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I was gifted this variegated whale fin as a freebie from a nursery owner. She told me they can be put straight into dirt and blasted by direct full sun and they will thrive. I am defo skepticals but since it was free I’m gonna yeet it into the sun and see what happens.

It is potted in a mix of half peat moss / half garden soil + a generous sprinkle of perlite. Not the best mix but this is all I have to work with. Not too worried because I am growing a laurentii and moonshine in the same mix. What do you guys think? Any advice?

Last night there was some questionable (maybe even egregious) judging on high bar and I really want to talk about it. Shane Wiskus got a 7.650 E score even though he had no major mistake. I guess you could say his tak skills were super low, but an E score in the mid 7s??? Then Taylor Burkhart also has a killer routine but gets slapped in the face with 7.7 execution.

Of course I am NOT a judge but wow those judges must be super strict… right?? Frederick Richard goes the wrong way on his tak full and has to do some improv. You would think his E score would be sub 7.5, wrong he actually got 8.2 E WTF??? I know Fred got a stick, but over half a point on Shane? No hate on my boy, GO FRED!!! But these judges absolutely got it wrong. I mean the judges are capable of giving good scores to deserving routines. Look at Danila and Cooper.

Maybe off topic but it is surprising to see the top EVO guy underscored at Nationals. This is definitely not the first time some bullshit has happened at a big time meet. USA MAG has had a long history of suspicious/bad/inadequate judging appointments. Even worse is how the selection procedures could rely on an algorithm that is dependent on the scores, along with the judges that give those numbers in the first place.

Cut the bottom half of my moss pole three months ago. In those three months the cuttings altogether shot out TWELVE leaves. 100% success rate and every node had an established root system. My plan to live in a monstera albo jungle is coming along nicely. 😂 (Don’t mind the empty poles, I ran out of moss okay!!) 😅