I know I have seen somewhere that there are databases growers use for keeping track of their plants.
We would like to have something that is easily used and can record all information including the ancestry of each plant , similar to a genealogy files.
Does anyone know of such a thing and where I can find mention of it.
I know I saw mention of people using such a program but maybe it was on the iris forum.
Any help appreciated .
Jean.
Database for brug ancestry.
Jean,
The Brugmansia Cultivar Namelist kept by iBrugs may be what you are looking for:
http://ibrugs.com/portals/0/ibrugs namelist.htm
This is the recognized ICRA for Brugmansia. I hopr that over time photos will be added to the list.
BGI has a database with photos, but you have to be a member to view it.
http://www.brugmansia.us/cultivars/cultivardatabase.html/_/cultivarnames/
Here is the BGI list, it is open to everyone.
Joelle
Thanks Joelle, but I wasnt very clear . I want software similar to my family tree one , where I can enter my brugs and add their parentage and offspring etc. like a family, so I can track them as I pollinate .
I have seen a couple out there which are not so easy to navigate and are expensive.
I may just do as I am doing now and keep all the info in a paper file. At least , I can navigate that with my old brain.
thank you for replying. .
Jean.
Jean, lets ask Mary. I think she had somthing along that line a few years ago, however the details have got foggy in my old brain!
Thanks Joelle.
Hybridizer Pro was one that several brug breeders including myself were using earlier. My breeding program got out of control and this program became too cumbersome for me so I just switched to an excel spreadsheet to track my crosses. I tried to visit the Hybridizer Pro website to see if the program had been updated since I purchased it, but the website no longer exists.
Programs have been developed for some of the more prolific plants that are hybridized by enthusiasts that could be adapted to brugmansia. You may want to visit the Hibiscus, orchid, and daylilly society websites for possible links.
I did quite a bit of research trying to find a good program a couple of years ago. I know I saved the links so I'll see if I can find them for you.
Fred
Thank you, Fred.
Looking at the different ones, I feel that they may all be too large for me as I just wanted something easy to handle.
It may be just as easy to stay with the way i do things now and I always keep a paper file as backup anyway.
Jean.