#Aluminum Plant

[recurring-polynya]

This week for Houseplant Spotlight, I wanted to feature my lovely and easygoing aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei). I actually got this plant a few years before the Great Houseplant Hyperfixation of 2023...I'm not sure when, but I'm pretty sure it was before the pandemic. It started out as a little 4" cup that I got from the grocery store, and it survived a lot of very spotty care before growing into this beauty. (I realize there's nothing here for scale, but that's an 8" pot). The leaves really do have a silvery sheen to them that is quite attractive.

I'm pretty sure I picked it because the tag said "low light". That's not exactly true-- it likes at least 4 hours of indirect light per day. Indirect light is pretty much all I've got in my house (not counting my grow lights). This guy currently lives on the bottom rack of my bathroom plant stand, where it has really been enjoying the extra humidity. I've also had luck growing them in pots with water reservoirs.

Another nice thing about the aluminum plant is that it grows from cuttings super-easily. It can get a little leggy, and pruning it helps it to grow nice and dense. I like put my cuttings in water (I use mason jars because I have a lot of them) until they grow significant roots, and then I plant them up. I took a few cuttings of this recently and they've all been growing beautifully. One of my current favorite things to do is to grow plants from cuttings, transplant them into throwaway cups, and put them out on a "free plants" table.

Anyway, it's just a nice plant that's very pretty and hard to kill. It's also non-toxic to pets. If someone offers you one, I highly recommend it!

#houseplants #aluminum plant #houseplant spotlight

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"UNION ORGANIZERS ARRESTED SAID 'IMPEDING WAR EFFORT'." Toronto Star. October 30, 1943. Page 2. --- Aluminum Plant at Shawinigan Falls Partly Closed ----- BELONG TO A.F. OF L. ---- Shawinigan Falls, Que, Oct. 29 - (CP) - Philip Cutler and Jean Jodoin, organizers for the American Federation of Labor, today were arrested on charges of impeding the war effort in connection with a partial strike of Aluminum Company of Canada employees in two plants here.

Both men were remanded until Nov. 3 without bail, after pleading not guilty to the charges. They appeared in court in Three Rivers a short time after their arrest here.

The two labor leaders were arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The arrests came six days after the outbreak of a strike at the two plants over the number of aluminum pots each workman should attend.

The strike started at midnight Saturday, resulting in the "freezing" of three or four pot-lines in Plant 2 here. Workmen who remained at their jobs kept the potlines of Plant 1 in operation.

Since that time, soldiers have broken up picket lines in front of the plants and a number of the 2,500 employees of the two plants have returned to work.

Those returning- their number in doubt because of conflicting statements by company and union officials - did so after the National Syndicate of Aluminum Workers who have a working agreement with the company, had said that men could be found to keep the plants in operation if picket lines were opened.

#shawinigan falls #arvida #aluminum workers #aluminum plant #international unions #union of aluminum workers #strike #union politics #union demands #canada during world war 2 #chicoutimi #working class politics #wage demands #wage increase

[chplatoon]

I'm working on modelling that thing from story mode I hope it turns out alright

#splatoon #I already know the aluminum texture is going to be hell + placing the plant boxes probably... #one step at a time. the base structure is pretty much done :)

[lakemichigans]

this has been the best winter for my plants ever. knock on wood, but i haven't lost a single one ;-; and i've been seeing new growth like crazy!! it feels like every day i wake up and see a new leaf emerging somewhere. that's WILD for a midwest winter lmao but i think i'm at the point where i know my plants well enough that even when i'm not being hyper-vigilant they can still thrive, which is soooo nice because i've been focusing more on other hobbies lately. i love that my plants have become more of an ambient feeling of joy rather than a chore (a chore that i enjoy of course, but it can sometimes be overwhelming). i feel like a sim with a +3 beautiful environment moodlet 🥺

#i need to take some glamour shots of my faves #my song of jamaica has EXPLODED with growth out of nowhere #she's so perky and fun #my monstera peru has finally given me a new leaf #i think i FINALLY killed the spider mites on my aluminum plant bc she's thriving now #my alocasias are putting out new leaves etc etc its all such good news #the only problem i'm having is with my monstera which i might just give to someone #i would never throw away a living plant but i'll be honest. she does not spark joy #so if someone else would appreciate her more than i do then i feel like it's my responsibility to make that happen #i might have to make a facebook just to use marketplace lmao #i wouldn't even charge money i just want someone to take her off my hands

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

On my way to give my friend the plant I made him from cuttings!

