I keep a spreadsheet with the ahs data on it plus whether it is fertile for me, both pollen and pod or one or the other. I have started to add where it came from to that list as well. I keep a seperate record for my seedlings. Some years I'm better at seedling stats than others. I make sure to get at least one photo of each seedling too. To help me remember how they did. I am finding out that what I thought was spectatcular the day it first bloomed does not always excite by end of summer. I have a notebook for each years pollen parents with their tag, wire color. I keep a list of harvested seeds for each year in the same notebook. And I can not stress how important maps are. I have 6 maps for my beds that I update when I move something, get something new or something leaves. It is great for when the deer or crows move your plant labels. The seedling bed is mapped too, so hopefuly I won't lose parentage on them. I wish I was organized enough to keep better bud count, ffo and bloom time records, but I'm just not.
