Topic: Split Edible Plants?

[Amazin]

I think it would help if folks identified the subject in question when posting a new thread, such as "The Day of the Raspberries" or "Potatoes - the Truth!" or even "General Query about planting" (unless of course your name is General Query, in which case your posting should probably be in the shed anyway).

So, on balance... er... I'm not sure.

I'll go away and have a think... I may be some time...

[glow777]

no for me as I just wouldnt look in the fruit - and then id miss something I needed to know

[glow777]

further toughts
its still a no but f it was a yes id rather it would be split further than just fruit veg eg brassicas, roots, legumes etc - this would then him looking at older posts and narrow searches

[CityChick]

I voted no, as I don't have a problem with it as it is. 

I'm not sure how splitting it would make it any less busy, or easy to use? Looking at the last few pages in edibles there aren't that many posts for fruit and herbs, so there wouldn't be that many moved to different sections, would there?

Edibles is just busy because its a busy time of year :)

I'm not sure how much I'd look in fruit or herbs if they moved - but when those posts are all together in edibles they often catch my eye as I scan through recent posts...

Hmm, I supposed I haven't looked at it from the other point of view though: if someone was really into fruit and/or herbs, they might not want to trawl through all the veggie posts...

If it has to be split, rather than create all the work of moving old posts, what about locking the old "edibles" section (which can then still be read and searched) and just starting the new sections (veg, fruit and herbs) from scratch?  That would be a quicker fix.

But I still think "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".... so its still a "no" from me.

[aob9]

'Fruit' and 'Vegetables and Herbs' seems a good idea.

[greyhound]

I think it would help if folks identified the subject in question when posting a new thread

I couldn't agree more.  It uses up a lot of time when you have to click on posts to find out what they're about, and many turn out to have no relevance for me.  Often I don't bother as I don't have the time - and may well miss useful or interesting stuff that way.

As for dividing Fruit and Vegetables, I'd be inclined (regardless of technicalities) to classify them according to whether they are mainly eaten as a sweet or savoury - so things like toms and aubs would count as veg for me.

[Columbus]

Hi all,  :)

I voted no.

I like the Forum the way it is.

Are people finding that threads are scrolling down the page before
they get a chance to read them?

Col

[Robert_Brenchley]

Never quite that fast, but about 10pm it really speeds up.

[greyhound]

Are people finding that threads are scrolling down the page before
they get a chance to read them?

That is a point in favour of splitting the Edible Plants board, surely?

[Columbus]

Quote from: Columbus on Yesterday at 18:31:48
Are people finding that threads are scrolling down the page before
they get a chance to read them?

That is a point in favour of splitting the Edible Plants board, surely?

 
If people are finding the section is too busy to keep up with ?

Maybe this forum is suffering growing pains? I hadn`t noticed. Anyone ?

Col

[caroline7758]

I'm happy with it as it is, but I don't grow much fruit.

[Marymary]

Same here.  I also often log on very briefly - or have it running in the background & usually check new posts in 'edibles' - works for me.  :)

Just voted & note it is 50% yes & no - whose going to have the casting vote? 

[weedin project]

I just voted "no", mainly because I like the variety of the threads on the "edible" pages.

Perhaps if something must be done to tidy things up, then maybe topics could get dropped off the end (I see there are 282 pages of topics just on edible plants as of now) and archived somehow so that we get a sort of WIKI-allotmentia?

[STHLMgreen]

I voted no.
I think it is working as it is and if I want to find a specific topic there is the search function.

Also, it is 'Allotments 4 All' and on most allotments (at least that I've seen) people grow a variety of edible things. For example at my site, most people have raspberries, but very few focus on them. Most people on our site grow at least one herb (if not at the allotment, on the kitchen windowsill), even if it is in small quantities. All of these things are of interest to larger or lesser degrees.

For me the variety is nice and I find myself reading about things I've never grown and think hmmm maybe that would be nice to grow.

I am in favour of more specific post titles, just as there are a lot of posts and it helps us read what we find interesting.

[HappyCatz]

I grow both fruit and veg and am happy with the forum as it is.  There is usually something relevant to me without having to look too hard and for those who can't be bothered to scroll thro all the posts, there is always the search facility [now it is working again that is!]

[Melbourne12]

I'm not too fussed either way, but probably marginally against splitting the boards up any more.  There are already quite a lot of topics.

[valentinelow]

I am against it. It is good to have just one place to look for threads to read, but perhaps more importantly many discussion topics are not easily categorised as simply fruit or veg. And are people going to put tomatoes in fruit, as strictly speaking they should be, or veg?

[mc55]

I voted no - as some else further up said, I probably wouldn't review the fruit if it was separate and would miss something that might be relevant or interesting to me.  I quite like the erratic mix in the edibles board.

[sawfish]

I'd like to seperate the fruit and veg into two sections.

and how about an edible exotics section so you know where to go when growing unusual stuff.

Or is that a daft idea? :-[

[lin]

I think it is great as it is easy to find everything I want under edible plants, in fact I hardly look anywhere else. And as both fruit and veg are edible, I reckon leave it as it is.

Agree with Truffle's comments, but even if the board ends up being split, I still find it one of my favourite sites to trawl through before I got to bed... in fact it is one of the best sites I visit, apart from ebay and motorcycle sites (my other love)! Linda