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▲ 6 r/Citrus

What kind of insect causes this damage? Anything I can do to help?

This is in northern CA btw!

u/King_Bean_ — 4 days ago
▲ 9 r/Citrus

Lemons/limes or rootstock?

Hopefully you guys can help. Im really confused: I read online that rootstock produces tall verticle growth with big thorns. However, it typically also grows leaves in groups of trees.

There are two plants I'm confused about in our backyard (northern CA). One confirmed used to be a lemon tree, but was cut down for unknown reasons. I thought surely these growths were rootstock, but there are only single leaves, rather than leaves of three.

This much smaller stump has a tag that says "C&M nurseries, Bearss lime" confirming its original fruit, but I thought maybe its also rootstock given the weird angle of growth.

Any help/advice?

u/King_Bean_ — 8 days ago

Should I go with the G9 49" or the 57"?

Looking at the Samsung G9 series... I have a 4070ti currently.

The 49" is on sale right now (665 for the DP port model), would already be an enormous upgrade from my two tiny ancient flat screens set up, and serves my needs (mostly single player games and old school stuff).

The 57" (currently 1500) looks amazing in my room (based on amazon's view in my room feature), and would likely serve me far into the future after I upgrade my PC (next year or so). As a con, I hear my current GPU is a little weak to fun that behemoth...

What's the play guys?

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u/King_Bean_ — 12 days ago

Anyone know where I can get lemon (or lime) tree buds for grafting?

So we just moved to Rocklin! Our place has this stockroot growing tall n thorny in our backyard. Long ago it used to be a lemon tree (unfortunately was cut down...)

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I was going to try grafting a new lemon plant on to some of these shoots? Anyone know where I can get my hands on some?

u/King_Bean_ — 16 days ago

Help me /r/gardening, you are my only hope! Need help with identification, advice, thoughts and prayers

Linked an imgur album here with all my pictures.

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Long story short, we inherited a huge house in northern CA (Sacramento area) and it came with this backyard. Just today I got big start on clearing out a lot of the weeds and horrible spikey things that were growing everywhere. I'm just left with this big empty space and not a lot of ideas. I'm a very novice gardener coming from northern VA, where I had at most balcony gardens.

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I'm open to anything and everything. My biggest obsession right now is, I'd love to plant a lemon and/or lime trees. The stump you see on the right for sure used to produce copious lemons, but has been many decades neglected and I think all of what is left is the sucker root (nor sure that's the right terminology), so I could dig it up and start fresh with a lemon sapling?

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As for the rear beds, I have no idea how to plant stuff on that steep ofcan incline. There are also like black tarps/cloth under the soil and all the weeds and ivy roots, not sure about their purpose originally. For the flat beds I was thinking about veggies or herbs and such. Maybe some native flowers as well?

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Lastly I'm at a loss with that ivy zone alley on the far side. I though maybe itd be cool to tear it all out and put a storage shed back there for tools, etc?

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Thank you guys for your help!

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u/King_Bean_ — 16 days ago

I have a horrible, horrible problem. I think something crawled inside my windshield wiper fluid reservoir and died, and now its a Walking Dead fluid dispenser.

So I have a silver 2013. I love the car, recently it just completed a cross country drive for us from VA to CA (big move). I even pushed it out of a sand dune in Joshua Tree and it saw the Grand Canyon and the whole thing.

Here's my issue, and this isn't a joke. At some point during the journey, I think the cap to the windshield wiper fluid broke off somewhere, leaving it open. Normally not a big deal, replacements are like 6 bucks on Amazon. Today while I was driving it around, I sprayed the thing without thinking and it came out MILKY BROWN/WHITE. So obviously I'm like.... wtf? AND THEN THE SMELL HIT ME. Luckily if you switch to the internal air you can't smell it any more, but holy hell its like this sickly fetted odor. Its stuck in my nostrils.

