Re: HYB: when you run out of tag/labels...

In a message dated 5/11/2001 7:42:54 AM Central Daylight Time, lmann@icx.net 
writes:

<<  but am having enough
 iris-related bookkeeping problems already - I don't dare throw another
 layer of 'code' into the works. >>

Linda, I've never found it to be difficult.  I buy a smallish notebook (9 1/1 
X 6 Inches), draw a line through each page.  Let's say my cross today is 
Seedling # 9525-1Re X 9526-1Re.  I reach into my bag of tags and pull one 
out.  For the sake of this illustration let's say I pulled out # 40.  I tie 
the tag on the pod parent, write the number on 1/2 page of the book.  I list 
9525-1Re X 9526-1Re, then I note which bloom/blooms got the pollen.  PT 
stands for primary terminal and ST would mean secondary terminal. (This 
nearly eliminates the chance of bee pods, which are rare anyway, from being 
included in the final harvest.)  Then weather & conditions-Hot & dry would 
mean the temp is over 75 or so and the blooms are dry/drying.  These notes 
amuse me when I try to determine the conditions which did or did not produce 
seed.  

In the busiest days of making crosses, I often list only the first stage 
which is the names of both the pod parent and the pollen parent.  I'm simply 
so involved that I forget the rest.  

If the tag should disappear, I still have the details in my book by looking 
up the pod parent.  I carry the notebook with me when I go out to check for 
pods, progress, etc..
A simple check mark or X  in the corner tells me the results of each cross.  

I write "Field Book 2001" (whatever) across the front to identify it.  Or you 
can color code--mine are orange so they show up well if I leave one in the 
garden--but I've got a lot of orange notebooks now and something is needed on 
the front.  

For me, it simplifies.

Betty / Bowling Green KY USA  Zone 6
Only those who dare to dream can make a dream come true.

 

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