>> So it's contagious but only if you already have it?
I think we need to do a study. A controlled study!
I never had much interest in other people's templates except as a source of ideas for MORE DETAILS that could be added.
I wish there were more-widely-recognized abbreviations, but I've even had people ask what [P] meant, or DS after last frost. So for pkt label I trade, I try to spell out as much as fits.
Before I realized that other people might have to read my shorthand, I had a collection of abbreviations .. let's see if i can still find it.
I like the idea of storing by their sowing date, but i found too many ambiguities: some people say "before last frost", others say "late fall", etc. I'm still learning what works for me, and i wnat to be able to find a seed despite not remembering anything about it but the name I use for it.
For a while I thought I would sort by "annual / perennial / indoor / direct sow", but that is even less definable. Instead I have lists of "outside planting dates" and "inside planting dates" based on reading - some things are in both lists and some things have a range of suggestions.
You really can't even go by "weeks before or after last frost", becuase some things may be fall crops in the PNW that are spring crops elsewhere. And "how fast spring heats up" is a big factor, as well as "rains every day all spring and summers are very cool".
In Texas, it seems that the controlling factor is how early in the summer it heats up so much that the rocks catch fire.
Every climate is different.
How many abbreivations can I remember?
FS - - - prefers full sun (like almost everything)
FSPS - - - full sun to part shade
DT - - - drought tolerant
WD - - - needs well drianed soil
WW - - - keep well watered or constantly mpost
DS - - - direct sow
HP - - - hardy perennial
HHP - - - half-hardy perennial
TP - - - tender perennial to tropical
P/A - - -perennial grown as annual (always a challenge to me!)
TX - - -transplant
JC or surf - - - just cover, sow on surface (or "light" - needs light to germinate)
strat - - (allegedly needs or benefuits from cold-moist stratification)
out AFTER - - DS outside after last frost
ASAP - - - DS outside as soon as soil can be worked (BEFORE last frost)
6-8 B4 - - - start indoors 6-8 weeks before average last frost
NS - - - almost NOTHING likes soggy roots.
Corey
