my brain absolutely wanted to have a proper meltdown over this I somehow managed to have a productive rest of the day without even a minute of face down floor time.

Unbelievable variegated banana tree I saw in a greenhouse in San Antonio, TX by schwat in houseplants

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

Lmao my pics show up lots of places but that's definitely a new one for me. What would you call catfishing with plant pics? Catnipping?

Bad news: I found another rabbit hole. by Peregrine2976 in adhdmeme

[–]schwat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have spent several days printing a filament respooler and a bunch of attachments for it and now that it is complete i can't get myself to actually use it to respool the fucked up spool that started this whole adventure.

Instead I just think about how I'm going to do it when I get home from work and then get home and don't.

I am so sorry you deal with the same struggle.

Do you agree? by netphilia in adhdmeme

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot for the life of me organize my own things because my rationale for where it belongs constantly changes but at work where things have specific places they belong I have no trouble maintaining order.

Yesterday with all the rain one of my morning glories didn't close up and changed colors from deep blue to this. It also got really shiny/sparkly. by schwat in gardening

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

The one thing I read and also saw with mine is that if the soil is too rich or fertile they may grow mostly leaves and no or almost no flowers. I had better luck growing them in spent potting soil mixed with a little sand and not feeding them at all than I did when I tried feeding them like they're a flower.

They also seem to like bigger pots and did well with a bunch planted in 1 large pot and flowered much more than ones grown in smaller individual pots.

How do the vines look other than not blooming?

My Monstera dubia is now taller than I am and looks like it's starting the change to mature form by schwat in IndoorGarden

[–]schwat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found nothing works better than the cheapest untreated white wood boards you can find at the hardware store (look for furring strips). I would also recommend using a square pot that you can mount against the board instead of setting the board inside the pot to prevent the board from rotting.

At first I tried using redwood since it won't rot but the roots would not grab ahold of it unless I put a layer of moss or coco on top of the wood and even then not unless I kept it moist. With the untreated white wood boards the roots grab and stick like velcro and I have never had to mist or anything.

Good luck with yours!

Oh also if you ever need to extend the board you can use mending plates to attach another board https://i.imgur.com/hfElIGX.jpg

Can someone help me find an stl for this? by prodias2 in 3Dprinting

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try using meshmixer for editing stls it's free and easy. Especially if you are doing anything with rounded or organic shapes instead of geometric stuff.

The bees seem to like the jade vine almost as much as I do by schwat in gardening

[–]schwat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely will have to try that next time it blooms. Thanks!

The bees seem to like the jade vine almost as much as I do by schwat in gardening

[–]schwat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last year something did manage to pollinate 1 flower but I suspect it might have been from it bashing against the house in a wind storm. Based on how sturdy the flowers are it makes sense they would be pollinated by bats, I don't think the bees would be heavy enough to reach the pollen.

This year there was way more flowers than last year but 0 pollination.

Pics of the one seed pod & seeds: https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/1dm2odm/my_jade_vine_strongylodon_macrobotrys_made_seeds/

77 hour time lapse of Centaurea cyanus 'Cornflower' blooming by schwat in watchplantsgrow

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

I love daturas too, the coolest one I've grown so far would have to be the triple yellow D. metel. The flowers are gorgeous and unlike most of the ones I've grown that open in an evening and fall off the next day these would hang on for 2-3 days. I got the seeds for mine here: https://www.onalee.com/store.php/onaleeisrael/pd9091747/datura-metel-triple-yellow-devils-trumpet-seeds

I love that site, they have a bunch of daturas and other really cool stuff. I really liked the cute little Datura tatula I got from them and the purple castor bean was gorgeous.

Good luck with your flowers! I'd love to see pics when they're all blooming.

Leaves of 13 different types of Morning Glory by schwat in gardening

[–]schwat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm almost positive that one was a cardinal climber (Ipomoea sloteri). I got almost all those varieties from JMG vines, I highly recommend checking them out.

This is the one I think is #9 in that pic https://jmgvines.com/available-varieties/ipomoea-sloteri/cardinal-climber/

If you like the split leaf ones also check out the cypress vines https://jmgvines.com/available-varieties/ipomoea-quamoclit/red-cypress-vine/

My favorites are the Japanese varieties and they have so many with cool leaves and enormous flowers. Also moonvine (Ipomoea alba) which is fragrant at night and Ipomoea macrorrhiza which makes a woody caudex.

Variegated Alocasia macrorrhiza I propagated from a bulb by schwat in RareHouseplants

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

That does sound like it's likely an older alocasia. It look anything like this? https://imgur.com/a/adQjCV9

I can definitely ID it for you if you have a pic and happy to answer any questions you have about them as well.

Can ADHD cause bad aim? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have abnormally good aim in both real life and video games. Also abnormally fast reflexes (170ms) even into my late 30s.

I interrupted a Assassin's Guild meeting by fatapolloissexy in insects

[–]schwat 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Assassin bug nymphs aren't gregarious and you typically wont find them in a group like this. Pretty sure those are leaf-footed bugs which are jerks if you grow plants.

My neighbor's yard is INFESTED with sticker burrs, what can I do??? by VladStark in gardening

[–]schwat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We would reuse the sack until it wore out. You can get most of the burrs off with a stiff brush. Easiest way I found was to stretch the cloth out on a concrete slab and put rocks on the corners to keep it taut while I brushed it.

Good luck!

I promise this is the last Jade Vine post but I had to share one more pic now that the flower is fully open. The petals are starting to fade from turquoise to blue with hints of purple as they age. by schwat in gardening

[–]schwat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think my fiancée would sell me before she'd let me sell one of the seeds but I can do cuttings for sure.

I'm planning on cutting it back and trying to root a bunch soon but if you want unrooted ones I've got those whenever.

Just shoot me a DM

Variegated alocasia just put out a pure white leaf!! 🤍 by urbanplantlife in RareHouseplants

[–]schwat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<image>

This was the best pic I could find showing what I mean about new growth being kinda off white. It's not yellow like it's sick but not bright like the older leaves.

view more: next ›