diff --git a/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb b/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
index 3e3da6987..1deb716c7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class CropsController < ApplicationController
     return unless params[param_name].present?
     destroy_names(name_type)
     params[param_name].each do |_i, value|
-      create_name!(name_type, value) unless value.blank?
+      create_name!(name_type, value) unless value.empty?
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/crops/show.html.haml b/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
index 5e1e04786..4ac071ae9 100644
--- a/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     %h2
       #{@crop.name} is
       = link_to 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_vs._perennial_plant_evolution' do
-        -if @crop.perennial
+        - if @crop.perennial
           perennial (living more than two years)
         - else
           annual (living and reproducing in a single year or less)