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Re: Keeping track of things

Nan Sterman wrote:
> 
> Hello all my cybergardening friends!
> 
> I wonder if any of you have suggestions for a BIG problem I have -- keeping
> track of things.  I plant, cut, start seeds, start cuttings, and I date
> everything at the time they are planted or started, but after that, I loose
> track.  Does anyone have a good system for keeping track of what was
> planted when, when it bloomed, when it fruited, how well it did, when to
> fertilize, etc?  I know that some people keep diaries, but how do you ever
> go back and find anything without reading through the entire year?
> 
> Thanks for you input.  Happy Gardening
> 
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> Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
> Olivenhain, California
> Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> So goes an old chinese proverb:
>          If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
>          If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
>          If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
>          If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener
I have seen labels that are quite large, with lines for writing on. 
There is an orchid mail order catalog that sells these labels.  The
company is called ONC or something.  (E-mail me and I'll dig deeper for
the address if you'd like).
Anyway, on these labels, you write when you repot on one side, and on
the other you write when it bloomed.  Or anything else you wish.
For additional info, keep a card file organised by botanical name. 
Write the date obtained, the price, and most anything else you wish.
For fertilizer, I give everything water soluble thru an injector at the
same time.  I keep ferns and orchids and other low level nutrient plants
separated so they don't get overfed.  Don't get caught up in too much
record keeping.  You'll create a monster.  Keep what is really
important  written and just enjoy the garden.  Oh, as for fertilizing, I
do it on a set day....Mondays for me, because the girls who water on
Sunday water so heavily that it all gets leached.

The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
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