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Jun 8, 2012 4:54 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
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Okay, so there's no moderator handling those parts of the database? Then I'll start moving things over.
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Jun 8, 2012 4:58 PM CST
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Name: Monica
Texas Gulf Coast (Zone 9b)
Sweat Weather, Not Sweater Weather
Foliage Fan Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Region: Gulf Coast Multi-Region Gardener Seed Starter Enjoys or suffers hot summers
You could ask Dave nicely if he's available... he changed all the Solenostemons to Plectranthus and added Solenostemon to the synonym field..
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Jun 8, 2012 4:59 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Yeah don't do anything in bulk Zuzu. Give me precise instructions and I can handle them on the backend in minutes what could take a person hours through the website.
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Jun 8, 2012 5:00 PM CST
Plants Admin Emeritus
Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member Aroids Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Tropicals Vermiculture
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dave said:Yes, I can certainly program the search to search ALL fields, including illegitimate or incorrect fields.


So if someone searches for a plant with an illegitimate scientific name (in the synonym field) and another incorrect name in whatever other field, they'll get a hit or hits? That great.
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Jun 8, 2012 5:17 PM CST
Plants Admin Emeritus
Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member Aroids Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Tropicals Vermiculture
Foliage Fan Bulbs Hummingbirder Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Composter Plant Identifier
dave said:Yeah don't do anything in bulk Zuzu. Give me precise instructions and I can handle them on the backend in minutes what could take a person hours through the website.


Big Grin Green Grin! nodding Thank you.

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