Hi Seedfork,
I only made a filing cabinet after reading the thread here and trying to figure out how to simplify things for me. I didn't know that the program would not allow mixing of the ploidy. I was only making filing cabinets for the year, figuring this would be the easiest way to keep track.
Seedfork said:
So here, are you asking about the plants, you have, or the seed you have purchased?
I did not create a new file cabinet for year, or ploidy. I would love for you to explain your thoughts on that and why you think it might be necessary.
The year should probably be included in your prefix, and the ploidy is separated by the program, it will not allow them to be mixed. I think that might actually cause a minor problem in some rare cases.
Here are the only filing cabinets I have created so far.
The only seeds I have entered into the program have been my own. I do think I would create a new file cabinet for purchased seeds. I hope others
who have done this will respond.
So now I am wondering since I cant mix the seeds up, that I will need to make another cabinet or just forget this part of the program and keep them in my spreadsheet, which is pretty simple. I wont need to add seedling #'s until I actually have seedlings.
This is my spreadsheet, which is pretty similar to the plantstep program. Also these are for seeds, and not yet seedlings. I have another spreadsheet for seedlings. Each batch of seeds gets a # when planted, and depending on how many may survive then a sequential number for each seedling of that cross. I guess I am not in a huge hurry to do this part, as I have lots of plants and pictures to add of all of my plants anyway.
My thought on spending money on this program in the first place was to keep track of my plants. I also keep track of my plants here on the NGA website. I am using spreadsheets for those as well. I am just hoping that I am not wasting time & money, when I already have these in an Excel program already. I am only a week in on learning this stuff, and have a lot more to figure out
