Polkira

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

They're so pretty! The Cuprea is a stunner ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

I enjoyed it but I wish I didn't pay full price. The game is very linear and I think I beat it in about 6 hours. Also not a lot of replay value in my opinion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well at least she didn't get screwed out of her money. The guy sucks but it seems she came out of the engagement relatively unscathed.

 

Featuring my cat ๐Ÿ˜บ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Not hard at all! I got some of those seedling trays that come with the lid that allows for easy bottom watering and basically just watered once every week or two. Kept it under a grow light for 12 hours a day and had a heating pad under it set to 22ยฐ C (it was in the basement so I didn't want it getting too cold). Now I just water it once a week and let it do its thing! It seems to really like the bonsai mix.

 

Post pics if you got em! I think mine is my dioscorea elephantipes (at least right now, it changes often). Grown from a seed, she'll be a year old in July :)

 

Don't know if there's any Canadians on Lemmy that have ordered from Crystal Star Nursery but this is my third order and I'm so excited!

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

This will be my struggle in a year or two. I'm planning on moving a couple provinces over so I'll need to come up with a way to move them. Probably end up taking a bunch of cuttings instead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Damn I'm surprised someone was able to decipher that lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm just hoping it's not another 12 years for the next one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Ooo I didn't know this was getting a new season, fun! Definitely will be going on my watch list.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I ran the pic through Planta which says it could be a common fig, or ficus carica. I think it looks pretty similar, could be that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They stopped issuing cards and just print it on a full 8.5"x11" piece of paper now actually lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Definitely spider mites, I've gotten rid of them by giving them a good spray down with my shower head, wiping all the leaves with damp paper towel, and then dousing the plant in miticide (i used safer's end all, it comes in a yellow bottle). I did 3 separate treatments 3 days apart. and then kept them quarantined for a month to make sure i got em all. I managed to get rid of the mites on most of my infested plants except for my parlor palm which i ended up throwing out. There's other, more environmentally friendly options you can google but that's what worked for me.

Make sure you get all the nooks and crannies, including the underside of the leaves, stems, and the top of the soil. Those buggers are prolific and if you miss some then they come back quickly.

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My Collection (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

This is most of my current collection, minus a couple hoyas in quarantine, some succulent babies I'm growing from seed, and a thanksgiving cactus that is budding that I did not want to risk messing up the blooms.

Started with a spider plant in July of 2022, after almost a full year of keeping it alive I decided to try branching out last spring and here we are. A lot were cuttings from friends' plants :)

 

Hello! I'm looking to see if anyone has a good hoya seller in Canada, specifically looking to have it delivered to New Brunswick. I tried an Etsy shop from BC in August and received the fungus gnat infestation I'm currently still battling, so anyone reputable that you haven't received pests from would be awesome!

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I have a fungus gnat problem with my houseplants, I've kept them relatively under control using Mosquito Dunks in my watering can since August and some yellow sticky traps but I can't seem to eradicate them. I was considering buying nematode pot poppers but I've never used them before so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for application. All my plants are still relatively small so I don't have many large pots for any of them (most are between 4-10").

Any and all recommendations welcome, having pests is really taking all the joy out of having plants. I'm in Canada so a lot of pesticides aren't available to me.

UPDATE: I figured I'd update this post incase someone comes looking for solutions and sees this. I ended up going with a top layer of silica sand (2-4 mm in size) on all of my pots. I continued with the BTI water, let my plants completely dry out between waterings, and bottom-watered most of my plants. I haven't seen a fungus gnat in about 2 weeks so I think I have been successful in eradicating them. Will update again if this changes.

Update 2: I take back the update, they're still here... I'm so over the freaking gnats.

 
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