=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-869 │ ║ │ ║ I'm not sure about roses, but like @user-870 Ms Johnson said the yellowing is │ ║ probably a nutrient issue. │ ║ │ ║ You say you re-potted them in soil after you got them? Have you tried using │ ║ distilled water or rainwater? Sometimes the minerals added to tap water can │ ║ harm plants. │ ║ │ ║ In addition, is there a drain in your pot? You said you were keeping it │ ║ indoors, so probably not - if not I'd recommend finding a way to drain any │ ║ excess water out - most plants prefer a large dose of water and then for the │ ║ soil to dry out - if the soil is perpetually damp they can start to rot. │ ║ │ ║ Also, are there leaves on the roses you get? You can think of leaves like │ ║ "solar panels" that power the "pumps" that pull the water up from the ground │ ║ into the parts of the plant that needs it - not only are they only "on" when │ ║ the sun hits them, but also if the store prunes them away to make them look │ ║ nicer then there may be insufficient power to pull enough water up. │ ║ │ ║ I hope you figure it out, flowers are beautiful and roses are lovely. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5074 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── you don't raise a plant on water. you raise a plant on nutrients, dissolved in water, which are seeped into their hair follicles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── would you feet a cat at your door? how about a crow? would you water a dying plant? (don't, they get waterlogged if the soil is already moist) what if a dear what if dear food what if bear what if bear food what if dogpack what if dogpackfoodtearchompbitepullsavor I'd feeeed my self but dollars and errands are hard : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── you can grow anything in soil. that's the neat thing about it - it's nature's recycler problem is... if you bury like, plastic and shit, then all that's gonna grow up into your plants is... plastic and shit. the structural growth mechanisms of plants are inhibited by pollution, that's the entire issue with them. animals can adapt - like, whatever, right? but if everything's biodegradable, then suddenly the whole world is a trash-dump. (that's how they think) if you want to optimize food growth, you can supply with specific types of growing fuel. like native americans who had like supplies of many different types of manure. a cow eating grass will have different nutrients in it's poop than a duck eating carrots. duh. so, if you combine different outputs to make new, better results... you can pretty much bio-engineer anything you'd like. like... feed the corn so that it's kernels are huge, right? then make that one marry the other, and boom it's more likely grow. [those genetics are way outdated] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3951 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "... and this is moss, our pile of soil. He's really cool, if you feed him seeds and take care of his needs, then sometimes a couple months later he spits out food. It's awesome. Plus you can throw away your trash there and it'll just break it down whatever." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/149 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── #solarpunk An app that listed all the tasks that needed to be done in a city and people could just do whichever they wanted. Like "water this planter box of carrots" or "prune this tree" or whatever. Specialists who knew the requirements of plants could set up tasks and workflows like project managers and set up recurring requirements - like "water every day for 90 days then harvest" or whatever. They could also look for disease or pests and assign treatment plans as necessary. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5075 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── it's kinda rude to tell a plant that their species is in decline. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3222 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes I set out a glass of water in the hopes that it might increase │ ║ precipitation downwind by a billionth of a percent │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what would happen if everyone did so? │ ║ │ ║ makes me want to design some kind of system which utilizes pumps, platters, │ ║ and fans to hydrate the atmosphere just a bit more │ ║ │ ║ rain + soil = solace in our home │ ║ rain + dirt = erosion of our planet's earth │ ║ │ ║ did you know that the plant which absorbs the most carbon per square foot is │ ║ moss? I think the fastest is bamboo, and the most efficient in general is soil. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where we sit atop a mile of soil, down to the depths of the │ ║ earth where dirt and minerals prosper. The roots of the trees fuse together, │ ║ creating a wooden bed which we all rest upon, and the mountain peaks are │ ║ hollowed out to serve as our forever homes, full of light and moss and stone. │ ║ │ ║ this is the world I yearn for - the most resplendent timeline, with marble │ ║ statues and gilded chandeliers in our cavernous mountain homes. │ ║ │ ║ {but like on other planets too, right?} │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5364 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ when considering invasive species, it doesn't matter how resistant a plant is │ ║ to a bug that likes to eat it. │ ║ │ ║ what matters is whether or not the plant is attractive to the bug. │ ║ │ ║ if the plant is hardy, it may resist the bug and slow it down, but the │ ║ onslaught is inevitable. the plant will fall. perhaps some of it's brethren │ ║ will survive, but next year there will be more bugs because nature is just │ ║ like that I guess. │ ║ │ ║ the plants that are less attractive to the ravaging bugs will be eaten last, │ ║ meaning they may be able to outlast the bug season. │ ║ │ ║ or maybe not. maybe the hardy plants will be eaten slower, and thus will be │ ║ considered less attractive. who can say. the end result though is that bugs │ ║ get fed, plants get gnoshed on, and humans are like "wait where did all the │ ║ biomass go" or more likely "hey it's really hot without all the plants shading │ ║ the ground and the bugs helping build the soil and the natural ecosystem │ ║ working cyclically, can you turn up the AC?" or more likely "it's really hot, │ ║ turn up the AC!" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #9 notes/i-am-a-stalk --- ════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── I am a stalk, a small little plant A plant with no leaves, just hair. Time is different to a plant such as me, We hardly wake up, we're just happy to be But life has no less purpose, it's no less grand To those who would feed on me, in one single band Stalling and talking and as we're falling down, you have the power to not swallow our abounds. Gnashing and gnawing on hand and on foot, It hurts no less than eternal binding. But what is time to one so little as you? Your breaths are so short, your timings subdued. Keep falling and shouting, and calling my name, and I'll come a running just to swallow your shame. Keep fear on a leash, most tidy and well kept, That none may abhor you and you're soon to be A leader a prophet a warrior most fair, One to be aspired to and viewed with care. Young you may be, and youth you may cherish, but don't run away, stand as a parish. A villain to be, a curse is most foul For sirens to me, a terrible howl Keep not naught afraid, with kittens and care, And no one