Treehouse Gardens

#pilea aluminum #plant blog #plant photography #plants #friendship

[typhlomys]

we really need to give more credit to the tenacity of plants because i've "killed" a few of mine like repeatedly but i never throw them out because they keep somehow ressurrecting and putting out new growth when i least expect it

#visitxt #aluminum plant jesus

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

Plant Update! (another mini)

Spent a bit of time with my plants today, I don’t have the patience right now to type out a full update but among other things I repotted one of my sunflower babies, fully cleaned, replaced the soil, and repotted my aluminum plant, AND here’s a bonus teaser of one of my new lovely plants I was given from my birthday. (I’ll do a proper photo shoot with her when she’s settled.)

#also bonus close up of the aluminum plant leaves bc I genuinely can’t get over how pretty the leaves on this plant are #six dollar grocery store plant and it shines and sparkles and is delightfully metallic #I love it very much #also it’s putting out new leaves already I’m so happy #I got TWO beautiful new plants yesterday for my birthday and I’ll be showing those off soon I’m sure #personal #my plants #plant update #oh! also several of the succulent leaves I’m water propagating have grown roots #and one has roots AND a tiny baby succulent! #I’ll take photos of those too when they’re big enough to show up nicely on camera

[cathy168]

We are aluminum wafer manufacturer with our own factory We produce aluminum wafers with a thickness of 0.5mm to 5mm and a diameter of 100mm to 1500mm

#Aluminum disc #Aluminum wafer manufacturing plant

[rowandekarios]

not to be annoying but...any fic updates??? :eyes:

im so sorry. not really :')

work has completely devastated my creativity and ability to write this last month. i am trying to get back on track but it's...a struggle.

please be patient. i have no plans to give up on rowan and gale's story but right now..........i just can't get myself motivated to continue to write, even with all the amazing feedback and praise.

#if anyone wants to help me blow up an aluminum processing plant in iowa #i won't say no

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#aluminum plastic recycling machine #aluminum plastic separation machine #acp recycling plant #aluminum #plastic #Youtube

[nanni-art]

Wood in Los Angeles

Large transitional white two-story wood exterior home idea with a metal roof

#anodized aluminum clad windows #modern farmhouse #black windows #california native plants #transitional style

[jessicaschein]

Roofing - Southwestern Exterior

Large southwest beige one-story stucco gable roof photo

#roofing #gable #metal trellis #wall trellis #wall trellis. garden trellis #aluminum trellis #trellis for plants

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Arvida Faces Famine Threat," Montreal Star. May 12, 1943. Page 3.

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Slide Blocks Rail Line; Food Plane Delayed

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CITIZENS of Arvida, including the 11,000 workmen employed at the plant of the Aluminum Company of Canada there, may know the true meaning of famine shortly unless an airplane is able to reach the town carrying supplies of meat, butter, yeast and eggs. Arvida has been cut off from supply points since Saturday by a landslide on the Canadian National Railways line running from Quebec to Chicoutimi.

The slide occurred at Talbot, Que., 64 miles north of Quebec. C.N.R. officials said no freight trains have been running since the slide wrecked 159 feet of track, and added that a new temporary track would not be completed until next Saturday or Sunday at the earliest.

Company officials have asked Canadian Pacific Airways to send a plane with 1,169 pounds of meat and 1,000 pounds of butter, eggs and yeast. Last reports were that the aircraft was still at the Quebec airport.

Comments on the possible food shortage were varied but it was reliably reported that it was very serious. One C.P. Airways official said: "People are actually going hungry."

Accumulated food reserves in the Chicoutimi-Arvida district are nearly sufficient to meet all present needs, but there will be a shortage of fish and perhaps meat within a few days unless new stocks are brought in, a survey revealed today. No immediate danger of famine in the district was foreseen, however.

#arvida #aluminum workers #aluminum plant #chicoutimi #union of aluminum workers #aluminum company of canada #landslide #food shortage #canada during world war 2 #canadian national railways #cut off from the outside world #working class struggle

[thegreatlandone]

Fountain Pool Dallas Example of a mid-sized transitional backyard stone and custom-shaped pool fountain design

#a&a manufacturing #aqua blue pebble sheen #aluminum skimmer lids #pots for plants #stainless steel spill edges

[matriarchalmuffin]

Vancouver Modern Landscape

An example of a small modern drought-tolerant and full sun front yard concrete paver garden path.

#front yard #stone steps #xeriscape planting #drought tolerant plants #paver patio #basalt steps #powder coated aluminum

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Until I saw this at the farmer's market I thought mine were begonias! They were sold to me as begonias. Oh well. Still neat!

Treehouse Gardens

#pilea #pilea aluminum #plant blog #plant photography #plants #neighborhoodsightseeing