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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Why are my tomato starts spindly? Peppers and dahlias are growing in the same conditions and look fine. The tomato leaves are not lush, and the lower ones curl and fall off :(

Tomatoes, dahlias, and peppers growing in seed starting trays.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Studying up for the next few years.

A hand holding a red book titled Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962 by Yang Jisheng

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

First dahlia seedlings from my future breeding program! These are open pollinated from last year, but I’ll do some intentional crosses this year.

Small seedling leaves emerging from soil blocks in seedling tray.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My raku piece from the firing yesterday.

A ceramic sun sculpture glowing from the 1000º heat of the kiln. Flames are rising above it.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Finally have my own network so I can set up my Pi-hole again. The web is polluted, essential to fight back, especially when everybody wants a piece of our data to help take away our fundamental rights. Already blocking 18% of all queries 😇 pi-hole.net

A close up of a Raspberry Pi Zero W computer board.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)! Somewhere around 3,000 left in the wild :( They're so beautiful, maybe because of the coastal hills and cliffs where they grow.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Starting a little tea growing project! If anybody has leads on tea breeding programs for the Pacific Northwest I'd be happy to hear about them! This is Camellia sinensis var. sinensis from a local nursery.

A tea plant, Camellia sinensis var sinensis. Several leaves are visible and a small white flower.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Saving dahlia seeds for the first time! I've never done this before so I'm excited to see what I'll get. I collected dry flowers from 12 varieties. I wasn't around to do manual crosses so they're all open pollinated. Anybody know how often dahlias outcross vs self? Next year I'll do some crosses!

Two dried dahlia flowers split apart with seeds and chaff visible.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The dahlia dig begins! This is variety Citron du cap, which yielded 17 tubers 😮

A large mass of dahlia tubers being held in the air by a rain-jacketed arm.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great news, my Nepenthes 'Miranda' is flowering for the first time! Less great: it smells like bad meat and I'm having a dinner party tomorrow :/

An inflorescence from Nepenthes 'Miranda' pitcher plant. Other houseplants are in the background and grow lights are visible.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Nice to work for a company where I can combine visits to HQ with seaside fossilized whale bone viewing.

Fossilized whale bones embedded in marine sedimentary rocks of the Pliocene Purisima Formation, 3-5 million years old.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Exciting section of the plant shelf.

Zoomed in image of houseplants sitting on a shelf. On the left is a Nepenthes ‘Miranda’ bloom with unopened flowers. On the right is a fleshy starfish looking flower of Stapelia gigantea. In the background is a flower of a Fenestraria succulent with thin yellow petals.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

I've been growing Dahlia imperialis (tree dahlia) for a few years now. I think this is the tallest growth yet, 13 feet! Short days trigger flowering, so it has never flowered before the killing frost here in Washington. A mild fall has it so close this year, we'll see!

A very tall dahlia next to normal sized dahlias, all growing in a planter box. Chairs are near the dahlia for scale.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Fantasy Orchids, Louisville CO.

An orchid greenhouse. Many orchids on benches and hanging from the ceiling, some in flower.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Tiny comet, from a parking garage in downtown Durham.

The night sky. Some stars are visible, as well as a comet, which looks like a smudge in the middle of the image.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

What should I do with a lot of habaneros?

Lots of habanero peppers growing on a plant.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

Orchids! The forest is full of beauty here. Cypripedium acaule.

A group of orchids growing on the forest floor. Cypripedium acaule.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

I think this is Galearis spectabilis.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

It seems like the leaves are more jazzy in the Eastern US forests compared to the West, why is this?

Two leaves on the forest floor with patterns of lighter and darker tones. On the left, wild ginger, on the right, trout lily.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

Shortia galacifolia at the Asheville Botanical Garden. Hopefully I’ll see it in the wild at some point!

A small flower nestled in leaves. Shortia galacifolia.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Pics don't do it justice, it seriously moved me to tears.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

I had a wild morning in Nebraska today. I had no idea it was Sandhill Crane season, but I happened to be driving along the Platte River right before sunrise and saw one of the most amazing bird sightings of my entire life, many thousands of cranes filling the sky 🥲 Nebraska is pretty cool.

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes flying above the freeway before sunrise.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Imagining that this wasn't a typo, and there's a cruise ship out there with more plant species than the New York Botanical Garden.

Screen shot of New York Times article about cruise ship with the text: "Space. The ship has the feel of a city, with eight distinct 'neighborhoods.' My favorite, Central Park, was filled with 20,000 plant species; it was the perfect place to stroll or read on a bench. The Royal Promenade, with karaoke and a piano bar, could get crowded and noisy at peak times."

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Haven't been to Joshua Tree for 13 years (because of the crowds I guess), until yesterday. Right on the edge of the storms, it was incredible.

Joshua trees growing in the desert with rocky hills in the background.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

I ate some California fan palm fruits, they were pretty good, they tasted like feral dates.

California fan palm fruits. Clusters of small black fruits hanging from palm trees.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Young citrus trees shaded with palm fronds (I think date palm!). Borrego Springs.

Palm leaves protecting young citrus trees from the elements. Dry mountains in the background.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Spectacular day yesterday in Anza-Borrego. Got 1/6 of the average yearly rainfall! The rivers were raging :)

California fan palms growing in their natural canyon habitat. A river is flowing beneath them.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

For the next few days I'm staying here, on the ancient shores of a 5 million-year-old lake. The dirt in this pic used to fill the Grand Canyon.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Here's my desk! Probably need a more ergonomic chair for the long term and sort of forgot about shade, but otherwise everything is working great!

A desk on the edge of desert hills. A lawnchair is in front of the desk. A laptop on a stand is on the desk, along with a keyboard and mouse.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Hmmm for some reason I'm having trouble wiring up my four solar panels in two parallel series, even though ChatGPT drew this super helpful and clear diagram when I asked.

Unhinged sketch generated by ChatGPT incorrectly illustrating how to wire together 4 solar panels in 2 parallel series.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Potatoes growing in the cloud forest at 2700 m. San Martín Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.

Field of potato plants with trees in the background.

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Cedar Warman @cedarwarman.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Delighted to have seen what I think is Dahlia imperialis in its native habitat! I've been growing one for a few years in Portland but it never flowers. They're all over the place in the Guatemalan highlands :):) This one is near Laguna de Chicabal.