Re: CULT:HYB: labeling crosses

Christian  --  That's a very clever idea  --  reusable numbered tags.  Just
as long as you don't misplace the "separate piece of paper".  I might try it
myself next year.  It would save a step in the crossing process -- having to
write the cross only once, in the permanent record.  In my case, that's a
notebook.

The cut up mini blinds is also a good idea.  I've been using cheap plastic
file folders cut up into strips.  I'll have to keep an eye out for some old
mini blinds.  A penny saved . . . --  Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Showtime Farm" <showtime@bbtel.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: [iris] CULT:HYB: labeling crosses


> I know this is out of season, but I was just rummaging around in my office
> this week and found my labels... It's only slightly different from what
some
> of you have already said you do.
>
> I have a baggie full of mini blinds cut up with holes punched in them.
Each
> piece has a number and a twist tie.  When I make a cross I put the
numbered
> label around the ovary, and list the cross by the number on a seperate
piece
> of paper.  That way I can reuse the same labels year after year and not
have
> to worry about erasing them at all.
>
> Toying with the idea of making a list of the crosses that I want to make
and
> assigning a number to the cross before bloom season.  Then I wouldn't have
> to carry a second piece of paper to the garden that was just a list of
> intended crosses.  And it might eliminate the problem of trying to keep
> track of whether or not I have already attempted a particular cross
already
> that year...
>
> Anybody have any tools or tactics for getting the planned crosses from the
> notebook to pod with the fewest headaches.  Any ideas how to get a cluster
> of crosses, say 'all the blue plicatas X all the greenish whites' into a
> format that could actually be useful in the garden?
>
> Christian
> ky
>
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