PDB Container in PDB details

Would it be possible to add a box to tick off for plants suitable for containers?

Especially with trees, this could be very useful for the more urban gardeners.

It's there, in the Other Details section. If that section has already been completed but that detail should be added, please click on the the red "report an error" button while you're viewing that entry and tell us. (Make sure you don't erase the URL tha the system generates - that's how we know which entry your report refers to.)

Hmm....that is great only I don't recall seeing that on too many things!

Either we don't have enough urban-ers out there or I am looking at stuff that should never be in a pot!

Okay- I found it and only 615 plants listed- many if not most of which appear to be succulents.

That seems to be too many 'Report an error' listings than should be foisted upon you!
No easier way to change this, I guess. Sorry.

It was added this year, which means we get the fun task of applying it retroactively to all affected entries. Bring 'em on - it's not a particularly difficult error to fix ;o)

Daisyavenue

It was a recent checkbox so that's why not many are showing at the moment. It' takes a mere moment for us to add a checkbox so please let us know if you can't tick the checkbox due to the form already being filled out

Gulp...

I'll get on it. : )

Is there a "Suitable as Houseplant" checkbox?

That was my next question, Ulrich, but I was letting the fact that there is .001 plants listed as suitable for pots to total plants in the PDB sink in. Its a bit daunting. The ficus family alone! Wow!

What is really amazing are the number of pictures of plants actually in pots but they aren't checked as being suitable for containers.

Ulrich -

Not in those exact words, but under Other Details there is:

"This plant is suitable for growing indoors"

Whether you choose to plant it in the sink or the bathtub in leiu of a pot would be a personal choice.

LOL, Happenstance!

But I think that the problem isn't the fact that it is listed under Other Details when you are listing a plant just as the the 'suitable for containers' is there too. The sheer numbers of plants listed in there is now is huge and growing everyday and those boxes just are not getting ticked off. I will repeat the numbers- over 70,000 plants are listed in the PDB and only 615 total are listed as being suitable for containers. Only 891 are listed as being suitable indoors.

This is a really daunting issue because many folks aren't there to report errors- they are there to find a plant.

Ulrich and I will be busy for the next several years reporting errors, so you may not see us for a while! ; )

There are threads and then there are threats.
Remember this little thread?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/436991/containers

Edited to say thanks, Happ.
Personally I don't think many folks bother with the 'Other Details'.

This message was edited Aug 16, 2004 7:28 PM

C'mon, Ulrich! It'll be fun!!!

Okay- actually, I have no intention on greeting the Error Queens with a ton of emails every morning! My life could get real hard around here....

You can always check in with another user-name and be anonymous, hee hee.

Are you speaking from experience? LOL- !!!

You'd have to log in with a different, server, you know. ;)

Not that I would know or anything........

Houseplants in my zone 2/3 Manitoba are perennials in the grouns in warmer climes.
Inanda thinking of La iris, and tropicals.
even snapdragons and dusty millers are perennials where it is warmer.

Not snapdragons, unfortunately.
Daisy, Verizon now lets us have several addresses at no extra charge. I have thought of joining the infamous Gardenweb that way for the fun of it after hearing so much about it here. Their website is too confusing for my simple mind, though.

Ha, I bet that more than 50% of those currently showing as "suitable for containers" are the ones Lophophora and me un-important self changed/added. We asked for it and we went to action once it was there LOL.

This message was edited Aug 18, 2004 7:38 PM

Did you enter the one by one or submit a list with the url's?

I know that Terry said to use the Report an Error buttons so that the URL's are intact but I was thinking that I could start a list and copy/paste the URL's as I go.

Anyone have an opinion on this? (you too, Important PanamaCreel!)

I didn't have to error report to Terry (lucky her) since I had added these plant/option entries myself thus had been able to change them without involving Terry.
Terry will have to be the one to answer your question in regards to the URL list since she's the one who has to do it :)

Milan

Milan- then I will just send them to you!! : )

Yeah right and then I'll feel the wrath of Terry-All-Mighty-With-The-Eyes-Rolling-Back-And-Raised-Eyebrows when I'll forward all the ones you gave.
I think not :)

Ah! So sacrifice the newbie!! LOL

Its okay- she will see this eventually and give me an answer about thet url list. Could be a big no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Good grief. Have y'all been talking to my kids? I think I resemble that remark she says in her best Rodney Dangerfield imitation....

Okay now to semi-seriously answer the question. It's an "if-then-go to" kind of answer so bear with me.

1) If the image has had nothing checked off in the "Other Details" section, you can click to your heart's content. Just make sure what you add is accurate, of course.

2) Otherwise, you can click on the "report an error" button and tell us to "add suitable for containers" to the list and we'll handle it.

Is that easier or harder than copying the URL into a list and emailing it to me or one of the other editors? I would argue it's probably more work for you since clicking on the report an error requires a single click on your part, and if you've got your verbiage in "copy/paste" mode you can hit Ctrl+V to slam it in there and hit submit.

If you copy and paste the URL into an email you have to click on the URL, copy it, click on the your list/email, paste it. When we get the list from you, we *should* be able to click on each URL, then go through the editing gyrations to open up that section and click on this box.

The other downside to a list is that it tasks one editor to make all the changes. If yo send them to the queue, we can each snag a few when we have time to spare and work on them...

But whichever route you want to take is fine ;o)

Thanks, Terry. You are correct- copy/paste the report stuff is easier and I would hate to overwhelm one editor.

So, I guess if I do a little promo post to several forums pointing out these container needs, I will not be overwhelming any one person. Good to know.

From a personal view, I find it easier to deal with reports and a list of pasted urls, my email sometimes doesn't allow me to simply click on a url but makes me copy and paste it instead, each url sent has to have a return behind it for it to be clickable!

Edited this bit out ........................................ (hehehe).

This message was edited Aug 19, 2004 7:24 AM

ssssshhhhh, Baa! I wasn't going to mention THAT aspect of it (evil chuckle)

Hey Terry

I edited it to get them wondering (snicker)!

oooooh.....good idea!!! Let 'em wonder what fate awaits those who report errors ;o)

Okay, I just gave this my first try. I reported an error for a plant that can be grown in a container and indoors. Since I am a renter and grow a lot in containers, this is of interest to me, too.

Please let me know if I should do this any differently or if there is a prefered method (other than individual error reporting) and I'll try to do it. I, like daisyavenue, would love to see this part of the database up to date!

And thank you, Terry. I know this means a lot of work for you guys! (If we do our part! ;)
Mary Ev.

....MaryEv? You still breathing?

Baa and Terry didn't hurt you yet, did they?

Thanks for risking life and limb to do that!! ; )

shew.....I'm okay, but that was tough (sweat dripping from brow)..... ;)

I do hate to cause someone else a lot of work, but for me, this is great information....of course if I'm the only one providing this info, obviously I already have it, so I hope that others will help!

I'll put just about anything in a pot, but it's nice to know what my chances of success are!

And, thank you Terry for your correction. Are you sure there isn't an easier way for you other than individual entries?

LOL, Mary!!

I have yet to start my list. We shall overcome, I mean, get it done.