the key for me is .. i like the peeps here ... its like neighbors and friends ..

the name that plant forum .. can be at times.. a humorless bunch .. whose only goal is scientific identification ... and at times.. they can be the science teachers/engineers of the garden world ....

here its like cracking a beer with some friends.. there.. it is like sitting down with your science or chem teacher .. and being lectured to and talked down to ..

i think that is why a lot of peeps do their ID'ing here ... they like the beer.. lol

and there are no rules about it ... so chaos rules...

ken

As far as a final decision of what your plant is, the onus is on the OP. Whatever suggestion you get, it is up to you to do further research to decide if your plant has been positively ID'd or not, and let people know if you want more suggestions or information. If a suggestion was made and not rejected by the OP, other suggestions are unlikely to be made as it would be assumed the OP agreed with the suggestion already made. Not all photos show enough or are clear enough for even the most knowledgeable people to know for sure what it is. The picture supplied is not growing or changing, so if you disagree with an ID later, show another pic and ask again.

Not sure what type of humor is normally expected when trying to ID plants but I can say that I have found lots to laugh about on NTP. And I am often impressed with the restraint on everyone's part when nobody says stuff like "hideously ugly weed" or "who cares what you call that lame flower" in answer to the question "what is this?"

It is the same if my neighbor ask me about a plant I do not tell them to get a book or go to the library. LOL It seems to me to be the friendly thing to do. If I am busy and do not have time I open another subject.

It turned into the vegetable garden in a pot and soil to put in that vegetable garden in a pot. I have not been to those forums for a long time. It started to be a scientific event for soil.

Maybe the economy is dictating that people would rather grow food than flowers on their patio.

marquest, I've pretty much dismissed the container forum as useless also because of the same reasons. There is a soil forum, and a veg forum. I've been growing stuff in containers for about 40 years and have never mixed soil via prescribed formula, and don't find it a bit interesting. The folks whining about not being able to find some of the components are excruciatingly irritating to me. It's all dirt to me and the stuff in the yard is fine with me and my plants. Not to mention that I think perlite, vermiculite, and peat are terrible things to put in pots.

But since I seem to be a small minority, I take the onus upon myself to just avoid it. If that's what most folks want to discuss there, I guess it's the right thing to do and the right place to do it. In any case, I am glad that so many more people even have an interest in edibles, and nature in general.

I just do not get the interest.