When I got home, I popped the hood and stuck the lawn hose in there to try and flush whatever was left inside out with clean water. I sprayed it a little bit more to try and get it to run clear, but only more white gross liquid came out (with the smell, keep in mind its like 105F out today), and then it slowed and stopped spraying all together. I can hear the motor I think still trying, but nothing comes out now. I'm thinking the worst has happened and there's like a dead mouse/lizard/bugs(????) in there blocking the hose.

I am legitimately at a loss for how to explain this to a mechanic. I can't figure out how to drain the reservoir myself, without the ability to actually spray it. Am I SOL? The outside of my car smells like a rotten BBQ porta-potty right now, send thoughts and prayers.

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u/King_Bean_ — 23 days ago

For the love of all that is holy, how do we position the couch in this room?

This is supposed to be the comfy loving room in our new home. The (really big) TV will have to go in here. We are okay with covering the fireplace (we will never use it tbh).

The couch is from our old place that we brought along. No matter which way we turn it, it juat looks awkward. Are we gonna have to get a whole new couch?

u/King_Bean_ — 29 days ago
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I really don't know what is going on with my application right now... does this look like I messed up?

I don't know if this is a niche Virginia BON thing or if it's obvious what is going on. I graduated the middle of last month. My school (ADN community college program) hasn't said anything yet about attestation letters being sent out. They are state board recognized, so it should be just a letter, not the full transcripts.

As of yesterday I noticed my application list now has a bunch of "not applicable" items, including "final review and approval". Is this normal? My fee and background check are still "complete".

This "hurry and wait" stuff is murder...

u/King_Bean_ — 1 month ago
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A goat at a swimsuit optional petting zoo ate my wife's favorite shawl. Help me find a match, or something close?

So we went to this weird petting zoo... Airbnb... swimming in a pond... experience.... thing..... in Joshua Tree today. This jerkass goat chewed the sleeve off my wife's favorite shawl while we were skinny dipping and she was really upset over it. Apparently this clothing line isn't around anymore. Anyone can help match it, or find a close replacement?

u/King_Bean_ — 1 month ago
▲ 12 r/Rocklin

Am I going to want to die commuting into Sacramento everyday?

I got a decently paying 9-5 lined up outside of Sac, currently moving to Rocklin the beginning of June. Rough estimates say an hour each way if there's traffic... Plenty of you guys do this though right?

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u/King_Bean_ — 2 months ago

This is a repost, but I figure you guys would know best.

Full disclosure, I'm still a student. I considered asking this in the student nurse subreddit, but I'm thinking more people here have advice on transferring licenses between states than people like me who don't even have one yet. The thing is, I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now.

I graduate in about one month from a community college ADN program in Virginia. It would be 100% ezpz to get my ATT from the VA BON and take my NCLEX. The issue is, due to outside life circumstances (an ill parent), I need to urgently travel back to where we're from in California. So I'm stuck between two options:

A: Go to California after I graduate, get the ATT for VA and take the NCLEX for my Virginia license, and then go through the process for licensure via endorsement in California, OR

B: Go to California after I graduate, have my community college send my transcripts to the CA BON directly, and try to get my CA license right out of the gate.

Both options have problems. If I get my VA license first, I'm wasting a ton of time... I've heard that the CA BON takes MONTHS to process those endorsement applications. It also will cost more for the application itself. I get to at least take the NCLEX sooner and get it out of the way, but if I risk it and go directly for the CA license, I get to skip the entire endorsement process.

On the other hand, if I try to get my CA license first, there's apparently a strong chance the board will deny me based on the fact that CA has MUCH more strict requirements. I will probably have to deal with this anyway, but it could delay me taking my exam for potentially months while they iron everything out. It has been so difficult to pin down the exact requirements and how they differ from VA online.... I even tried emailing the board and asking them directly, but they said they couldn't help me until I just submitted an application.

Can I ask for advice? Have you had difficulties transferring you license to CA?

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u/King_Bean_ — 3 months ago