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Started by jimlard , Jun 13 2012 03:41 AM

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 18:04 PM

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Pencils have been used for writing on plant labels for decades. In fact, some plant labels still come with a pencil in the packet.

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 18:29 PM

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This subject has got me thinking now (a dangerous thing)
How many of you keep records of what plants you have? I'm guessing that it's a must for those that are cross pollinating. What is the best way of recording your inventory of plants? Do you take photo's and upload them to a Flickr account (or similar) and record details under the photo? That way, if a label does go missing at least you should be able to identitify a plant in the future I'm guessing.

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 18:32 PM

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View Postjimlard, on 15 June 2012 - 18:29 PM, said:

This subject has got me thinking now (a dangerous thing)
How many of you keep records of what plants you have? I'm guessing that it's a must for those that are cross pollinating. What is the best way of recording your inventory of plants? Do you take photo's and upload them to a Flickr account (or similar) and record details under the photo? That way, if a label does go missing at least you should be able to identitify a plant in the future I'm guessing.
I use CP-GrowList: http://www.carnivoren.info/

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 19:28 PM

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Thanks for that link Mobile. I have downloaded it and am just trying to work out how to get pictures onto it  :good2:

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 23:14 PM

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Damn it's only for windows. I think I have just found the downside to owning a Mac (that piece of software).

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 05:23 AM

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I run Linux nowadays, on a dual boot machine, so I have to boot into Windows occasionally to use it. It's a shame that it isn't cross platform, or at least compatible with WINE. An online version would be great.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 14:08 PM

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Mobile, anything goes well with wine!

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 17:08 PM

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View Postmobile, on 15 June 2012 - 18:32 PM, said:

I use CP-GrowList: http://www.carnivoren.info/

Hey thanks for the tip Mobile, what great software!

Cheers

Baz


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Posted 19 June 2012 - 18:02 PM

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View PostRichard Bunn, on 19 June 2012 - 14:08 PM, said:

Mobile, anything goes well with wine!
I find that wine goes particularly well with wine Posted Image

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 18:05 PM

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I'm quite happily enjoying some cambazola cheese with my wine while writing this.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 18:08 PM

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View PostRichard Bunn, on 19 June 2012 - 18:05 PM, said:

I'm quite happily enjoying some cambazola cheese with my wine while writing this.
mmmm... now we're talking... sadly not compatible with my diet though :suicide_fool-edit:

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 23:22 PM

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Nor mine if you're talking to my dietitian.   :girl_devil:

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 07:07 AM

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    Getting a better Sarracenia collection.
Bah! Diets! Who needs em'  :sarcastic_blum:

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 07:33 AM

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Cheese chesse and more cheese

Edited by stumorph, 20 June 2012 - 07:34 AM.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 08:00 AM

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I can't drink beer any more due to being made from grain. Cider and wine are still quite agreeable though  :D

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 11:03 AM

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Meaby i got negative feedback for this ,But i believe there is a chatroom to the forum?Meaby you can talk in there over this intresting items?i read everything intresting on the forum but not abouth food that you guys like,on this way i go not read anything in future anymore,so please use the chatroom for this,
Cheers Will

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 11:15 AM

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A little bit of banters keeps the forum a friendly place, so to a certain extent it is tolerated. However, if a thread goes seriously off-topic then it should become a seperate thread.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 11:45 AM

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View Postmobile, on 20 June 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

A little bit of banters keeps the forum a friendly place, so to a certain extent it is tolerated. However, if a thread goes seriously off-topic then it should become a seperate thread.


Is this still on topic ,sorry then ,but after 5 posts and 2 days whit  cheese and wine i think this is no longer only a bid of banters but its going seriously off topic ,iff this go happened all the time on the forum then i go not read them anymore ,there are more then enoufg cooking programs on the TV,but i go for sure not discused whit a global moderator ,so let them do wat she like ,i am very sorry for interupt your thee talk,it not go happened again ,

Cheers Will

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 17:39 PM

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I am the worlds worst for going off track but I don't see any harm with light banter, especially as the original question has been well answered and the topic covered.

Thank you all for your answers to my questions  :tu:

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 22:59 PM

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Had to eat some cheese this afternoon as I spent all my time doing an inventory of my Sarracenia.  Reason?  Three plants where the ink on the labels had faded.  I had to trot around the pots recording myself saying the name of each plant.  Then it took me hours of sifting through emails and invoices and private messages etc tracing all the plants.  Finally I found the names of the three plants and made new labels.  Only one of them has grown enough to help me tell that it was the flava rubricorpra as opposed to a leucophylla deer park or an alata deer park.  I managed to find the letters y and d on a faded label that helped me identify the leucophylla so it was an educated guess at flava style growth of one of the others in order to make my final decision.  Having to isolate the two plants until later just to be sure.
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