Polkira

joined 2 years ago
[โ€“] Polkira 4 points 2 weeks ago

I want more Animal Crossing ๐Ÿคž I'm hoping with it's success for New Horizons that we don't have to wait 12 years again for the next one. A new Mario would be good too though, Odyssey was a lot of fun.

[โ€“] Polkira 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is a drop for me, I like my romance to be assault free.

[โ€“] Polkira 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok thanks! I checked out the desktop app and it's pretty awesome. I may just get the android app. One more question and then I'll leave you alone, do you know if the android app can chrome cast?

[โ€“] Polkira 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Am I missing something or is Miru $13.99 for the Android app? Just want to make sure I'm looking at the right thing before I buy it. Also really surprised something like this is on Google Play.

I was using Aniyomi but I think ot's almpst at the end without extension updates...

[โ€“] Polkira 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol literally one character that isn't a cop or doctor is introduced, I was shocked it turned out to be him ๐Ÿ™„. I'll give it another couple episodes but if they're all like this then I'm out.

[โ€“] Polkira 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm going to be busy this season! So many shows I want to check out and lots of others I'm excited to continue :D

[โ€“] Polkira 1 points 1 month ago

Pff, Balatro has nothing on Jimbo's Game.

[โ€“] Polkira 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I bought Reka and Baldurs Gate 3, haven't played BG3 yet but Reka is fun! It's buggy so I'm holding off on playing more until it's a bit more stable but I'm excited. Been playing a bit of my backlog though before jumping into BG3.

[โ€“] Polkira 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I hate what Canadian airlines are getting away with, it's such bullshit. I was traveling with my family over the summer and because of events out of our control, we weren't able to check in for our return flight early and had to do it when we got to the airport. Air Canada turns around and says my parents don't have a assigned seats and are on the standby list for if one becomes available. How the fuck are they allowed to over-sell a flight? We paid for our seats the same as anyone else but here they are saying that there was no seat available. It was fucked up and they shouldn't be allowed to charge hundreds for just the possibility of flying home.

Luckily it worked out and we were all able to get seats, but the stress this caused and the fact that this is perfectly legal is completely unacceptable.

[โ€“] Polkira 2 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Polkira 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Still looks like a potato on my end, I can't read it :(

[โ€“] Polkira 5 points 1 month ago

A lot of people don't get enough paid sick leave to cover 1-2 days off a month (maybe more depending on medical conditions like endometriosis). I know people that have to take unpaid sick days because of this, and others that take a lot of pain meds to be able to get through the work day. I'm fortunate that I do get more sick days than a lot of people in Canada but I still don't get enough to cover a day every month plus any additional I need to take for appointments, migraines, illness, etc.

I also can see the stigma these workers receive when they're so frequently absent from work, and a flexible work arrangement could help reduce that.

People can't afford to just take unpaid sick leave all the time, and when they're passed up for job opportunities because they're "unreliable" then that also doesn't improve their financial situations.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

This is my hoya sipitangensis, not sure why it chose to flower while I'm re-rooting it but I'm not complaining.

A lot of comments about the smell here haha. This one actually smells pretty faint and just smells like flowers. I have heard some varieties smell bad but so far none of the ones that have bloomed for me have been bad.

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New Additions! (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

Went to a plant show yesterday with no intention to buy. I've had a h. gunung gading (bottom) on my list for so long though and the price was right so here we are... Also there was a carnivorous table so I picked up a sundew (top) to go with my pings that I had at home.

 

Shipping has closed for the winter so I will not be getting anymore plants this year. Probably for the better... I'll have no space once they all get bigger ๐Ÿ˜…

Got a couple of my wishlist hoyas (undulata and clemensorium) and some other beautiful plants including some succulents and begonias.

 

I've been waiting a month or so for the blooms to finally open up! They smell so good, very floral.

 

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Hoya Sunrise (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

My hoya's sunstressing makes me so happy โค

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

Featuring my cat ๐Ÿ˜บ

More blooms:

 

Post pics if you got em! I think mine is my dioscorea elephantipes (at least right now, it changes often). Grown from a seed, she'll be a year old in July :)

 

Don't know if there's any Canadians on Lemmy that have ordered from Crystal Star Nursery but this is my third order and I'm so excited!

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My Collection (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

This is most of my current collection, minus a couple hoyas in quarantine, some succulent babies I'm growing from seed, and a thanksgiving cactus that is budding that I did not want to risk messing up the blooms.

Started with a spider plant in July of 2022, after almost a full year of keeping it alive I decided to try branching out last spring and here we are. A lot were cuttings from friends' plants :)

 

Hello! I'm looking to see if anyone has a good hoya seller in Canada, specifically looking to have it delivered to New Brunswick. I tried an Etsy shop from BC in August and received the fungus gnat infestation I'm currently still battling, so anyone reputable that you haven't received pests from would be awesome!

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Fungus Gnat Help? (self.houseplants)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Polkira to c/[email protected]
 

I have a fungus gnat problem with my houseplants, I've kept them relatively under control using Mosquito Dunks in my watering can since August and some yellow sticky traps but I can't seem to eradicate them. I was considering buying nematode pot poppers but I've never used them before so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for application. All my plants are still relatively small so I don't have many large pots for any of them (most are between 4-10").

Any and all recommendations welcome, having pests is really taking all the joy out of having plants. I'm in Canada so a lot of pesticides aren't available to me.

UPDATE: I figured I'd update this post incase someone comes looking for solutions and sees this. I ended up going with a top layer of silica sand (2-4 mm in size) on all of my pots. I continued with the BTI water, let my plants completely dry out between waterings, and bottom-watered most of my plants. I haven't seen a fungus gnat in about 2 weeks so I think I have been successful in eradicating them. Will update again if this changes.

Update 2: I take back the update, they're still here... I'm so over the freaking gnats.

Update 3: Just updating this post in case someone stumbles across it looking for answers. What worked for me was switching most of my plants to semi-hydro and I now have a Pinguicula Morensis that eats any stragglers that come in with any new plants. The plants that are still in soil are watered so rarely that the gnats are not really an issue.

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