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Nov 2021
8:06am, 22 Nov 2021
23,150 posts
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Rosehip
If it’s just flower - number, you have harvested them as you’ve managed to water successfuly and kep them alive for their designated lifespan
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Nov 2021
8:12am, 22 Nov 2021
1,764 posts
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jelly (limegreenjelly)
Thanks rosehip that must be it then!
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Nov 2021
10:21am, 22 Nov 2021
82,328 posts
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Hanneke
Jelly, after 30 days I think? Flowers are harvested and the score added... Why you need to keep topping them up...
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Nov 2021
10:31am, 22 Nov 2021
82,329 posts
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Hanneke
Here is my flower strategy:
Top right is a cycling loop that takes me about 45 minutes. I regularly trash this out, as I don't have much time and now it is getting cold. I obviously keep planting, harvesting and watering flowers along there. If I haven't ridden it for a week, it tends to yield about 1000 points.
Top/middle left is my regular walking loop up onto Hatterall. I used to run that daily, now I walk it 2-3 times a week. You can see, it is heavily planted with flowers and yields hundreds of points.
Bottom left-ish you can see a start of a string of flowwers. This is the lane out of my valley south and used to go for bike rides South of my home circle.
I also have a small loop on 2 more regular routes I walk, with a small string of flowers so every time I ride or walk a bug out, it yields at least 100 points.
Then there are two more regular ride loops.
Practically, everywhere I can get out of my circle, there is a shorter or longer conglomeration of flowers. I get very few other items I can score with, so it has to be done.
Having said that, I am dropping like a tonne of bricks right now, as I cannot keep the scores up... I had to work hard on that cycling AND walking every day. This is now reduced for an hour or so of either each day.
I know I will never make it to 50.000 so I have lost motivation. Bit of a relief really!
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Nov 2021
10:50am, 22 Nov 2021
3,033 posts
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BarefootEm
Well done Hann!
Yes Portishead is not far, but was too far to go and get on that particular day 
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Nov 2021
10:58am, 22 Nov 2021
82,332 posts
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Hanneke
It was for me, really, but I went after dark, so all good! I have since lost sight of gaining in the game as I got to 25.000 and shortly after I got Higgy ☺️
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Nov 2021
11:02am, 22 Nov 2021
2,823 posts
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JCB
Very good ! Do you vary the start of your loops a bit so that the new spot for planting is clear? I haven’t been able to work that out very well.
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Nov 2021
11:09am, 22 Nov 2021
82,335 posts
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Hanneke
Not always JCB, as I don't always think about it, so you get clusters of flowers right next to each other.
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Nov 2021
11:27am, 22 Nov 2021
864 posts
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Steve NordRunner
Thanks for sharing, JCB and Hanneke (I like that FP encourages this openness, contra WSW). My feeling is with your wording, JCB.
As I go past the thirty-day opening, I think it will pay me to put more attention on flowers. My home is just outside the circle. ATM I clear up jewels first. I wait for days that take me near the edge of my circle and tack flowers on (running only) or do them in a second outing. I think emphasis must change if I want the natural level of my score to go above 10000 or so for the distances I run.
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Nov 2021
11:37am, 22 Nov 2021
82,340 posts
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Hanneke
I found that you can only get above a few thousand by creating flower runs outside your circle. As I can't run, I had to add cycling to the equation, as I simply am unable to cover enough ground to generate enough flowers to.push the score to 25.000. I have no idea how one would manage to ge above that... 30.000 just about, but more???
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