Anyone had much luck growing peaches in a pot in Scotland or somewhere else fairly far north?
Was tempted to try but not sure if it's worth the money/time. If you have had success, what variety have you used?
Edit: I want to grow peaches, not pears as I originally typed for some reason
Many women I know complain about their clothes having no pockets or useless tiny ones and would like more functional pockets like on men's trousers. Some blame the little pockets on "the patriarchy". And my partner is always delighted when she finds a dress with actual real pockets.
But why are the pockets so small and rubbish? I don't want my friends, partner and daughter to have useless pockets they can only fit 1 finger in. Do pockets spoil the look of the clothes in a way I can't see? Does it save much money when making the clothes? Is it a conspiracy to force people to buy handbags? Doesn't feel like my partner would stop buying handbags if she could fit her whole hand in her pocket.
Is there not a niche here for some clothing company to make clothes that look good but also have actual functional pockets? Or could women who want pockets unionise and stop buying pocketless clothes en mass so that the companies just put them in?
What am I missing?
Hey Reddit,
Can anyone offer advice about my Asian pear tree (I'll aim to link photos).
I bought it Feb 2025 as an unfeathered maiden and put it in the ground. It stayed alive over 2025 but barely and produced no side shoots. There was (briefly) a small apple tree in the ground there a few years ago so thought it might be replant disease so dug it up and put it in a pot to see if it would survive.
This year it has grown loads. It is now too big for the pot it is in and I will move it to a larger pot, but was waiting for the tree to be dormant before I did it.
Now most of the new leaves look sort of yellow with prominent green veins, while older leaves look nice and green. Adding plant feed to the pot hasn't helped. I have watered it daily apart from days that it has been raining. Soil is not dry.
I presume it is missing some nutrient or other and likely due to the small pot. But I haven't grown Asian pears before. I have had European pears in (larger) pots that have done well and fruited.
My questions are:
Or if you have a better plan, please guide me.
Thanks!
Editing: apologies to everyone who felt I was attacking people. Not my intention, I was just looking for insight. I will be more careful when wording questions and thanks for your answers.
I must have seen 100s of posts on Reddit where a woman asks if men pick up on hints or she should be more obvious. I am yet to see a response from a man where the answer is not "yes, be more obvious".
Common downsides for men in trying to pick up cues (as reported from the responses) are: we are oblivious and don't pick them up; if we do pick up something we worry we are wrong and don't want to be humiliated/seen as creepy/seen as a predator for acting on a misread subtle cue; cold approaching women who aren't interested may be threatening so many guys will now avoid it; many women report experiences where men they thought were just friends hit on them inappropriately when they became single/were drunk/were otherwise vulnerable and this understandably comes across as creepy and unwanted.
I am conscious that there must be some reason that women ask this over and over and have a tendency instead to go for hints/cues but as a guy I am not sure what they would be - can you help me understand?
What are the downsides to women of being more straightforward with a person they are interested in starting a romantic relationship with? Is it just a fear that they will be seen as too "forward" and getting judged? Is there a risk of violence/danger that I don't see? Is it that society has coded that men should be doing the chasing so if women are too forward it doesn't feel romantic like people imagined? Or that if he is not picking up hints he isn't into you enough to take a risk? Or that he just isn't a risk-taker or perhaps emotionally intelligent enough to pick it up in general and that is unattractive?
I can still remember every one of the small number of times in my life a woman (or in fairness another man) has made it crystal clear that she was into me and I have never felt anything other than shocked, flattered, and grateful she told me. Every time ended either with a relationship/romantic liaison or at the very very worst me thanking them, explaining I was in a relationship or whatever and then walking around all week feeling like the bees knees because someone made me feel attractive and desirable. Why on earth would I then make that person feel bad about it?