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I'm a beginner. Could y'all help re: Moonflower plant?
Comments (1). My friend's mother gave me a bulb from her moonflower plant. She said it was jimsonweed, but she wasn't completely sure. I really liked the plant and want to grow one, but I have a few questions. I don't think this is a bulb, but probably a seed pod from Datura, which is also called jimson weed. Anything with "weed" in its' name is usually pretty easy to grow but these things seem to want to plant themselves. The common problem with trying to grow a weed is coddling - anything from "really good dirt" to overwatering can result in failure. The pod in your picture doesn't look ripe to me, but many "weeds" seeds can sprout from seemingly unripe seeds. I'm not sure if the seeds in your pod are ripe enough to sprout. Would your friend's Mom let another pod get more ripe for you? When it turns brown and starts to crack open, it is truly ripe....See MoreWhat do y'all do?
Comments (28)There was a program on Channel 13 not too long ago, titled "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life". If you can get the book or DVD or whatever, by all means do so; it's a real eye-opener. Dr Daniel Amen (pronounced Ame-en), the psychiatrist/brain expert who hosted it dished out an amazing amount of solid information about the brain, how our diets & lifestyles affect our brains, & *how our brains are the most important 'things'* for our health & quality of life. He showed brainscan images of healthy brains & not-healthy brains, & said that the researchers had to scan 3000 people to get images of 90 healthy brains! The non-healthy brains were dramatically, disasterously damaged by alcohol, Alzheimers, smoking, crack cocaine, stroke, heart attack, inhalation of toxic fumes (don't go to work painting cars!), & probably some other stuff. The markers for brain health were diet, exercise, & refraining from bad stuff. Diet was to include fish & fish oil (people who live in countries where lots of fish is consumed have much lower rates of suicide & depression), Omega-3 fatty acids (the brain is 60% fat; don't eat any fat & you'll starve your brain), avocadoes, walnuts, blueberries, broccoli, green tea (lowers the risk for Alzheimer's), spinach, tuna, oatmeal, turkey, red bell peppers (have a whole lot more of the good stuff than green bell peppers). Exercise oxygenates the blood, making the brain work more efficiently & be less susceptible to depression. Learning new things keeps the brain young; if you're a gourmet cook, learning a new recipe won't do it, you need something *new*. Learn to speak Chinese or dance the Tango or built a ship in a bottle. He said that he'd no more diagnose depression than he'd diagnose chest pain; depression is a symptom, & the underlying cause has to be addressed. Several things that we can adjust very easily will help our brains. Gratitude: Every day, make a list of the top 5 things for which you are grateful. Gratitude gets the brain into positive habits. Challenge & correct negative thoughts; thoughts lie! When you catch a negative or obsessive thought, say to yourself, "oops, that's just my brain" & replace the thought with something else. Depression makes people feel more pain; Pain ages people & makes the brain function less well. Treating depression reduces pain. interesting stuff, sorry it's so disjointed. My plan is to type up my notes; I'll post when I've got them all together & email them to anyone who's interested. just writing out my daily gratitudes has helped me a lot....See MoreI'm worried about a big project I'm doing
Comments (6)Hi, Carol! Sounds like a fun project....with the temp swings we get here in No TX, it's pretty much a crap shoot with many tiles and some ceramics. Like Nicethyme said, the high fire frost proof tiles would be best, but if you're like me you just used what you had on hand or could easily get. The ones under the cabana may not show damage as soon as these did since they have more protection from rain, dew, etc. An idea, if you want to salvage the pretty table top you did....can you remove part or all of the "remains" of those tiles that have lost their tops and replace them with bits/pieces of stained glass using some thinset as the adhesive? Just a thought. Course, you might want to scatter some more sg pieces about the top randomly to make it look more planned. Pat...See MoreDo Y'all think the leaves I got from my neighbor has 2,4-d in them?
Comments (5)I'm wondering why there would be 2,4-D residue on these leaves in the first place. If you collected the fallen leaves months afterwards, how would 2,4-D get on them if they were on the trees when it was applied? Yes, it could volatilize/drift up into the trees, but that could happen if anyone within 1/4 mile sprayed and you would never know. 2,4-D is one of the least persistent herbicides, it degrades in most soils within a month to almost undetectable levels. It's half-life is very short. The general recommendation is to wait at least 7 days after a 2,4-D spray directly to the soil before seeding that same area....since it can temporarily reduce germination. I wouldn't be concerned at all if I were in your situation, but you can worry if that's what you like to do....See Moreold_dirt 6a
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