Life update

[PythonWallace]

I haven't been on here a lot lately, and when I am it seems like I'm just posting up some random off-topic stuff. This is no exception, but I'm pretty excited about a few things so I'll share for anyone who is completely bored.

This is day 50 for my first clutch, so Saturday I'll be cutting windows in my four pastel x normal eggs. They're dimpling and generating heat like crazy. I'm obviously hoping for four killer female pastels.

My 2 mojave clutches (12 good eggs) still look as good as they did when they were laid, and 2-3 more females are making late moves building.

I posted on here in May that I was laid off from my job of 8 years. I applied to about 20 places and had one interview. This morning I got a call that I likely got a job doing the same kind of prepress work, likely for a better company, for 25% more than I was making. I may just make Daytona yet.

I also found out that my old job has to give me my accrued vacation time so I called and demanded it. I got a call this morning that they have a check ready for 9 days vacation pay.
My RAPTOR x APTOR het R leo pair laid her 3rd clutch of eggs yesterday, and I have a couple more females about to drop their second clutches in a week. She laid them in her water bowl, but I got to them right away so I'm hoping they make it. They've hardened up and look good, but I don't know how long they can go 3/4 covered in water and still make it. I have 4 clutches of gecko eggs in the incubator right now, and my first 2 from that same pairing should hatch in a couple weeks.

For those of you who saw my indoor garden thread, I finished my 30 plant aeroponic cloner and it works great. I also built a 14 site 2" wide x 24" tall aeroponic strawberry tree that basically grows 14 strawberry plants aeroponically and vertically in the same amount of space that a single plant would take up. It's running, and I must say, it's pretty cool. I've been building and using custom hydroponics and aeroponics systems for 8 years now, and I'm starting to think about making a few models to offer on my website like the incubators. It's almost as addicting as ball pythons.

[scoobyark]

Congrats on the new job and all those eggs! The strawberry tree sounds very interesting! Do you have a pic of the strawberry tree or the fruit? I want to check it out.

[PythonWallace]

Congrats on the new job and all those eggs! The strawberry tree sounds very interesting! Do you have a pic of the strawberry tree or the fruit? I want to check it out.

Thanks. I here are a few pics. The plants were just put in yesterday. They were rootbound and lacking nutrients when I got them, and I had to switch them from soil to aero, so they look pretty shocked. They should spring back, but I can always cut them back or even start from seed. Aeroponics grows things WAY faster than in soil, so I'm not too worried.

Finished strawberry tree. There is a 360 degree sprinkler mounted inside the top of the tube that runs for 15 minutes every 1 1/2 hours.


14 plants and cuttings added


30 site aeroponic cloner - pre-cutings. There are 9 sprinklers that spray down from the top of the cloner that fill the entire system with a fine nutrient mist, run on the same schedule at the strawberry tree and my other systems.

[scoobyark]

WOW very cool! Thanks for the pics. Yep they look a little shocked! lol
I hope you post some more pics when they start to thrive!
And pics of all the hatchlings of course!

[PythonWallace]

Thanks, I'll definately be posting lots of pics. I cut most of the roots off too so they would have a fresh start. Only time will tell if they will take off or have to be cut back.

[tigerlily]

I hope everything works out and you'll be in Daytona with a great new job!

I'll have to go back and find your gardening thread. That looks really cool. It almost makes me, plant killer that I am, want to try real plants again.

[dsirkle]

Sounds like things are starting to go your way!