Betty, very nice!!!!
The way I number seedlings is for ex. one cross (however many seeds are in that cross) are numbered 1101, 1102, etc. that's 11 for the year 2011 when the seeds were planted. The new ones this year are 1201, 1202, etc. Fred does it the same way (I copied him). Now where we vary is once he pulls a seedling and it goes to the hybridizing area he labels them HB42, HB33, etc. I label mine SB 11-01, SB 11-02, etc because mine are in a seedling bed (SB) and then I just number them 1,2,3,4 and so on and I start it with the year on it so I know when it was started from seed.
So the ones I move this year will be SB 12-01, SB 12-02, etc because they were started in 2012.
Hope that makes sense. Now in your case it may be different since your seeds did not germinate until 2012 even though you planted them in 2011. However, if it were mine, since I label the crosses when the seeds get planted then mine would have the year 2011 even if they germinated in 2012.
