A note to new members: Please add location info to your member profile/signature

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Steve Johnson
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A note to new members: Please add location info to your member profile/signature

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It's incredibly helpful to know where you live when you share your plant experiences, and if you ask for advice, respondents are more likely to produce useful answers. Adding basic location info to your member profile is easy, so here's how to do it. First, click on the Member icon, then click on Profile:

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In the Viewing profile window, click on Edit profile next to your username. Next, type your city (or town as the case may be) and state (or country if you live outside the US) in the location box. If you live in the US, add the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone number to your location -- this can also be helpful to know. Then click on Submit, and you're done! By the way, if you need to determine your Hardiness Zone number and/or you'd like to know what those numbers mean, go to this link:

https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/view-maps

Your basic location info will appear on the left side of your posts. If you also put it into your signature, it'll be visible to people on a mobile device. The keyword here is "help" -- when you do this, you'll be helping others and yourself too.
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My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
Dodi Russell
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Location: Sri Lanka, tropical climate, high humidity( no winters)

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Steve Johnson should I put my latitude and longitude or is this ok Sri Lanka, tropical climate, high humidity and we have no winters here. with average temperature all year round.
Location: Sri Lanka, tropical climate, high humidity( no winters)
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Steve Johnson
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Dodi Russell wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:41 am Steve Johnson should I put my latitude and longitude or is this ok Sri Lanka, tropical climate, high humidity and we have no winters here. with average temperature all year round.
Hi Dodi,

Latitude and longitude aren't necessary, but the way you describe your climate is perfect. To shorten things up a bit, you may want to just say "tropical climate (no winters)". No winters means that your growing season is year-round, so that will be helpful for people who've never been to the Tropics.
If you just want photos without all the blather, please visit my Flickr gallery.
My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
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