Topic: Seed and Cultivation Diary

[ruffmeister]

hi peeps,

we are setting up a seed and cultivation diary about what seeds do well and which dont to make sure that we dont forget next year.

here are the results thus far www.lottieblogs.co.uk/sandc.aspx

does anyone else keep anything like this and if so do you have online copies we could look at to try and improve ous.

any comments always appreciated

[saddad]

I keep mine notes in a "Harry Potter" diary that the boys didn't use!!!!
 :-X

[Jeannine]

I keep a record of most things I grow,some very basic, but  certainly the toms, squash  corn and beans are quite intensive.

It is nothing fancy, just a book, a new one each year.

Page for each variety, planting date, transplanting date, comments on weather at various times, problems with germination or not, pests, growing problems,maturity dates , storage info on squash, weight of squash and number, size and weight ot toms, taste, density,colour,shapes  etc. Fertiliser used etc. Where I bought seed.

General stuff like that.

 XX Jeannine

[ruffmeister]

definitley some good idea, we may addd more detail fro next year to see idf we are ahead or behind

[coznbob]

This is something that I meant to do this year....

I got off to a good start but then got side tracked. ::)

As the year goes on, it is becoming more apparent that I should have kept it up!

Oh well I'll know for next year!

[dgillings]

I started with great intentions - this is my first year doing the growing - but then my dog got hold of the book I wrote in and "censored" it with his teeth!  ::)

[Tee Gee]

I have been keeping a diary since 1986 this is a compilation of it; http://tinyurl.com/vdzpp and this is how; http://tinyurl.com/3ddpbf

[mc55]

I keep an excel sheet - I learnt last year that memory is not to be trusted !  I also do a plan of the plot so I can remember what was planted in each bed.

[SueSteve]

I started with great intentions - this is my first year doing the growing

I too started to keep a record, on the pc and in a note book. I even tried producing a folder with all my info, tips that I collect on my travels around the inernet, recipies, companions, planting dates and general info. This all stopped when I got he allotment, probably the time that I should have kept better records! I do write to a gardening forum, and tell them what I have been up to each day, so I suppose this will be my best record to look back on. And I keep a planting chart of what goes where and when.

[ruffmeister]

more detailed next year i feel with length of time to germinate etc