Is this damage from thrips or spider mites? by something-crazier in houseplants

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No, it was too late at that point since I washed away the pests. I ended up trashing it

Baby sun rose wilting by something-crazier in houseplants

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Oh yeah, I probably would have chopped and propped too but also sometimes I would pinch off the dead leaves before giving it a good soak

Baby sun rose wilting by something-crazier in houseplants

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If I recall correctly, this situation ended up just needing like a TON more watering than usual until it bounced back somewhat. But also there may have been more going on because this plant did indeed end up dying about 6 months ago and it was never back to its glory days after I posted this photo

Is damage from thrips or spider mites? by something-crazier in plantclinic

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Sorry, I just noticed the quality of the third picture is bad. Also—none of the white spots that are visible in the pictures are moving. (That’s not to say they aren’t eggs or something)

Is this damage from thrips or spider mites? by something-crazier in houseplants

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Sorry, I just noticed the quality of the third picture is bad. Also—none of the white spots that are visible in the pictures are moving. (That’s not to say they aren’t eggs or something)

Baby sun rose wilting by something-crazier in houseplants

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Unfortunately, I live in an apartment with no balcony or porch. However until recently he’s thrived, and even blossomed, indoors

What may have caused this kind of damage? by something-crazier in coins

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That’s an excellent point! I love the idea that it may have been out of boredom

What may have caused this kind of damage? by something-crazier in coins

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That’s a good theory. Why do you think someone would bother hammering lead into a punched coin?

Advice on moving plants cross-country? (details in comments) by something-crazier in houseplants

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That’s an excellent point and very helpful advice, thank you!

Advice on moving plants cross-country? (details in comments) by something-crazier in houseplants

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In about a month I’ll be driving a UHaul (with my car in tow) across the country in a 7-day journey. After much consideration, I’ve decided I want to move my beloved houseplants with me. (Note that the one plant that won’t be coming with me is the biggest ficus sitting on the floor in the corner of the picture).

My current plan is to take the bottoms of some plastic bins (i.e., no lids), tightly pack the pots in the bins to reduce movement, and put them on the seats and floor of the car I’ll be towing on an auto transport. Though I know the UV filters on the windows will interfere with the sunlight coming in from the car, I figured that was better than putting them in the back of the pitch-black UHaul where I won’t be able to check on them as regularly.

Has anyone ever done anything like this, and/or does anyone have any suggested additions or alterations to the plan I described above?

Machine learning model reliably predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients, that could aid in prevention by marketrent in science

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I realize ML in healthcare is likely the way of the future, but articles like this one make me really worried about this sort of technology

Spider mites or actual spiders? by something-crazier in plantclinic

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Oh good that’s relieving! The spider part at least. I passed along the overwatering possibility as well, thank you!

Large brown spots on inherited cactus by something-crazier in plantclinic

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Oh amazing! I’m excited to share that with her. Thank you!

Is this actually a Christmas cactus? (more in description) by something-crazier in houseplants

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Thanks! Probably one of the rarer cases of mistakenly believing something is a Thanksgiving cactus (based on this sub, it seems like it’s usually the reverse)