Tipping Owners of Salons?
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Comments (26)First, it's a fallacy that succulents like to go dry before you water them. Succulents PREFER an evenly moist soil. The problem is they react poorly to saturated soil, so if your soil supports any significant amount of perched water, you have a problem. Succulents gone dry suffer drought stress just like other plants. Fortunately, they generally tolerate that stress a little better than other commonly grown houseplants, and are able to recover. That built in ability to TOLERATE, shouldn't be taken as a preference. Plants tolerate a lot they don't like. If you have foliage at the ends of branches, you need to determine what's causing it. The big 3 are low light, low N supply, and root congestion. If roots are congested, it won't matter how much light or N you supply, the growth will tend to concentrate near apices and your plant will have that 'poodle' look; so be thinking 'repot' if the plant needs it, and around Father's day is a good time to do it. You can use the Miracle-Gro. It's a fine fertilizer for containerized plants. For bonsai though, fertilizers that get their N from nitrate sources are better because they tend to keep growth compact by reducing internode length and keeping leaves smaller. If you DO use the MG, you'll need to be sure your plants are getting an adequate supply of Ca & Mg, because they are lacking in the MG. If you're making your own soil and didn't use lime (dolomite), you'll need to address this issue. I won't get to deeply into it until I find out what you're using for soil. Avoid watering in sips. The practice ensures that soluble salts will build up in the soil, causing a drought reaction that could cause shedding of foliage and branches, or poor looking foliage and poor growth. Use a soil that allows you to flush the soil when you water. For bonsai, nothing else is appropriate and will lead to problems. You can review pictures upthread. Soils like Josh, Parabellum, and I use will all please you and your plant. A picture would be nice ..... Al...See MoreNew Silver Joey Palm owner! Any tips?
Comments (18)Hi Certainly glorious aren't they?? have any guess on how old the large one is ?? I figured the slow growing would be an advantage for me as it would always need some protection at one time or another. Do they have any J. perekensis , "Joey on a stick"?? Have yet to see one except in habitat pix At the nursery they told me it was a bit hardier BUT was even more slow growing.lol Don't know how the one at fairchild is doing but the "Rare plant house" ,greenhouse, was badly damaged during a hurricane .Couldn't find it on the index catalog but haven't looked in a long time. They certainly live up to" Understory palm" Always under heavy growth in pix. last year I found a seedling of Kerriodoxa elegans and have been pleasantly surprised it is already starting mature fronds and under 2 years old!!! I recently moved it up and it never slowed at all. My kind of understory!!! gary...See MoreBest tips for Airbnb/rental property owners?
Comments (6)My sister investigated this and found that homeowner's insurance will not cover Airbnb guests. So if a guest injures themselves or burns down your home, the insurance company isn't liable. How have you solved this problem, please?...See More1st Time being an Owner Builder - Any tips to save big?
Comments (75)I believe that GC's will add value in excess of their cost for most people, however, that does not mean they are either required or sufficient to create value. This idea that hiring a builder is suddenly going to get you access to higher quality subs is based on a couple of assumptions that are really just not correct. First, there is this idea that only a builder will have access to quality subs, but the truth of the matter is that quality subs work directly for homeowners on a fairly regular basis. Go to the supply house and ask some employees which plumbers they would hire. Odds are you are going to get referrals and if you name drop the supply house you are likely to get a response from the sub. You will have to be more flexible, but a willingness to work around their schedule has value to any sub. That is not the most problematic assumption, though. Just because a builder will know of the best subs doesn't mean he is going to use them. Your builder is going to have the best relationships with subs who are beneficial to HIS BUSINESS whether or not they are beneficial to your project. A GC is not a fiduciary and there is no requirement that they act in your best interest. They are a case study in the principle-agent problem and goal misalignment. One of the big values of a GC is a single point of contact for errors and mistakes. GC's have a duty to oversee construction and correct mistakes that they let happen, but they have a vested interest in not correcting those mistakes, even if a sub is responsible. The relationship between a sub and a GC has value to the GC and it is in his best interest to protect that relationship even over your home. Of course, someone who is not knowledgeable may not catch the mistake in the first place, but is far more likely to go to subs to correct once the mistake is found. If you have been on these forums for any amount of time you have seen GC's make clients eat mistakes that were not the client's fault many times over. You should also consider comparable value here, the OP is unlikely to be in the market for a high end custom builder given the information that was provided about price. Let's not pretend that all GC's at all price points provide the same value. --- The assertion that a homeowner might fall off a roof and delay or derail the project ignores the hundreds of ways that a GC might delay or derail the project. The construction industry is woefully undercapitalized and we constantly hear about a contractor refusing to do work they have already been paid to do. Or any one of a dozen different problems that make your house not a priority for them. -------- Again, this is not to say that GC's don't have value, they do. Take the money you save from being an owner-builder and divide it by the time you spent doing it and see if you even managed to get minimum wage. At that point you will learn how valuable contractors are, but still if you have the time and want to do it......See Moreponderinstuff
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