How does the soil feel? Has it been overly wet in the last days?

Do you fertilize it?

Might be overwatering, (potassium?) deficiency, or heat stress. Probably a mix of those.

Maybe they can help you on your balcony!

I don’t think so, because there are so many that are attracted by other things, such as honeydew.

But I have a Sarracenia out there!

It wasn’t really happy until now, but once it acclimatises, it might catch a few ants and maybe wasps?

My nepenthes is indoor only, because I’m afraid I might introduce pests to my other houseplants when I have to bring it indoors over winter.

That’s amazing. Did the buggy get there on its own or did you help?

I had to help a bit 🙃
I put the bug onto the plant itself, but it crawled in there on its own.

My neps are still learning to walk. They’ve been fed synthetic fertiliser up until now, and they yet have to develop their hunting instincts :D

Definitely take some leaf pullings before! Just in case, if the soap kills the plants, you have a backup and can start growing them again.

I’m in a similar position with my Drosera right now.

What substrate do you use for your pings? If you use peat or other organic media, I think they won’t be super happy. They arent bog plants and don’t like to be having wet feet constantly afaik

I think I’m gonna print this out as a sticker, thanks! 🤗

Root rot?

I think the brand doesn’t matter much. They all work fine.

I will make a post about it, so it is easier accessible for others too.

TL;DR what I’ll say:

• Expensive isn’t much better per se, but there are still some with worse quality than others (unpuffed balls, etc.)
• There’s “red” LECA (smoother surface, but more compact) and “grey” LECA (very lightweight, porous and floats). Both have their own (small) pros and cons, but still similar. I just mixed them by now for aesthetic purposes lol
• The size variation matters a lot. Bigger, rounder balls = more air gaps. Also, I’ve found smaller beads to also be less porous than bigger ones.
• You have to soak it first in pure water when dry. If you use tap water instead, it will soak up the minerals and leach them out over the next weeks and alter the water chemistry, including pH.
  You can reverse this pretty fast by boiling in rain/ distilled water. The pressure from the boiling will drive out the remaining stuff from the pores.
• All in all, aside from the dust and (often) leftover minerals in the beginning, it is totally inert once you’ve soaked it in pure water at least two times.

I made a guide a few weeks ago, here it is

LECA is expanded clay balls. Similar to pumice for example, it has a lot of pores, which draw up water by capillary action. It is constantly moist, but also highly aerated and my hydroponic medium of choice.

I also made a few posts about it, including microscope pictures and explaining the concept of semi-hydro :)

You’re growing Cannabis, which draws literally every sweet-sensing pest.

Funnily enough, my weed is pretty much the only thing (and chillis) that isn’t much affected. The willow is the worst one, and the pepino second.

Those things on the underside of the leaves you posted are Ladybug larvae, and they are GOOD.

Those larvae pictures are already a bit older, maybe two weeks? They probably got killed by the ants or wasps, because I rarely see them around anymore.
I also rarely see any other aphid eating insects anymore, only ants and ants carrying carcasses :(

Obsidian or Logseq.

I’ve used Logseq for my lab journal, thoughts, and whatsoever, and it works excellent for that.

• You can link different things/ dates with each entry
• Markdown
• Functions and querys
• Local
• Very flexible
• And you can find pretty much every thought you’ve ever had, nothing is lost.

It can be tricky tho if you want to collaborate, because the sync isn’t perfect yet, but the devs are working really hard on it

I have good experiences with cuneiform. You only need a bit of clay, a wedge and some dedication.

Especially in meetings it has the advantage that it is less noisy compared to your rock and won’t ever be noticed in your tribes meetings.

It doesn’t support real Markdown tho

Great. The next logical step in this evolution is going back to pen and paper, lol

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Fuck lawns!

Have you considered native pollinator meadows, moss gardens or clover? They have an actual use for nature too, are pretty much zero maintenance and are not just eye candy 😉

Fedora Atomic because I don’t fucking care what package manager and whatnot sits underneath.

I just wanna relax in my free time and not worry about all this fucking nerd stuff.

Touching grass > Troubleshooting a broken system

@arschflugkoerper@feddit.org I have nothing useful to contribute, but I fucking love your username. Thank you for the smirk you gave me, have a nice evening mein Genosse 👋

Could you please flag the post with the correct language, so that not everyone sees it?

Can you provide images with better quality and some more details, e.g. the whole plant, undersides, bottom leaves, top leaves, etc.?

With that pic alone it’s hard to diagnose any problems you have.

It might be: (from most probable to least)

• Heat stress/ dry stress
• Overwatering
• Potassium deficiency
• Pests (aphids, etc.)
• Overfertilization (if you added mineralic fertilizer)
• Bad water quality (chlorine, dissolved minerals, cold shock)

Kvaesitso is totally underrated and fucking awesome. Can 100% recommend it and is totally unique.

• FOSS
• Customizable
• Very capable. E.g., you can convert units or have an inbuilt calculator by using the spotlight search
• Smooth and beautiful animations
• Plugins
• Minimalist

I got some from a neighbour who has a bog garden with carnivorous plants in it. It grows in masses there, and I asked him if I can plug a few patches of his for a few bucks.

Alternatively, you can usually get it online from terrarium stores (more expensive) or hobbyists who have some left over. I heard it grows very fast under the right conditions, and many get an overabundance after a few years and are glad to share it.

They’re growing in a soil-less media and receive hydroponic fertilizer. The technique is called “semi-hydro”, which is a passive way of growing plants.

increasing the nutrient concentration

Be careful. A nutrient burn is way more harmful than a deficiency.

It’s one of many plants that people say “do not like wet soil,”

Water isn’t the problem, it’s the anaerobic conditions that lead to root rot

Are all of those pictures of your plants really all hydro?

Yeah, the only exception is my one Drosera, which lives in the peat mix I bought it in (can’t survive in most other media) and a few of my balcony plants, mainly my blackberry (perennial) and some pollinator flower mixes that live as weeds.

All other ones, houseplants (including calatheas and some carnivorous plants!) and balcony crops (cannabis, melons, chilli, etc.) are in hydro.

Here, for example, my Tradescantia (because it was a main subject of your post) and Nepenthes