and it would go downhill from there. I always refused to sell by then... wasnt going to kill a rare plant for no reason.
over-stressed, living from one disaster to the next, getting worse all the time... but still trying to grow plants.
Time for a bump I believe.
Time for a bump I believe.
Yup - never hurts to remind folks of the general TF trading guidelines - it's easy for a newbie to miss them and start spamming the trade forum with all kinds of freebie requests.It can serve as a reminder for people new and old to follow certain guidelines when posting in trade/giveaway threads.
While it's true that you may not be 'individually' responsible to police actions on TF, we are all collectively accountable & responsible for the type of community we create (or allow to be created) here on Terra. Much better to try & gently push people in the right direction when poor behaviors are first observed than trying to correct a larger problem later ...But then again it is not up to me to enforce it/ remind about it. So ignore it
Scot,not really, no..
there is no need to bump threads unless there is something new to post.
Adding to this thread, at the risk of beating a dead horse... what I used to get, back when I had a plant nursery, was people, kids usually, demanding high priced Nepenthes or Heliamphora, to be sent to places they couldnt possibly grow them. The exchanges usually were phone calls and went as follows...
them: hey, I want an Nep , how much?
me: $
them: Thats a lot of money, can you hold one for me so I can get the money from my parents?
me: sure,
them: Will it grow outside?
me: Where do you live?
them: Miami... why?
me: It wont grow outside in Miami, it is too hot for it. This is a high altitude, cool growing plant. it wouild need an air conditioned greenhouse or something like that... and I would spell out the growing req.s of this Nep.
them: I can stick it in the shade or in the house.
me: do you have any way to keep it colder then 80 by day and down around 50 or less by night?
them: no
me: have you ever grown any Nepenthes before?
them: No
Why do you want this one? Why not an easy warm grower like N. gracilis or khasiana etc... ? This will be dead in weeks...
them: so, Ill just get another one. or... I want the biggest pitchers...
and it would go downhill from there. I always refused to sell by then... wasnt going to kill a rare plant for no reason.
and I too want to thank those who have sent me plants recently. If I have forgotten my manners, I am not only appalled at myself and abjectly sorry, I also wish now to say that aside from a few aphids, from the moss I suspect, the plants are settling in and appear to be beginning to grow. I will get a PM out to you all shortly reporting. And thanks again...
over-stressed, living from one disaster to the next, getting worse all the time... but still trying to grow plants.
Yup - never hurts to remind folks of the general TF trading guidelines - it's easy for a newbie to miss them and start spamming the trade forum with all kinds of freebie requests.
While it's true that you may not be 'individually' responsible to police actions on TF, we are all collectively accountable & responsible for the type of community we create (or allow to be created) here on Terra. Much better to try & gently push people in the right direction when poor behaviors are first observed than trying to correct a larger problem later ...
Thanks for the reminder Mr. za
Scot,
Your assumption that there was no reason for the bump might want to be revisited with a simple visit over to the most-obvious forum for a perusal of the recent submissions. Even if this wasn't obvious to those of us with under 2700 posts, this thread is a good reminder in general to help those who have a significant ongoing onslaught of unsolicited freebie requests. It also serves to remind us all what the forum could easily become without community vigilance.
Just got a PM a week or so ago along the lines of, "I saw you giving someone some plants, can I have some too?"
>.>;
Good way to kill people's generosity. God forbid I give someone something, might end up getting hounded by randoms. o.o;;
When they heard that I didn't yet have any plants two members of this board generously offered to share their plants with me, I never asked a soul for a plant. I took what they offered gratefully, promptly paid the small shipping fees they asked for, contacted them the minute the plants were safely in my hands so that they wouldn't worry, made sure not to mention their names as the ones who gave me plants without their permission, and have faithfully promised both of them that as soon as the plants they gave me can be reproduced I will pay it forward by giving some away to others. No one told me to do things that way, it just seems to be common sense to me! It's a GIFT and you should act like it!! I can't for the life of me fathom why anyone would act any other way but just in case someone does need to be told (and it's obvious from this thread that some DO need to be told) I'm glad this thread is here to do that.