[pbs] Database research Query 1
P. C. Andrews
pcamusa at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 23 08:03:51 EDT 2003
Its also helpful to keep track of who you sent cuttings/bulbs/seeds to.
Then when plants mysteriously disappear from the garden, you know where to
get starts again. Other useful categories- summer/winter growers, bloom
times, when transferred from pot to ground, propagation info, whether
poisonous, mature size, watering/fertilizing requirements, observed
infestations and treatments, known pathogens, year seed production occurred.
I also keep a couple of rich text fields for unexpected things that don't
fit other categories.
Regards,
Phil Andrews
>From: Jane McGary <janemcgary at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: Daryl 'Dash' Geoghegan <plants_man at bigpond.com>,Pacific Bulb Society
><pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [pbs] Database research Query 1
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:38:36 -0700
>
>Dash asked for feedback on what should be included in a horticultural
>database intended for collections management. Compared to a botanic garden
>or major nursery, I have only a small collection (my database has about
>1300 entries), but here are some features I would want:
>
>1. Ability to sort, display, and print in a variety of layouts for
>different purposes. And the layouts should be easy to design!
>
>2. Exportable to a Word document, so the list can be e-mailed to people who
>don't have the database program.
>
>3. In addition to the obvious nomenclature fields, here are those I use:
>source, date acquired, location (I have the bulb frames coded in numbered
>sections), cost per bulb, price (if I sell bulbs), flowering date, and
>comments. Others might want fields such as height and flower description --
>if I want to note these, I put them in "Comment". Another useful field,
>which I'll add to my database soon, would be "Authority," for citation of
>the books or articles where you have checked the plant against its
>published description -- something we all need to do more. [And another
>topic entirely is a really good bibliography on bulbs, indexed by genera
>and maybe species, which we should put together cooperatively and add to
>the PBS website. I will volunteer to coordinate such a project, since
>massive bibliographies are one of my specialties.]
>
>4. Would there be a way to add thumbnail photos, or would that make the
>database too big?
>
>Jane McGary
>Northwestern Oregon, USA
>
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