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I love those small limes. I keep thinking about changing out my Bearss lime for a true lime tree (I only have space for 1) but I don't have the heart to kill my tree - it's probably about 10 years old by now, if not a little older... FWIW, I think most citrus trees don't start flowering/fruiting until they're about 5 years old... so there may be hope yet!

Strange - mine flowers/fruits all the time, and it's all by its lonesome - I think it's the only NYC lime tree in existence... Is yours a true lime (small fruits with seeds) or a Bearss lime (sometimes called Persian lime or Tahitian lime - the standard lime you would find in the US/Europe which is actually a cross of a true lime and a lemon, which is larger than a true lime, has a thicker skin (although I find it still doesn't take insults well) and has no seeds)? I don't know about true limes, but Bearss limes are self-pollinating - they don't even need insects!

What cut of pork do you typically use?

@liuzhou How old is that lime tree? I have a dwarf lime tree (it's a standard lime tree grafted onto dwarf rootstock) and I love it! How do you keep your tree from getting root rot issues?

Thanks. I had read that you could put the rice in ahead of time and use its timer, but the manual says that the results aren't as good. I'd be curious if anyone has tried setting it up and have it turn on about 12 hours later.

Not necessarily impatient, but after getting home from work and the rest of dinner takes 30-40 min, I'd rather not wait for another 40 min just for the rice... I wonder why it takes so long?

I was looking at one also, but saw in the manuals that it takes an hour to make normal white rice... Is that true? I've been using my Krups combination rice cooker/slow cooker and it takes only 20 minutes or so, although the rice does get better if left undisturbed for a while after it switches to keep warm...

@Shelby And it's a lot of fun when people see the extremely bright light in your window and think you're growing weed! Even more when you tell them it's just a lime tree and you can see them get disappointed... hehe

You need to get some dwarf citrus trees!!! They make very nice houseplants as long as they can get enough light, and even without enough daylight, an inexpensive LED plant light and 24 hour timer is really all you need... just in case you don't have enough to do, check out fourwindsgrowers.com

Thanks for this... you're not kidding that it's really dry! I'm glad to hear that things are coming back though.

@Shelby I concur - that is some fine looking chicken... did the chicken cool between the SV and buttermilk bath? How long did it fry for and what was your oil temp?

For that kind of money, you'd think there would be slightly less uncomfortable looking chairs...

@ocd That's correct. I imagine the company recommends using at a lower setting because plug adapters are notoriously cheap pieces of crap (even the expensive ones) amongst those in the industry and running high amounts of current through them for extended periods of time tend to make them melt. That, coupled with the liability that a NEMA 5-15 15A outlet should be used with a 15A breaker, which at 1800W for an extended time could cause older breakers to trip.

Thanks... I thought that's what you meant... I've seen advertisements for some hotels that are built that way. It's beautiful, but I always wondered about bugs, critters and such. I'll be curious to hear about the realities of it. One of my customers is a hotel in St. Lucia where the rooms are open air (there's only 3 walls) and while I've always wanted to visit it, part of me worries about waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by various tropical insects, lizards and birds...

@liamsaunt I'm glad to see your tourist dollars going to work there... I'm sure they would really appreciate it! Can you discuss (or just show pictures) the open air house? I'm not really sure what that means...

@heidih I agree that it's very little substrate for either peas or tomatoes - unless the plants are an ultra-dwarf variety. With hydroponics, your substrate size can be significantly smaller than in dirt - but it seems like that Click'n'Grow (or whatever it's called) is growing in dirt, but is kept watered through a wicking system - which isn't hydroponics.

That's a good point. It can often be a LOT hotter in a sunny southern facing windowsill than in the rest of the room...

Did they have enough water? The older growth is completely desiccated and the newer growth on the left has some major nutrient deficiencies, which could either come from lack of water, or rotted roots (if the soil was consistently too wet).

Can you post any pictures?

I could certainly be wrong.... just because something may be uncommon, doesn't mean impossible!

I would be very surprised if they were heirlooms. The variety is beefsteak - but within that variety, there are many subtypes - some of which are heirloom, and some are hybrids... It is very uncommon for heirlooms to be grown in a greenhouse - the costs are too high, and most heirlooms have a lower yield, and are not as disease resistant. Most greenhouse tomatoes are bred for the greenhouse - they are less susceptible to mold (due to the greenhouse's typically higher humidity), plus they are typically more tolerant of a high salt environment, which is needed for the hydroponics.

Indeed, that looks like it. The obvious question is, why don't they put the stores that sell their products on their website?

Are these branded? I can't see from the photo...

This looks like it, but the original recipe I saw also had instructions for making it in a pit in the ground in your backyard... hehe.... I forgot about the habanero salsa.. that salsa makes it!

I love achiote pork... I made my own marinade using achiote paste, garlic, sour orange, etc following Rick Bayless recipe on his website. Then after wrapping in banana leaf, I would smoke it on my stovetop smoker for 30 minutes or so before I put it in the SV... I always enjoyed it... but I think I would also squeeze some lime on the tacos as well.