I once heard about a movie wherein people forgot about her...
Fwiw I laughed at the pH joke without any concept of who that person is, so I agree with you
Hah that's what I get for being a hermit in the woods
I <3 moths
I'm a little surprised your local birds let them get to that stage, to be honest! I've only threshed them once, for reseeding purposes, but did so with ¼" hardware cloth, framed with 2" sides, over a wheelbarrow. The mesh catches the seeds but lets the duff fall through with a little agitation. Otherwise I've hung them upside down within reach of the birds we raise for them to enjoy.
Can you dedicate a few square feet / a square meter in the garden for a few transplants? Having clustered colonies of these tall plants has treated us well, and if you're doing the starts yourself it's easy enough to multisow a few cells to get a head start.
Push for it in your state, first. We're still in the first few cycles using RCV in Maine (I like STAR better) where folks are learning to love it, but there's no time like now to get that ball rolling. More people need to experience it to shift the national conversation of "whether we should" to "which should we use"
That's a great looking plant
I think a broader pot is a good idea, as a wider mouth will make any root pruning or other work easier. We only have a few houseplants (because our cat hates anything that receives attention) but they get a bit of root maintenance done annually. It helps to keep them from strangling themselves and means I don't have to use more floor or shelf space than I want.
For trellising "lazy climbers", think more along the lines of an "H" shape - something you can slide under a branch or stem and then secure into the soil to support the weight.
This has gone like other "cats are not native to everywhere and are massively impactful to the areas in which they are introduced" threads has gone, and while it has been more civil than the last, is going a bit sideways.
Depriving cats of enjoyment and engagement is not nice, that's why we as owners can play with them using toys designed to satisfy their predatorial urges. Leaving cats unsupervised outside is also not nice to local bird populations, or those unsupervised cats who suffer unspeakable outcomes.
Fixed