[-] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Honestly since you have to water it anyways, I would kill off the lawn 3-4' around the outside of the house and plant flowers.

Do a blend of species at about 4x the normal planting rate. You don't want any space between the plants just mass to crowd out the weeds. I find. You can do a mix of annuals or perrenials.

Personally I'd just order in a good seed blend from a mail order company. Skip the big box store or the garden center.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 32 points 4 hours ago

So you need two cement trucks.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

2 different airframes.

The full payload like the FP-1 made out of more durable materials and designed travel long distances and blow shit up

The "decoy" is made as cheaply as possible with a radar signature designed to look the same as the full-payload. They can travel long distances as well.

By daylight they look different, at night on radar they look very similar. A good radar technician might be able to spot the difference and not waste the ammo on a decoy.

So Ukraine puts explosives on the decoys and turns them into AA hunters. This forces the AA to fire on all contacts, expending their ammo rapidly. It also gives Ukraine a swarm of armed "decoys" to target any AA. Oh what's better, announcing that they are doing it makes it MORE effective. The only thing that AA crews can do to avoid becoming a target is to NOT fire.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

A BS in biochem is the same as one in psychology.... close to worthless without the PhD.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

"These are decoys,” Vector explained during the broadcast. “We have sent hundreds of them. Some are empty, some carry a combat load. The combat payload is small, but it is enough to destroy air defense systems.”

So they send up "decoys" that are still armed. Not really a decoy then. I'd say they have specialized AA hunters in every launch. No wonder they are fucking up the Russians defenses. Everytime the AA goes active, the "decoys" start hunting them.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's likely evidence of bed bugs.

Heat and dessication kill them. So burning the bedding destroyed the ones that hid in the bedding. The ash layer prevented others from moving in from other hiding spots.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

My most used drill is an old Ryobi 12V drill. It's small, yet powerful enough for most jobs. Most importantly it's very lightweight. For most common jobs aroud the house it's what I use. I use it for all the little things like putting together furniture, hanging pictures etc.

I also have a 18V drill like yours that I use if I needed. It gets the job done but it's heavy and gets tiring to use.

I occasionally pull out to old 3.2 amp Makita corded for larger jobs that need power but I want a lighter drill.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

If one breaker is that corroded, what about the rest?

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

There was two trucks there. Three if you count the one being towed.

I especially like the part where the trailer was partially disconnected and went out exploring.

At least they rode to their deaths in style.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

With a drone of course.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Hmmm... Iran has tens of thousands of these.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-2

Like its predecessor, the Misagh-2 is based on Chinese technology,[4] and in particular is believed to be an Iranian copy of the Chinese QW-1M MANPADS.

Fucking lazy reporting.

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My wife's fluffy white dog I drive around with for work. He likes to eat higher moisture corn and cow shit.

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For silage corn the entire plant is harvested, chopped up, and packed tightly in a pile and covered with plastic or very large plastic bag. This creates an anaerobic conditions and yeasts/bacteria convert the sugars to alcohol, then acids. This acid preserves the feed for cattle for up to 2 years.

Silage corn is the most common base feed for all dairies and feedlots.

This isn't even the tallest variety out there. There are others that are 3' (1m) taller.

The machine with the spout is a chopper. They are a million dollar gigantic woodchipper. These things are fucking terrifying and you should absolutely stay out the field when they are running. Every so often a deer jumps into them.....shudder.... nightmare fuel.

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Early in the season before a corn plant is waist high it takes a guess on how many kernals it can fill. Sometimes it guesses wrong and so it aborts the top kernals to fill the rest.

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The entire top of the damn plant turns bright red.

As sugars build up in the top of the plant with no place to be transported to, the upper leaves start to turn bright red and die back.

You may get a bar bell ear or there may be no ear on the plant. In of field of millions of plants a bright red top narrows the search down.

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Start getting your pinky in shape with this weird environmental triggered trait. It's easy to find in any corn field (to be continued...).

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This right here is 350bu/acre of corn. 113 day variety on an almost pure sand field. Every damn ear looked the same. Look at that beauty, every kernal is huge and dense.

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This here is trichoderma ear rot in an organic field. This 100 day variety was chewed on by an earworm. The damaged kernals allowed trichderma to enter and infect the ear. This ear rot produces many toxins and is a big no for consumption.

The twist - Trichoderma is usually a beneficial organism in the soil. It feeds on other pathogenic fungus/bacteria and is applied extensively for biological control.

Although normally a secondary pathogen, it has mutated to become a primary pathogen in both Italy and Germany in recent years.

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This here is a genetically susceptible 113 day variety to fusarium kernal rot. This is a nasty little fungus that produces all sorts of mycotoxins that can give any mammal that consumes it a belly ache or even death. It's easily identifiable by the white streaks in causes in the kernals.

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This 98 day little minx has a flirty pink cob. It doesn't look like much but it packs quite the wallop. The ears posted yielded 302bu. Medium high ear placement and a fast drydown makes this an excellent choice for grain.

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This is pretty little 102 day number with a bright white cob that threshes very easily. It does extremely well for dry grain, high moisture grain or earlage.

The field in this picture averaged 305bu.

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Probably the easiest plant to care for once you figure it out.

I water it every month or two. Fertilize it every 2 or 3 years. Redirect the arial roots into the pot when I water.

It gets 3 hours of direct sunlight in the morning.

Every 5 or 6 years I haul it outside in the summer. Then leach the pot with the garden hose to remove the salt buildup. I also hack the plant back to a more manageable size.

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