speendle

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[–] speendle@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I was born and brought up in an extremely rural area of the westcountry, and I’m well aware of the “farmer hard times” saying as farmers drive past in e.g. brand new landrovers, but this inheritance tax change has not been thought through. Assuming a farm is liable to inheritance tax, where does the money come from without liquidating assets? Sell part of the farm? So then you have a small piece of land with agricultural use restrictions, no infrastructure, probably too small to form a separate farm. Repeat for a few generations and all the farms are then the same size, with efficiency of scale problems - not to mention where do the new farmers come from? Sell farm machinery - great, you’ve no business. Sell your stock - you’ve no business.

Much better to tax people when they are alive, on their earnings, and expand it to all earnings from any source, lumped together and charged at the relevant rate of income tax.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Physalis or inca berry?

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago

Aye, true. Still rationing then as well, hard times for children.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They really look much older.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

It actually gets easier as the week goes on, as the number of US-centric questions goes down…

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you also for the very detailed reply - from those options I think 1) and 2) are unlikely in my case - it’s a pre-fertilised compost designed for cannabis and should still have enough nutrients (plus during various stages of panicking I added N-Rich fertiliser (Fish mix) and no change occurred). This leaves 3, which has been the suggestion of others as well - although from your explanation I’ll be careful about reusing compost and will use new compost and add further fertiliser if required.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you - yes, I’ve really struggled here - despite the pot feeling light and the top layer being dry, it turned out the lower levels were soaking. I’ve been (annoyingly, according to my wife :-) ) very careful to move the plants out of shade though, so hopefully that part isn’t a problem.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Great, thank you! Just have to hope I can rescue them before the “auto” part kicks in - it would be a shame to have to start again.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks - more compost has now been ordered :-)

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Deep rooters! I’ve just done some repotting before reading your reply, actually downsized slightly and added a lot of drainage as the roots were basically nonexistent and I’m trying to force myself to not overwater now. When the colour returns and the repotting stress has passed I’ll follow your advice and go directly to the “final” pot size.

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thank you again :-) I have been watering when the pot is light, and the top cm or so is dry, not letting it sit in water but watering enough that the water runs through. I’ve spare compost and perlite, so I’ll try quickly repotting, in case the soil’s now too compressed/waterlogged, then follow your suggestion re the watering frequency and try and forget about the plant a little!

[–] speendle@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nochmals vielen Dank! Thank you again - I’ve got compost left and some extra perlite so I’ll mix some more in and repot now.

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