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Got gifted an alocasia dragon scale.
While I am mostly indifferent to indoor decorative plants, I won't just neglect it to death.

The plant seems to move its leaves quite a bit, almost everyday they're positioned slightly differently, not in a wilting kind of way.
Does this mean it doesn't like where's at?
 
MightyMorphin'Willbender said:
Got gifted an alocasia dragon scale.
While I am mostly indifferent to indoor decorative plants, I won't just neglect it to death.

The plant seems to move its leaves quite a bit, almost everyday they're positioned slightly differently, not in a wilting kind of way.
Does this mean it doesn't like where's at?
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Its normal for a plant to grow towards its light source and with this particular plant and many others it is recommended you rotate them so they grow evenly. It wasn't too hard to find guides for caring for it so you will probably be fine googling care guides for it.
 
The small growth there in-between the two bulbs is a new pseudobulb developing so this one I am likely gonna let it skip dormancy and keep watering to develop this new bulb so It's going to be flowering and in active growth at the same time until next winter I'm thinking.
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Does any have any suggestions for a good brand of hydroponics nutrients?
 
MightyMorphin'Willbender said:
Got gifted an alocasia dragon scale.
While I am mostly indifferent to indoor decorative plants, I won't just neglect it to death.

The plant seems to move its leaves quite a bit, almost everyday they're positioned slightly differently, not in a wilting kind of way.
Does this mean it doesn't like where's at?
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Alocasia need a lot of light and if it's not being lit by multiple angles it will grow towards the light. Just rotate it when it gets too one-sided.
 
The fig I used as my profile picture is now finally ripe enough to eat. I'm going to gamble a little bit and hopefully let it ripen even more before the deer, bugs, squirrels, or birds get to it.
 
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Space Faring Marsupial said:
I'm MATI.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HCS2b-a9DX4
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American hoa lawn law shit is possibly one of the most retarded laws I have ever heard about and I'm fucking English. My property my choice. Fuck off or I will exercise my constitutional rights. I fucking hate societal autism, imagine even trying to say that lawns look good let alone that they are better than the garden that has a fucking hummingbird in it, I would fucking kill to have them over here yet america makes it illegal to try and feed them because big turf has chemicals to peddle.
 
Is there an online resource, where I can input soil type, pH, region, whatever, and it will tell me what parameters should I change in order to maximize a target crop?
I decided on a whim to restore my parents' small vegetable garden (about 200 square meters), since it's been unused for 5 years, made sure crops had been watered and fertilized regularly, and already harvested crops - the results varied, but in short everything grew really well for a sandy loam soil, except root vegetables (carrots, parsley, root celery, beets - all fucked, and by that I mean all of their growth went into leaves, and none of it into the root), but that's possibly because I neglected to till the field with a subsoiler, and just went at it with a mattock and called it a day. I have no heavy equipment at hand, so if restoration requires more than elbow grease, I'll have to either borrow or rent equipment, and I'd like to know in advance what I'm getting myself into.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
the garden that has a fucking hummingbird in it, I would fucking kill to have them over here yet america makes it illegal to try and feed them
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It doesnt help that many people are into the idea enough to put out a plastic hummingbird feeder but not committed enough to actually changing the fluids frequently. There’s an epidemic of hummingbird fungal infections due to them drinking old sugar water from these plastic containers that sit in the sun.
The mexican sunflowers i grow every year seem to be their favorite so i made sure to start early this year.
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Speaking of hummingbirds, I saw one drinking from my Apricotta Cosmos today! Woo hoo! I have a feeder but I grew a lot of flowers they're supposed to like hoping to attract more. I've seen at least 3 species on the gladiolus, zinnias, begonias, petunias, and crocosmia.
 
The water hyacinths I transplanted to my pond are starting to out-compete the alligator weed; if I keep fucking with the weed enough with the rake it seems I can stress it out to death. 🚬
The purple irises and purple hyacinths are going to make for a kino fishing spot next spring when they bloom.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
American hoa lawn law shit is possibly one of the most retarded laws I have ever heard about and I'm fucking English. My property my choice. Fuck off or I will exercise my constitutional rights. I fucking hate societal autism, imagine even trying to say that lawns look good let alone that they are better than the garden that has a fucking hummingbird in it, I would fucking kill to have them over here yet america makes it illegal to try and feed them because big turf has chemicals to peddle.
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It's all old people who still think suburbia is all about being a part of a collective behavior unit, but the whole concept of suburbia for everyone under the age of 55 involves them having a private alcove. This is flat out the Baby Boomer - Gen X generation gap conflict
 
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