Dave,
Is there someone on your team who's been assigned the task of simply entering plant names in the database? There's a string of plants in there with no data...

Is the mission to have them there so when people looking for them run across the empty database, they'll fill it in?

Yeah most plants don't have data in them yet. You get acorns for filling in data.

Do I get an acorn for figuring out that method?

Here is the full list of how to get acorns;

http://garden.org/special/acor...

To add data to a plant, just go to the plant and you'll find the link to propose changes to the data at the bottom of the page.

I think it's great that the names are there, because sometimes I'm not sure what the "real" name is for some of the plants I grow, but I can figure it out from the listed plants.

Yes, me too.

Is there any place to add open-ended info to plants? Should I do that as a comment?

For example, I just updated Stevia, because it's a plant I know pretty well. I can check it as "culinary herb" or "medicinal herb", but there's no place that I can mention specifically that it makes a great sweetener.

That is a perfect use for the comments section of the plant.

Another question... is there any way to merge entries, or push data from one to another? I'm looking at 20+ entries for Brussels sprouts varieties, all of which will have the same planting depth, general growth habit, light requirement, etc. but have to be filled out separately.

Thanks Dave!

Dave,
It just occurred to me...we can't have plants without....

B-U-G-S!!!

Tee hee hee....

Yeah, yeah. I know it's on the table....

And how to get rid of them(the bugs), without harmful effects..

All About Gardening might be a good place to talk about bugs.

Alternatively, there is a great Cubit on the subject.

bitbit said:Another question... is there any way to merge entries, or push data from one to another? I'm looking at 20+ entries for Brussels sprouts varieties, all of which will have the same planting depth, general growth habit, light requirement, etc. but have to be filled out separately.

At the moment that's not possible, and I'm sorry to say that I'm not yet sure that's ever going to be possible. It's just too complicated.

dave said:

At the moment that's not possible, and I'm sorry to say that I'm not yet sure that's ever going to be possible. It's just too complicated.

I thought that might be the case, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Oh well, it's a lot of acorns for someone who's really knowledgeable about sprouts!

I've added one entry under Brussels Sprouts!

Re: Bugs. If we know what pests/bugs attack the particular plant we can note that in our comments ... as well as suggestions on how to get rid of said pest(s).

Dave I added a picture of my Brug. Painted Lady for you...