u/fleurdelis_44

I have tried 2 different 500ml mini humidifier from Amazon. One model I re-bought every 4 months because it would simply stop working, altho it would give about 12 hours of intermittent spray when it was working. But the last 2 I bought simply stopped working after a few hours.

The next 500ml one I bought only lasts a few hours even though it's supposed to work for 8.

Mini-size 500ml -- 750ml humidifiers are the sweet spot for me, as I don't have a lot of room with a Detolf. It's weatherstripped thoroughly but I like to get humidity up to 75 if I can. (With no humidifier it can go down to the high 40s).

I notice that not all of you have humidifiers. How do you do it? And for those who use a humidifier, any product recs?

Edit: I have two fans.

So, I just finished replacing my collection (long story) and now I have a bunch of young plants (alocasias and hoyas) that came to me in crappy growers soil.

My first instinct is to repot then all into a high-quality chunky mix because I'm worried about rot... but then I wouldn't be able to fertilize my new plants all summer (I'm going by the advice that you shouldn't fertilize plants in brand-new soil because the soil already has nutrients). 

I want my plants to put on real growth this summer, so I'm thinking I will just risk keeping it in the growers soil (which isn't properly chunky/aerated etc.) so that I can fertilize my new plants through August/September. Then when Fall comes around, I'll repot everything into a proper mix.

What do you think? What would you do?

So, I just finished replacing my collection (long story) and now I have a bunch of young plants (alocasias and hoyas) that came to me in crappy growers soil.

My first instinct is to repot then all into a high-quality chunky mix because I'm worried about rot... but then I wouldn't be able to fertilize my new plants all summer (I'm going by the advice that you shouldn't fertilize plants in brand-new soil because the soil already has nutrients). 

I want my plants to put on real growth this summer, so I'm thinking I will just risk keeping it in the growers soil (which isn't properly chunky/aerated etc.) so that I can fertilize my new plants through August/September. Then when Fall comes around, I'll repot everything into a proper mix.

What do you think? What would you do?

Hi all. I have a greenhouse cabinet that gets about 75% humidity. Just ordered a 3" alocasia Jacklyn. My thinking was to grow it in the cabinets ideal conditions until it got too big, and then move it to the ambient air (about 35/40%). (Not sure how to acclimate from cabinet to regular house humidity besides pebble tray etc.)

HOWEVER, someone else told me that it might be better to just grow it in ambient temps from day 1 so it won't have to go through the process of acclimating and will grow up used to ambient humidity.

Two schools of thought I guess -- what do you think?

My partner's sister convinced a guy she'd been with for 6 months to pony up his sperm for IVF. She's 45, he's 54. They're not getting married but I assume she thinks he is going to stick around.

There are some 40 women invited to the shower. I've been long-term unemployed. The mother-to-be makes around 250k. The dad is worth several million dollars and has apartments in several European countries. Yet, I'm supposed to pony up for a gift, a baby book, and chip in for an expensive lunch. Make this make sense.

First of all, I'm a new sub (3 months). I mainly teach SPED not because I have any particular training, but because that's where the assignments are.

Today I get to my school and they won't tell me where the office is but instead have me sitting in the cafeteria for 45 minutes. Fine. I chat with a few students while I wait.

Finally the sub coordinator takes me aside to give me my assignment for the day. First she asks, "Is everything OK?" in a nasty voice. I tell her it's all good. Then she says "You just look really nervous." I am not nervous, and I tell her that.

She tells me my job for the day is to take the kids on a field trip. We're in Manhattan. We'd be taking thr kids to Brooklyn ON THE SUBWAY and back.

I don't know these kids, they don't know me, and sending a sub on a field trip (especially with a group of special ed kids) just seems like an incredibly bold ask. I tell her I'm not comfortable doing a field trip, being liable for all these kids, etc. (They did have a Para assigned to me but I have no idea how useful any para will).

She told me I could cancel the assignment for the day, so I did. Am I being too sensitive -- does taking a group of special ed kids on a field trip (ON THE SUBWAY) seem like a bit too much to ask?​

EDIT: I don't know how big the group would have been. I'm not comfortable with even a small group at this point. Also, I didn't know how high- or low-fuctioning the kids were but couldn't think of a polite way to ask.