Re: Re: wikiup for our photo data base (was Bulletin)
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Re: wikiup for our photo data base (was Bulletin)
  • From: P* A* <p*@mindspring.com>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 02:18:25 -0500 (EST)
Some other things that it can do are...

It has settings to denote whether a variety is a pod or pollen parent or fertile both ways, and diplod or tetraploid. (Note: The diploid and tetraploid part will have to be altered for Irises as they are not as confined by their chromosomes as Daylilies are.) In the hybridizing tool if you pull up and diploid as pod parent it will not allow the tetraploids plants to show up in the pollen catagory.  To do that you would have to temparily change your database for that particular diploid pod parent to tetraploid status.  You could also bypass the hybridizing tool and simply type in the parentages into the seed database for those odd and strange crosses.

You can denote a variety as "Have" or "Want" or "Want but too Expensive" amoung other things.

You can sort the listings by any of the characters and cobinations you want... alphabetically (of course), bloom time, rebloom, height, bud count, color and so on.

You can then electronically save and print any of those lists. 

You can also enter inventory.

The wiki I'm sure will be able to almost every thing Plantstep can do however it will based online only right?  That means I can't take the database right out to the garden where the plant is and type in data unless I have a wifi connection out there.  I would have to carry pen and paper (or the lists you created from Plantstep) and then transcribe that into the database when you get inside.  Not a huge deal but if you have a very large site with oodles of plants it might be helpful to have it right there with you and not miss taking the detailed data you want and won't get till next year.

There were two main reasons I purchased it.  First was to organize all the scraps of notes and lists I had created using other formats. Now all of that is paired with the pictures (other's, my own and my seedlings).  All of that is backed up on a flash drive just in case and I do it regularly as needed.  I haven't even begun to fill the 4G flashdrive I bought - less than 25% full and only $18 on sale at Walmart!  The second reason I bought the program (this was the clincher for me) is that will create a catalog webpage linked through the Plantstep website. You can see others catalogs on the plantstep website. Two years from now when I have to divide all of my plants all I have to do is enter prices and click the catalog button and it's done all with descriptions, inventory and my pictures included.  I was hooked. End of story.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Impressive Irises <colleen@impressiveirises.com.au>
>Sent: Jan 3, 2010 10:48 PM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] Re: wikiup for our photo data base (was Bulletin)
>
>I'm grateful for this discussion, because it lead me to look at the 
>Plantsteps software, and I find that it is better than anything else 
>I've previously looked at.
>
>Colleen Modra

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