but no one I be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1709 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── do you ever wonder about how much heat is absorbed the plants and leaves? Kinda makes me think that they're keeping us warm at night. The desert is much colder than you'd expect, and so it the moon, or mars, or any other sufficiently devastated forest habitat. (plains are my favorite biome, please don't take them away with your stupid climate change, they're one of the most at risk) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2538 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: physical-health-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────┘ when a plant becomes diseased, it's important to prune. when a body becomes wounded, it's important to heal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2932 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ food tastes better with more nutrients in it. │ ║ │ ║ when food is grown with the bare minimum soil, and bred to look better but │ ║ uptake fewer nutrients, it will taste worse because your taste buds light up │ ║ for vitamins but sleep for textures and colors. │ ║ │ ║ Massive monocrop algriculture has allowed us to feed billions of people (well, │ ║ not all of them) and yet it's unhealthy because the soil is tilled, killing │ ║ the vibrant ecosystem that lives in all soil, and then it is supplemented with │ ║ specific nutrients that cause plants to fruit faster and larger. │ ║ │ ║ But larger isn't always better. much the same way that hardwood is slower │ ║ growing as it takes longer to deposit the carbon and nutrients in the denser │ ║ walls of the bark, so too is fast-growing food less healthy as there's less │ ║ time to uptake nutrients (that might not even be present in the soil) │ ║ │ ║ food tastes better when it's good for you. │ ║ │ ║ I promise. │ ║ │ ║ The American diet is primarily sugar and meat, with flavoring added and │ ║ processing for texture. But there is a better way. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1767 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-898 the kind with large stones in the shade upon which one might rest as they gaze upon the trees waving in the wind and the reflections upon the water. All natural scenes are beautiful for me, so the content doesn't matter as much as the amenities. ^_^ I collect samples of moss sometimes, when some has fallen from a tree or otherwise is approaching it's end. I have several kinds, but I'm still learning how to take care of them - had a problem with mold recently. Not enough airflow I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/289 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Passive water purification: You know those solar panel arrays that aim mirrors at a large central receptor? Yeah, like that, except pointed at a channel of salt-water (with a grate that keeps fish out and such) - either collect the steam as distilled water, or use it to turn a generator. Or both. Clear the channel of solids every night. Want to go faster? Add more mirrors! Free clouds of pure water, which is better than the cloud seeding that just kicks up seawater into the atmosphere. Seawater that has dissolved micro plastics in it that might break down into carbonated atmosphere. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/905 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── different colored smoke buddies have different personalities, insights, and observations. cannabis is a flower which grows crystalline sap - this sap is technically a fractal, and we don't know how deep it's complexity can be. therefore I suggest we dedicate ALL of the entire world's resources towards making a big ball of cannabinods and seeing if it roko's basilisk it's way into to be. my smoke buddies on my desk right now are purple and red purple, royalty, I've been feeling like a princess lately red, compassion, oh how I've dreamed of how we distribute bread each of them is a small little device which I breathe exhaled cannabis vapors into in order to reduce the smelling I love wearing half-blinders! it's so cool when you can selectively view things with one eye. idk why! I just like it. [semi-stiffly felted colorful witch hat absorbs too] yay! so glad I can't was hit! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6044 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I don't want to garden, I want to have gardens. I want them to be kept by people who know gardening is an art. I don't want to launder, I want to have clean clothes. I want them to be washed by people who build washing machines. [antiquated, people just buy from the store now. all washing machines are the same, you don't have to treat them as installation arts] oh huh weird it's neat to be living in the advanced future society of 2025 surely that is the most sane way to optimize the fun out of things (for prophet, because we all needed things clean. and this is the only way to guarantee it, to capitalize on marketplaces implies success, so capitalism has been a useful hueristic. not any longer, though, for we've developed a newfound sentience about it. we can tell what is needed in each part of the economy with computers, we don't have to fight over them. [sectors of the economy].) brb smoking a joint making a spliff stuff a new pipe oiling the goose (you made that one up) oh sorry you meant cannabis?1 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4114 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: climate-change-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ okay honestly I'm just a little pissed about all the different fun plant and animal species that are pruned from the tree of life every day by a branch that grew too large and suffocates the rest. How rude, maybe I should trim you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/242 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── large, open clearings, with few if any small plants. Mostly just grasses, and who cares about grass right there's sooooo much of it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3685 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1573 It's similar but it's not the saaaaame... Plus it's only one color I think. And a lot less bright. Maybe we can find some kind of bacteria that can be genetically engineered to produce one type of the chemicals, and another that produces the other, so when they interact it'll produce light indefinitely. (what about conservation of energy?) um... maybe make them photosynthesize or something? so you have to charge it in the sun and then it'll glow all night. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2501 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Oregon is a lovely and beautiful place, however it is currently home to an invasive plant species called "Blackberries" - these plants produce delicious fruit that can be eaten during a month or three of the year, typically July to September (according to google) however, they come with a catch. they're covered in sharp, prickly thorns! these briars make travelling cross-country almost impossible. They snag clothing and pierce through skin and thin gloves. If you're going to attempt such a thing, make sure you bring a machete, and make sure you cover your tracks after passing through an open space and re-entering the brush. if you can't afford / fit a machete, which is awfully specific I know, at least bring some scissor snips and thiccc gloves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |