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Thank you very much @krystian

Just checking if the operating hours at Suvarnabhumi for Re-entry permits is still 24-7 as I have a midnight flight later this month.  Also checking that the location of the Re-entry desk is in Immigration Zone 2.

FYI This older page from AOT/Suvarnabhumi states it is open 5am to 00:00hrs and then on the same pages states "The immigration arrivals zone 2 Service 24hrs"

http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/en/1001-suvarnabhumi-re-entry-visa

Pretty confusing if you ask me.

Thanks for any advice!

Yes. never mind the health problems of the locals due to mine runoff.  Lets make $.   Profits before people!

"The cabinet decided this month to halt all gold mining and exploration nationwide by the end of the year over health concerns.

HEAVY METALS IN THE BLOOD
About 400 residents of both provinces have been found to have unusually high levels of heavy metals in their blood.

Akara Resources and its Australian owner, Kingsgate Consolidated, denied that its 1,200-rai mining operation used toxic substances to extract the gold ore.

TRIP TO BANGKOK COURT TO FILE LAWSUIT

The Lawyers Council of Thailand brought some 30 residents representing the plaintiffs' group to the Civil Court on Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok.

The 300 residents were from the tambon of Thai Dong in Phetchabun's Wang Pong district and Khao Jed Luk in Phichit's Thab Khlo district.

The residents demand compensation of 1.58 million baht each and a 50-million-baht contribution by the company to an environmental clean-up fund.

The compensation is for medical treatment, health deterioration, household survival and lost benefits from natural resources.

Attorney Phadungsak Thianphairoj said more villagers are likely to join the class-action lawsuit.

GOLD MINING SPEED-UP BEFORE END-OF-YEAR BAN

The government has ordered Akara to halt gold-mining by the end of the year.

Due to this deadline, there could be more fallout from accelerated operations, lawyer Somchai Ameen said. 

If work is sped up, the plaintiffs would seek a court injunction to prevent such activities."

Obviously the guy has some kind of chronic mental condition.  Why else would allow themselves to be so hideously disfigured by something that is curable just to enable a traveling lifestyle?  

3 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

No Cambodia?

 

Draft beer 50c to $1 all day every day in some bars.

 

Better selection of spirits, wine and beers than Thailand will ever have too. 

Also no Vietnam which I've heard is dirt cheap for beer.

Hard if not impossible for pet euthanasia here in my very limited experience 

This place has this kind of thing.  Not sure on the continuous light sources but they do have LED's 

http://www.procolorlab.com/

This company has worked on my family's and their business's AC for years so they're honest when they don't know what to do.  We're fortunate in this situation.

We did this with our Mitsubishi and it worked for a spell.  Ours had little or no fan as well as not being cool, nor the compressor running outside.  The power light on the unit was blinking as well.  

In short order the power cycling method no longer worked and we needed the Mitsubishi guys to come in and check it and they found a sensor was bad, replaced it and it's running fine.  Our normal guys who come to clean the family's AC's and do maintenance on them here in BKK couldn't figure it out and referred us to the Mitsubishi guys.

I've been keeping a close eye on this tree and have found 3 caterpillars on it so far.  One has to look carefully to find them.

Since I first posted, with advice of cutting back on watering, the tree is sprouting new growth and doing much better.  The sickly looking leaves have not improved but haven't gotten worse either.  Thanks for all the help!

On May 6, 2017 at 8:35 PM, drtreelove said:

Good discussion.  Cooked, it's not the soil factor alone, but as you know there are many components to IPM, as intelligent plant management, that work to reduce pest susceptibility.  Yesterday I sprayed Pyganic (pyrethrins botanical insecticide) on a plum tree for a customer in Palo Alto with one of the heaviest aphid infestations I have seen. It had been pruned too heavily and the rampant re-growth at the top was loaded with aphids. Another customer down the street with the same kind of plum but with more conservative pruning was clear of pests. Over fertilization, especially with high N chemical fert is another factor that invites pests. Companion planting, attracting birds, mulching, water management, etc all work together.

 

Emanphoto, you are onto a great way to improve your soil, but your fishing worms may not be the best, as they are not the same species of worm for processing raw composting material. There is a specific type of red worm that is best for "vermicomposting" . 

 

https://www.planetnatural.com/worm-composting/

"Don’t go out and dig out night crawlers that live in the soil by your home to populate your compost bin. Night crawlers need to tunnel through dirt to eat and survive and they can’t live on vegetable waste. Instead, you need redworms — Eisenia foetida (also known as red wiggler, brandling or manure worm) and Lumbricus rubellus (manure worm)."

If I see these red worms for sale I'll get some.  Unfortunately finding such things here is a real treasure hunt and for the most part, one can get what they can get.  Can't say what has happened to the worms added to my mulch barrel.  There's some dirt in there mixed in.  There are also lots of bugs that seem to enjoy hanging around there giving the jinkjoks plenty to do at night. :) 

I've been keeping an eye on this tree and the other night I found a 2 inch green caterpillar.  I made short work of it.  I'd not seen this under close examination during the day and there's not a lot of leaves for one to hide on!

Now there are new green growths coming from some of the branches so I may have turned a corner here.

I'll look into the urea 46-0-0.  I find buying such things here somewhat intimidating as the garden supply place nearby speaks little to no English and my Thai doesn't cover much in the way of science or anything technical really.  Hopefully the labels will say "urea 46-0-0"!

Despite some of the leaves having a somewhat chewed-on appearance, I've found no other evidence of insects present.  I'd give the tree more sunlight but it's been placed for maximum sun already. 

I redoubled my efforts to eradicate these bugs using just diluted dish soap sprayed on the leaves and watering only at the base of the plants.  Today I checked on them and they are completely free of the pests.  I sprayed them again because I know from previous times they will try to come back.  Yes the leaves will need washing if picked anytime soon but I do that anyway as I live 1/2 a block away from Sukumvit 71 plus the dust etc that might land on them.

In the case of these insects, one can't be intermittent in one's application of the spray plus picking of the leaves already with the bugs on them.  Twice a day is an effective remedy.  Whether or not tobacco should be steeped in the water used to make the spray, I'm not sure.  The original advice I got stated I should get some cheap cigars which, as are many things, difficult to find here.

RE: Soil... I'd love to find a source of good soil here!  I do have a garbage can full of organic kitchen waste that will hopefully be ready soon.  I've added earthworms to it as we have a fishing supply store nearby and  they are easy to find.

Yep, that's what I'm doing @worgeordie:)

I'm just wondering if there are any other additives such as tobacco (nicotine is a poison) that might be recommended.  I used such a mixture with success back in the US when bringing chili plants indoors and they were covered with some kind of white flies. They were gone in short order. :)

36 minutes ago, djayz said:

I'm no expert on the matter, but the bagged soil we buy at nurseries and garden centers is usually of very poor quality. 

On 4/26/2017 at 11:59 AM, worgeordie said:

Too much water,too much fertilizer,the coconut husks are going to

retain too much water and make the roots soggy.

regards worgeordie

I get that feeling about bagged soils here too @djayz.  Hence my addition of manure and a small sprinkling of organic fertilizer.  My mulch pile is not ready for use yet so that will have to wait.  I go to a nearby fishing store and buy worms for the garden and have added a package of them to this tree's pot as well.

@worgeordie what would you recommend in terms of watering frequency?

I am having trouble with my lime tree here in BKK. 

Wife bought a pot over 2 foot across and we lined the bottom with coconut husks. 

We used locally sourced bagged soils to fill the pot around the tree root bulb when we bought it.

I've intermittently added small amounts of organic fertilizer to the surface and recently spread some dry bagged cow manure on top as well.

It's been 6 mos since potting and the tree, to me, looks sickly.  I wasn't expecting limes to start appearing but I had hoped that it would at least flourish.  Optimally, yes, I'd like to have limes at some point, but it hasn't even flowered yet in 6 months.

