I thought the first rule of good research was to target the questions at a statistically significant and/or representative group of you target audience. The second is to have relevant questions.
Age is not relevant to seed sowing or greenhouses. Dollars are not relevant to this UK based site.
Besides which, if I counted up all I spend on the garden it would frighten OH and maybe me too.
Not doing it.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
An automated system that pricks out plants, puts them out to harden off, in to protect from frosts, waters when necessary. ? Isn't that what gardening is all about? Or you could just get a jobbing gardener to buy some and stick them in. (or a 14 year old neighbour as I used to be)
If they want to discuss automated systems they'd be better off talking to wholesale growers not private individuals. I would hate to think how much a system to automate sowing, pricking out etc would cost.
The big plant producers in the Netherlands and Belgium do have automated sowing, cutting, pricking out, potting on, misting, watering and feeding systems. That's why they manage to produce plants so cheaply - relatively speaking - and also why they have a limited range of bog standard plants to send to garden centres, DIY stores, markets etc.
Garden and plant lovers enjoy the process of hand sowing, pricking out, taking divisions and cuttings and growing on and swapping spares. We're the wrong audience for this survey.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I don’t spend dollars on plants, this is a uk site.
i object to ‘what is your age ‘ being the first question, why does that make a difference,
what is automated?
Dont students go out with clipboard and pen and get their own research these days?
I'm not doing any more of these surveys. I've had enough.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yeh - as if we're going to tell the truth about that one Lyn
and I agree - what is the point of that? Are we supposed to be better off if we're young, or better off if we're old? Completely irrelevant.
I've only ever done one survey nut. I can't see how they help anyone if they're from a uni or college in a different country either.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I thought the first rule of good research was to target the questions at a statistically significant and/or representative group of you target audience. The second is to have relevant questions.
Age is not relevant to seed sowing or greenhouses. Dollars are not relevant to this UK based site.
Besides which, if I counted up all I spend on the garden it would frighten OH and maybe me too.
Not doing it.
An automated system that pricks out plants, puts them out to harden off, in to protect from frosts, waters when necessary. ? Isn't that what gardening is all about? Or you could just get a jobbing gardener to buy some and stick them in. (or a 14 year old neighbour as I used to be)
Or we could just go and buy our plants from the nursery
I'm 27 .............. and that's what I've told him
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You as well! Wow, what a coincidence.
why has the OP posted this entry twice?
If they want to discuss automated systems they'd be better off talking to wholesale growers not private individuals. I would hate to think how much a system to automate sowing, pricking out etc would cost.
if I didn't enjoy doing all those things I'd stop doing them. One doesn't have to garden, there's always astroturf and decking
In the sticks near Peterborough
The big plant producers in the Netherlands and Belgium do have automated sowing, cutting, pricking out, potting on, misting, watering and feeding systems. That's why they manage to produce plants so cheaply - relatively speaking - and also why they have a limited range of bog standard plants to send to garden centres, DIY stores, markets etc.
Garden and plant lovers enjoy the process of hand sowing, pricking out, taking divisions and cuttings and growing on and swapping spares. We're the wrong audience for this survey.