diff --git a/app/controllers/plantings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plantings_controller.rb
index 740edb5b3..a5b781bab 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plantings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plantings_controller.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class PlantingsController < ApplicationController
   # POST /plantings
   # POST /plantings.json
   def create
+    params[:planting][:owner_id] = current_member.id
     params[:planted_at] = parse_date(params[:planted_at])
     @planting = Planting.new(params[:planting])
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/plantings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/plantings_controller_spec.rb
index 2bc3367ec..7e6a75d22 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/plantings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/plantings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ describe PlantingsController do
       assigns(:planting).planted_at.should == Date.today
     end
 
+    it "sets the owner automatically" do
+      post :create, { :planting => valid_attributes }
+      assigns(:planting).owner.should eq subject.current_member
+    end
+
   end
 
 end