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Feb 8, 2017 1:23 AM CST
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I just did a quick look at the daylilies, it said "And with more than 13,000 cultivars available"...I corrected the number to 83,000. Rolling my eyes.
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Feb 8, 2017 1:28 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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I had some existing content in the roses database that got deleted. Some parts are still there, but not all.

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Feb 8, 2017 7:29 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Zuzu there's literally no way that anything got deleted. My script only copied information over and didn't remove anything. Are you sure stuff was deleted? (I have old backups from 6 to 12 months ago that I can check).
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Feb 8, 2017 12:53 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Yes, I'm sure. It was still there on February 3rd, when I said to Calif_Sue in a tree-mail that I hoped it wouldn't get replaced by a dry set of instructions like the one in the Hibiscus Database.
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Feb 8, 2017 1:36 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
Zuzu, do you remember how long it was there? If I go to a backup copy of the database from 2015 would it be there?
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Feb 8, 2017 1:38 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
@KentPfeiffer (and anyone else interested) I have uploaded code that introduces a breakpoint functionality in the plant database pages.

You can now add a bbcode called "[STOP]" to your plant care sections. If you do that, then it will only print what comes before that tag, and it will take the rest of it and hide it behind a "Show More" link that, when clicks, causes the rest of it to expand out.

To demonstrate how it works, I added the tags to all the entries in irises, and then I re-enabled them all. Check it out to see how it works:

The Irises Database
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Feb 8, 2017 1:48 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Yes, it was there in 2015. It really isn't that important. It just conflicts with what you said: "It was a broad brush copy and everything was brought over, but it shouldn't have affected any of the existing content."
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Feb 8, 2017 1:56 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
I understand that what you're experiencing is different than what I said, but what I said was true. My script did not delete any existing content, it only added additional content by creating new infoboxes and copying the plant care guides into those new boxes.

I have a backup copies of the database going back quite some time.

One such backup is from August 7th, 2015 and that's the one I'm working on here.

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 66196 Aug 7 2015 plants_infos.MYD

mysql> select * From plants_infos where pid = 181506;

There are 6 different infoboxes for the rose entry. In this backup, 4 of them are empty. They are titled:

| Pruning Methods |
| Classification of Roses |
| Rose Pests and Diseases |
| Propagation Methods |

These 4 are empty now and also were empty in the 2015 backup.

There are 2 that have content in them:

Introduction has a 3 paragraph introduction.

| Introduction | Roses are shrubs with prickly stems, pinnate compound leaves, and ornamental flowers, usually fragrant. This standard definition conveys none of the charm that has inspired poets, painters, sculptors, architects, and designers for centuries. The rose may be the most prominent plant in the arts, decor, and symbolism.

Roses have been cultivated for more than 5,000 years and are native only to the northern hemisphere: Europe, North America, East Asia, and the Middle East. They were grown as ornamental plants as far back as the 6th century BC in China. In Europe they were first grown for use in perfume and other cosmetics and as health aids, but their ornamental value was soon recognized and appreciated.

Rose breeding began in Europe in the 17th century. Most of the OGRs (Old Garden Roses) of that time were once-blooming shrubs in shades of white, pink, or red. The introduction of more and more species roses and the China and Tea groups into breeding practices produced reblooming roses in every color but true blue, with blooms of various shapes and sizes, ultimately resulting in thousands of cultivars meeting every conceivable aesthetic preference.


The second one is called "Growing Conditions". It has:

| Growing Conditions | Ideally, roses should be grown in sunny and open locations, with good air circulation at the base of the plant, in rich and well-draining soil. Some roses, notably the old ramblers and the modern hybrid musks, can tolerate some shade in any zone and may even prefer shade in the hottest zones.

Roses require 1-2 inches of water a week to thrive. In dry climates, this water has to be supplied by the gardener, and although overhead watering was once discouraged, it is the logical choice. The water supplied by a gardener supplements rain, which falls from overhead. Overhead watering keeps the foliage and blooms clean, retards powdery mildew, and repels some pests.


I want to emphasize that the information I'm showing above is coming from my 2015 backup. I'm not looking at the current data at all.
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Feb 8, 2017 2:08 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Until just now, my three-paragraph introduction had been replaced by these two sentences:

"Roses come in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and flower colors. A hugely popular plant, the rose is also our national floral emblem."

Those sentences are now gone, and my original introduction is back.

I actually had edited those two sentences as soon as I saw them because they originally said that roses come in a "huge" range and are a "hugely" popular plant, and I didn't think the word "huge" had to be used so often. Smiling
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Feb 8, 2017 2:26 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
After writing the above I went in and replaced the text of what was in there with the text from this post.

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