I set you up as moderator over Petunias!

Thanks, Joanne! I love petunias, too, but I just can't figure out what the names really are!

Yeah!!!! You will do a great job Joanne.

Hey Joanne, congrats and THANK YOU!

I'll do my best. We just got back from a camping trip, so I hope to have a look at this over the next few days

Dave,
The "Search by Characteristics" for petunias looks awesome! I guess the big job is get the existing entries with all this added info.

One more request: Daylight Neutral Yes or No (some petunias are sensitive to the length of day and will stop producing new flower buds when the days get shorter)

Onions should also have that in the list of characteristics. Good request Joanne. I would think there are many other plants that should be added to.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

I think what we should do for that is add a checkbox under "Miscellaneous" for all plants for "Daylight length sensitivity".

Then for specific details "Long-day onions", to use Lynn's example, we can get specific in the custom databases. Sound like a plan?

Well, on second thought, "Daylight length sensitivity" isn't terribly useful. It's probably better to address this exactly as Joanne has suggested - in the custom databases. Then each one can specify its characteristics that are appropriate for that kind of plant.

On the other hand, having a box for "daylight length sensitivity" might key the person looking at the entry to look for more specific information. I didn't know that petunias cared about daylight length till someone mentioned it in one of the threads.

Certain colours within a series may have different daylight sensitivities. The varieties that are daylight neutral will set buds/bloom earlier in the spring and also into late fall

Oh, that's going to be fun to sort out!

I have some great resources. I spent the last 2 years working for a wholesale grower (annuals) and the last year specifically managing inventory and production. Hopefully my collection of resource material will come in super handy for this data base. Just need to catch up on the housework and I'm on it.

Joannabanana said:One more request: Daylight Neutral Yes or No

This is added!

Another great database tool.

Thanks Dave! This will be the BEST plant database out there!!!

Joanne is definitely the right person for the Petunia data base.

Maybe we can persuade her to take over the Calibrachoas too. They're almost Petunias, right?

Sure, I love those too! & Petcho. Here's a couple of slides from a presentation that I did

Joannabanana said:Sure, I love those too! & Petcho.

I've added you as moderator over Calibrachoa.

As for Petchoa, we don't really have any plants yet so I can't make a parent plant (which is a step necessary to have a moderator).