I think so. Although I've seen videos, where people will fertilize with pollen that's up to a few days old.
My current method is just having multiple flowers and since they usually open one after the other, I'll just sacrifice the first one and keep a daily fertilization streak going.
…btw. don't use cotton swabs. I used cotton swaps and a small brush is definitly the better tool.
Last year I managed to fertilize a single flower on my cherimoya tree, which is a bit difficult as the flowers are female in the morning and turn male in the evening. This year I will hopefully be able to have the tree in a south-facing window. So I'm hoping for proper fruiting next year.
Also, strangely enough, cherimoyas seem to do well in an indoor environment and don't seem to have any pest issues at all.
Just like with solid fertilizer.
I sprinkled a bit on top and worked it in, like a few centimetres.
About two years ago I read up on chitin as a possible pest control/deterrent as I was always struggling with mealybugs and thrips, especially in spring, and buying IPMs was getting quite expensive.
I had the most problems with my banana tree (thrips) and my kumquats (mealy bugs). But since I added insect frass (in my case sheddings and droppings from zophobas) in the fall two years ago, this problem disappeared almost miraculously. Since then I have added a small handful every spring and haven't seen a single thrip or mite on any of my plants.
Sooo… idk, it definitely gets a "worked for me".
But since this is still an area of active research (albeit with growing evidence), I think it's important to describe my setup as it may affect any results:
All my plants live in unglazed terracotta with varying mixtures of mostly pine bark, perlite, some organic material such as worm castings and a pinch of diatomaceous earth. You may recognize this as a common "diy aroid mix". I also feed organically and keep the pots slightly moist at all times to keep everything biologically active (as evidenced by the substrate eating my wooden skewers every few weeks).
The plants are: a cherimoya, kumquats, figs, a banana, two monsteras, and a bunch of pitahayas (although the cuttings are only 1 year old and haven't found a permanent home yet), hoyas and a small pineapple.
Looking forward to hear everyones experiences with this!
Depending on your setup, budget and location, Nubert makes some nice speakers. I'm pretty happy with my A-125 and a XW-900.
They also make a soundbar (AS-225) that uses the same drivers but reaches low enough to eliminate the need for a subwoofer.
I understand LLMs well enough that I really don't want to use them because they are inherently incapable of judging the validity of information they are passing along.
Sometimes it's wrong. Sometimes it's right. But they don't tell you when they're wrong, and to find out if they were wrong, you now have to do the research you were trying to avoid in the first place.
I tried programming with it once, because a friend insisted it was good. But it wasn't, and it was extremly confidend, while being exceptionally wrong.
Man. Every time I read an unsolicited comment like this, I get moved a bit more to the "optics matter" camp.
If someone is interested, they will ask. And if they ask, you get to camly explain your thoughts and feelings.
That's how I managed to get everyone to think of the “haha, my food eats your food” guy in my social circle as the weird “berates people for their personal choices” guy, rather than me. He brought it up in the most childish, naive way, and I got to be the adult in the room.
And that stuck. A bunch of my friends lost their fear of meat alternatives, because of me wordlessly picking the meat alternative from the fridge in the grocery store, while picking things out for the BBQ. People do notice these things. And some will copy you, if you seem cool enough to copy.
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Sure, it may sound bad when children become homeless. But have you ever thought about how much money it saves? Just think of all the good things we can afford with all that money!
Like anti-homeless park benches. Or those little speakers that emit ultra-high-pitched sounds so that young people don't … enjoy … existing somewhere or something, idk.
And just because I'm unable to actually satirize reality at the moment, yes, /s
Protoarc. I think it's the same guys who produce the "gameball" trackball. With cheaper sensors and switches, I'd guess.
Trackballs and vertical trackballs.
Not only are they better for my wrists and allow extremely fast movements in-game, but also this:
I finally managed to pollinate my cherimoya!
For the uninitiated: Pollinating cherimoyas is a bit tricky, because their flowers only bloom for a single day. During this time, they are initially female and can absorb pollen, but only turn male in the evening to harvest pollen from.
To pollinate them successfully, you have to sacrifice at least one flower, take its pollen and hope that the next flower opens before the pollen is no longer viable.
They also develop large velvety leaves:
TLDR: Citrus keeps turning black and oozing resin. But I can't find the problem. I thought it must be root rot, but they look perfectly healthy:
Long version: Because my first and second citrus trees fell victim to root rot, I started using a very airy substrate made of pine bark, perlite and some humus/worm castings in a 5:1:1 ratio for all my plants (figs, pineapple, cherimoya, monstera, etc.) with little adjustment. You may recognize this as 'aroid mix'. But it works surprisingly well in my indoor space with a west-facing window and terracotta planters (and my tendency to overwater).
But I can't wrap my head around citrus.
It always starts with rapid growth, followed by very suddenly dropping and crisping leaves, black stems and finally death.
I thought I must be root rot again, which I need to mind during winter. But today, when I dumped my fifth (!) tree, I found only perfectly healthy roots and nice smelling substrate.
I think it must be a pathogen… but what? I am at a loss. I keep killing my citrus trees and I don't know why. :'(
EDIT: replaced "5:1:1 mix" with "5:1:1 ratio" for clearification.
One of my smaller monstera pots keeps growing these little mushrooms and I'm wondering what exactly they are.
They come after every watering and dry off pretty quickly in about half a day or so.
EDIT: They are 'fairy inkcaps'. Thanks to Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net!
Damn, woke plants. lol