In addition to selling regular computer servers, networking and data storage, H.P. is focusing on cloud-ready "pods" of servers, storage and networking, built in three days.
The five-minute steaming or boiling that readies pods for fresh eating also readies them for the freezer.
The pods were ready to harvest at the 7-10-cm (3-4-in) stage only 55 days after being transplanted into fully warmed soil.
At some sacrifice of yield, other gardeners wait until the bulk of the pods are ready for harvest, then cut down or pull out the plants and strip off the pods in the comfort of a shaded chair.
At the moment, however, few American pantries contain a ready supply of cardamom pods, miso paste, palm sugar, sweet chili sauce or the thick, sweetish Indonesian soy sauce called kecap manis.
Harvest the pods when ready.
If they are, the pods are ready for collecting.
After the flower dies off and the pods are ready to harvest, the pods will be damp inside and not full of moisture.
This is one indication that the peanut pods are ready for harvesting.
However, not before I remind myself where I am the next day and ensure my alarm is set for the right time and the coffee pod is ready in the machine.
It was another decade before it was ready to start selling Nespresso pods and machines.
