White mould on brand new rattlesnake calathea - (BTW do I just put my zone in by editing my name on my profile?),

Anyone know what this is? - Where are you located?

Help with Agastaches - Where are you,

hand pollination - But the OP hasn't told us their locale,

American cane replacing - Where are you located or what is your growing zone?

Is this a weed? Plantain? Edible? - where are you in the US?

odd wilting - don't tell us where you are

Newbie leaf problems - Next where are you located

Just cut it down ? - Where are you?

Sunflower question - .. and your location..

What is this plant, weed? - plz add you location on your members page ...

Elm? - location might help ... ken

Front Yard Kerfuffle - Are you in California?

Should I prune the lower stems? - What is your location?

How to kill a tree with no signs of human damage? - Where are you located? And by "Where are you located" I m

ID these tall pink stalks - I don't know where you are

To prune, cut off completely ,or replace these? - where are you located?

What kind of plant/shrub is this? - no idea where you are located

American cane replacing - what is your growing zone?

How many of these blossoms will perish? - Still not sure where you are

Suggestions for continuous bloom climber in partial shade - Also, where are you

Brown Patch returns every year - Where are you located?

Questions for Ray - Tell me your location

Can anyone ID this one? - What part of the country is this in?

Plant id - you are located.

Dead flat wonderful peach tree? - Where do you live?

Pineapple tomato not setting fruit - Where are you located?

Planted several years ago and now I can't remember it's name! - What is your location?

Elephant ears - But telling people where you are will get you precise details. [This one even had the zone in the OP but respondent had to ask anyway. 'Where you has' become a boilerplate meme.]

Adding Sulfur to hot compost pile - No idea where you are

Identify Weed - Where are you? We gets posters from all over the world and knowing where you are helps narrow suspects.

Tree with small black seeds? - Location within Australia will help.

Insect identification - Where are you located?

What ground cover will grow in pine chips? - Where are you (zone, general geographical location)?

Need Help Assessing My Lawn Issue - Where are you located?........

Anyone know what kind of tiny beetle / bug this is? - You live where?

Pink, is it a sweet pea - indication where you are

Blue spires, along a railroad span. - ... to go to your member's page.. and put your location ...

What looks nice planted with fall mums - where are you .. ken

New Build House Lawn Reno - going to want to know where you live

Bird Identification - Where are you located?

peppers dropping off - what zone are you

Wave petunias dying - ==>> where are you

Dead grass in flower bed? - Where in the world are you that no one sells soil?music, where are you... approximately?

To kill grass or not - Where are you located?

what is eating base of bell pepper plant - No idea where you live - you really need to supply that info in posts - so no idea what pests may be common to your location.

Plant ID please - Where are you located,

Need pest ID please - kimmq Need pest ID please - Where in the world are you?

Jade pruning tips? - You didn't say where you are - is it hot? humid?...

Agapanthas, did I make a mistake? - Where are you located?

ID this shrub - location

Hi Albert! I did it! Tried multiple times to include my location, a dozen of these times I thought it had worked, but no, it hadn't. No response to my email to the help department at Houzz. But after a couple of days trying off and on I finally managed to update my name to include my location.

Just as well I'm persistent.

Maybe other posters don't know to include that information, or can't do it, or give up after several attempts. Or just don't want to. Or is your point that the respondents don't read the OP's zone information? ;)

Here I am not attempting to 'make a point' but rather to just try and see if it is possible to estimate the need.

I'm not sure it is possible to estimate the need.

Looks like there's a need to me, don't know how much more it needs to be quantified. It could be made more obvious and easier for people to include zone information when they sign up. However, I initially became a member through the house forums a couple years earlier and I may not have wanted to give that information at that time, wouldn't have seen the relevance. So that's something that could still be an issue.

I am not getting any insight from these ad hoc observations. I think I will discontinue this for awhile.