Life
This is for things pertaining to life (such as plants, animals, food, and health). It's also for biological entities.
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Check out this hairy pineapple on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/802414858579704324/
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I got this book for a college class. It talks about flying foxes a lot. So, if you're into flying foxes, I would recommend it. It's a personal narrative (which in this case is a lot like a novel, but true). I don't have the book anymore, but I enjoyed it.
It's about a scientist whose mother h...read more
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2014 tomato grow-list
All were purchased plants, and came from The Home Depot, with bonnieplants.com tags.
• Bush Goliath F1 (1; very late; a handful of tomatoes with comparable taste to Roma)
• Early Girl F1 (2; prolific; early; my favorite tomato for taste; acidic when still orange)
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These were all grown from seed. A number of the plants were at least semi-stunted this year (and produced under-sized fruit). This was my first year growing many tomatoes from seed. None were purchased as plants. I started them extremely early indoors under fluorescent lights (incandescent for Y...read more
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by Radishrain
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I grew about 100 to 105 kinds of tomatoes (~154 plants), including, but not limited to, these:
• Abu Rawan
• Aladdin's Lamp
• Amana Orange
• Amazon Chocolate (no fruit)
• Ambrosia Red (not true to type; it was a prolific, vigorous, but not early, golfball-sized yellow tomato prone to spli...read more
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This does not include those I planted that did not sprout, or that did sprout and died (due to a freeze or other such). 49 kinds of tomatoes (unless you count each F2 as a different kind; then there are more); 87 plants. There may be a few others.
• Amana Orange (from 2016 seed; this might be...read more
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2018 tomato grow-list
1st year:
• Alpha Pink (sprouted on 28 March; resprouted)
• Alpine (sprouted on 29 March; resprouted)
• American Original Red Beefsteak F1 (sprouted on 27 March; resprouted)
• Brandy Boy (GW; john11840; sprouted on 28 March; resprouted)
• Brandyboy OP (TV; Tormato...read more
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2017 tomato grow list.
$ before a name means it’s a code name for the seeds that grew the plant, and not a variety name.
All the seeds were planted within a few days of the 8th of April, 2017, sans direct-seeded ones. See the tooltip for the seed source or for saved seed; see the tooltip f...read more
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This link is very informative about what crops are said to be the biggest in Idaho, commercially:
https://agri.idaho.gov/main/about/about-idaho-agriculture/idaho-crops/
There are some surprising ones on the list! I knew about potatoes, sugar beets, and onions, but not a lot of the other st...read more
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Here's an article about the progress of farming bluefin tuna: https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2017/01/putting-bluefin-tuna-back-menu-farming/
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Here is a list of tags to keep in mind for the Plant forum:
• amendment_
• compost_
• fertilizer_
• greenhouse_
• grow_light
• herbalism_
• hugelkultur_
• hydroponic_gardening
• microgreens_
• mulch_
• groundcover_
• organic_gardening
• pest_
• raised_bed
• seed_
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by Radishrain
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muskmelon_growlist :
* Use this tag on your muskmelon growlists. Please put your username and the year in the subject of your posts. This tag has the subdomain mmgl.growspice.com.
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by Radishrain
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watermelon_growlist :
* This tag is for your watermelon growlists. Please put your username and the year or season in the subject. This tag has the subdomain wgl.growspice.com.
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by Radishrain
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pepper_growlist :
* Use this tag on your pepper growlists. Please put your username and the year or season in the subject of your post. This tag has the subdomain pgl.growspice.com.
hot_pepper :
* Use this tag for posts about hot peppers / chile peppers / peppers with any capcaisin whatsoev...read more
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by Radishrain
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You can use more hashtags, of course, but here are some standard ones:
heirloom_tomato :
* An heirloom tomato breed here is defined simply as one that breeds true (or is true-to-type), without regard to its age.
f1_hybrid_tomato :
* This refers to a first-generation cross between two dif...read more
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200128114638.htm
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Read this article. It's quite fascinating: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150430170750.htm
It talks about the beneficial qualities of viruses. It may change your worldview.
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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320690.php
The above article debunks the popular myth that you have to sneeze, cough, touch, or even talk to transmit the flu.
I tend to think the ears are a majorly unrealized path to airborn transmission:
You might not suspect that as much bec...read more
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In my view, traditional salad, made from current grocery store ingredients, should be something like this:
* Lettuce-based (not spinach or fruit-based)
* Contain 0 to 1 sweet fruits, and if they are included, they should be dried, and not be so abundant as to make the salad particularly swee...read more
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