Re: CULT:HYB: labeling crosses

Hi robin,

There are cheaper ones.  The day the garbage gets picked up hit the ones
that had a rummage sale.

Char
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Shadlow" <rshadlow@wildmail.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] CULT:HYB: labeling crosses


> Holes punches work great on the mini blinds.  I
> get the cheapies at Walmart.
>
> I somehow can't get myself to want to use a
> numbering system.  I know it takes longer to
> write out the cross on the tag, but I just
> don't do well trying to keeping a bunch of
> numbers in my head.  I'm always nosing around
> to see what's taking, and getting the book to
> look it up is more than I have the patience to
> do.  Then looking it up in the book to see what
> the seedlings are is way more than I could
> stand. I suppose I'll have to number the
> seedlings when I decide to keep them or cross
> with them.  I like Linda's numbering system
> which uses the cv's intials.
>
> My biggest problem surprisingly is not keeping
> the notebook and keeping track of everything.
> Its that I can't seem to get out of that habit
> of writing the pollen parent first.  (book or
> tag)  Too many years of writing down horse
> pedigrees where the sire is first.  Having to
> convert everything in my head when I work out
> the complicated pedigrees makes it a real
> challenge.  At least when I find a tag on the
> pod parent with the parents turned around it
> gives me one more chance to catch the mistake.
>
> <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, do you have Excel?  If I wanted to
> do that I would make as many columns as you
> wanted to sort for different characteristics.
> Of course, someone who really knew how to use
> Excel well would laugh at how I do things, but
> I get it figured out in that uniquely "Robin"
> way of doings things that I have.
>
> Robin Shadlow
> Zone 5 NE
>
> where we're getting a few more warm days, maybe
> those new stalks will make it after all!
>
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