It gets sun from 9am to 3pm. 

The maid used to water it twice a day, now every other day.  We've seen no change since the watering was changed.

There are drainage holes in the bottom of the pot.

Given the above description and the attached photos, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? 

Thanks for any help!

My basil had been doing fairly well and produced several batches of pesto etc, but now they are being affected by very small insects pictured here. 

To my naked eye, they appear as small black specks the size of the head of a pin.  With extreme enlargement using all my macro equipment on my camera, they appear as the attached images. 

I have been spraying the leaves with a solution of water that I have steeped tobacco in, in the sun, with some dish soap, but they keep returning despite keeping the watering to the base of the plants and not on the leaves.  I'm left to just crush them by hand and/or remove the leaves as the leaves become sickly looking once the bugs are present.

Any other suggestions?

So put a garbage can there. 

Oh, wait.  TIT. Never mind.

On 3/31/2017 at 3:43 PM, CLW said:

Yes, you are correct. Watering twice a day is far too much.
I would cut down on the water first and see what happens.

Thank you @CLW !

Since this original post deals with a similar issue to mine, I'm going to post my issue here.  Mod let me know if I need to move it.

I too am having trouble with limes here in BKK. 

Wife bought a pot over 2 foot across and we lined the bottom with coconut husks.  We used locally sourced bagged soils to fill the pot around the tree.

I've intermittently added small amounts of organic fertilizer to the surface and recently spread some cow manure on top as well.

It's been 6 mos since potting and the tree, to me, looks sickly.  I wasn't expecting limes to start appearing but I had hoped that it would at least flourish.  Optimally, yes, I'd like to have limes at some point, but it hasn't even flowered yet in 6 months.

It gets sun from 9am to 3pm. 

The maid waters it twice a day. 

There are drainage holes in the bottom of the pot.

Given the above description and the attached photos, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?  My guess at this point it is getting too much water.

Thanks for any help!

Makes sense.  The FPS on my 6D is 4.4 RAW vs 9.5 on the 7D but as I'm usually attached to strobes of some kind so I am limited by their recycle time.  It would be interesting to compare results of the 6D/7D using a 500mm (or whatever long lens you use) to get the same magnification.  Obviously on the 6D there would be cropping but I wonder how it would compare as there is a smoothness that comes from larger formats.

To be honest, at that price point, I'd upgrade to a full sensor camera like the 6D unless you have a ton of S lenses that you'd have to sell...which might not be a bad thing.

42 minutes ago, Crossy said:

What is a "refrigerator extension cord"?

 

Personally I would have spliced a short length on to the fridge cord (insulated crimps or a choc-bloc and heatshrink) and not bothered with the power strip.

 

Anyway, nothing really wrong with what you have, I wouldn't worry about the 125V spec, there's way more insulation provided for mechanical strength than you would ever need electrically.

 

I don't like adaptors if they can be avoided, there are loads of extensions available that take the round pin plugs directly and if you get the decent quality ones the plugs do actually fit.

 

Can you not move the fridge enough so the cord reaches the outlet?

Thanks Crossy.

Not being close enough is exactly the reason I needed something there.  Wife bought a cabinet, fridge needed to move some.  Maybe I misspoke and they are called air conditioner extension cords and not fridge, but a heavy duty single outlet extension cord was what I was thinking of.   I don't like adapters either but anything that keeps me from shopping is a good thing. :)

I've been touching the strip and cords to see if they are getting hot but no heat there. 

Since it's darn near impossible to find a refrigerator extension cord here, I've set ours up with the illustrated power strip plus adapter to accommodate to round plugs on the fridge's cord. 

The cable seems pretty heavy duty although could just have 18 gauge inside.  Anyone see anything horrifically wrong with this setup?  Specs on the strip say it's 125V!  WTH? This was bought here AFAIK.

Anyway here's those power strip specs.

125V, 15A, 60HZ, 1875W, Suppressed Voltage Rating 400V