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New Seed Information Database
Maggi Young:
Hello John, great to have this enthusiasm from you about the project. All the credit for it goes to Erik Fleischer who developed the whole system and came to SRGC with the proposal.
We think it's terrific! Of course, like most things - it depends on the contributions of the members to be a success. :)
Lori S.:
Good idea! Thanks for setting this up, Erik, and thanks for implementing it, Maggi.
I think it's excellent that the instructions specify to relate your own experience, and that's what I will do.
To my mind, this is a good reminder that, without having done controlled germination experiments (such as those done by Dr. Norm Deno) or without a great deal of experience at germinating seeds of a certain plant, it is not possible to say that what one has done represents the most successful or most efficient way to germinate that species. (For example, I may be cold-stratifying species that don't actually need it.) However, it is still useful to relate what was, at least, successful, to whatever extent! On that note, the % germination success will probably prove to be useful towards judging "the best" method for breaking seed dormancy. (Unfortunately, % germination is something I've usually been too lazy to note but maybe I can improve my record-keeping going forward. ::) )
A question... I see that it is possible to edit an entry immediately after having submitted it. How does one edit an entry later on? Seems I always have second thoughts about something and the urge to revisit it... ???
It would be very helpful if people could also give a general indication of where they are successfully growing each species (e.g. country and region, horticultural zone?), so as to provide some indication of cold hardiness.
Erik F.:
Hi all,
I'll add a field for location & climate with some suggestions/examples. I hesitate to add multiple fields – one for location, another for average winter lows, another for average precipitation in winter, etc – because that just complicates things even more, I think. But I can certainly add more fields if needed.
Lori, I only made the first field – for the species – mandatory on purpose: I figure that any information is better than no information. I think it's perfectly fine to leave a few fields blank, such as % germ. in your case.
Unfortunately, the way things are currently set up, you only get that one chance to edit the entry you've just submitted. It is possible to enable anyone to edit their entries at any time, but if I configured things that way, every contributor would need to sign in with their Google account, and I'm rather afraid that would put off several potential contributors.
I can edit anything at any time, and I can also give other people administrative powers. Can I make you an admin, Maggi? If so, please create a Google account if you don't already have one, and send me an email. I also know Lori and would be happy to make her an admin, but I'll let Maggi decide who should have what powers.
Cheers,
Erik
Lori S.:
--- Quote from: Erik F. on November 16, 2015, 04:53:42 AM ---I'll add a field for location & climate with some suggestions/examples. I hesitate to add multiple fields – one for location, another for average winter lows, another for average precipitation in winter, etc – because that just complicates things even more, I think.
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I agree - no need to get overly complicated on that. Just a single field for "location" may suffice - people could fill it in as tersely or with as much detail as they wish. The resources are readily available for anyone to look up detailed climatic conditions for any area.
Re. editing - not to worry. I didn't understand how this Google form worked - I don't need to make any actual corrections, just fiddling. ;)
Lesley Cox:
What a wonderful idea this is and great that you Erik/Maggi have put it into practice. Now it's up to all of us to use the forms and make the information available to the database. I'll certainly be doing that very soon as I already have a bunch of packeted seed ready for the NEXT seed list. Thanks for yet another super service available to members and an innovation I'm not aware of on any other similar website.
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