Help-anyone interested in a Winter sowing Database at Dave's

I was wondering how many people here at Dave's, were interested in a Database that kept track of all seeds that have worked/not worked in each temperature zone during winter sowing.

I have it on good authority if there were enough interest-it would happen...so please! Jump in and say hello or just Aye!! if you would love to see this here!!
Thanks, Robbi

Here is my "AYE" and my "HELLO"! :)

You bet!

Our winter period is actually later, so even though the
thought of winter sowing sounds like standing in ice
with a garden shovel, that is not the case for many.

I've often been known to plant garlic in what others consider
winter.

:-) KM
'

Hey Wuvie,
I posted on the garden forum about garlic, maybe you could help me out, PLEASE?! :)

I am interested............................

Do you have specifics of how you would like this to be structured? What would the feature look like, and how would it behave?

Hey Dave! I just wanted to say that I think this is an awesome idea for us Newbies, and the Experts! I know I need ALL the help I can get, and I am truly loving being a member of the DG Forums!

There is a very good one here,

http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/DataBase.html

but I think we could have much more added. So many here at Dave's would help in their own temp (zone).
I think it should be user friendly to all countries so list by temps.

I would be more than happy to compile this info if it needed to be done.

I have started my sowing by using this list but I am not only redoing some that they have not working, I am adding some in my zone that haven't been tried.

So in the Spring I will have many new additions for my zone 4
Robbi

i'm interested

Yes, I think it would a very helpful and informative addition to the Wintersowing Forum.

Here are some of my thoughts on the categories of the wintersown database:

Latin botanical name
Common botanical name
Annual, Biennial, Herb, Perennial, Vine, etc.
Month/Number of seeds sown
Month germinated/Number of seeds germinated
Month/year of 1st bloom
Bloom color/description
Extra information such as if the seeds were old to begin with, if you harvested your own seeds, received them in a swap, etc.

This sounds great Robbi!! I'd love to start annuals outdoors since daylily seeds have taken over the inside space.

I am also interested.

Shirley I like the info about if they were your own or a swap-that could make a large difference because the sower wouldn't know how old a seed was REALLY unless it was their own.

That link would work but would need a bunch of stickys, perhaps one for each zone?? Or something like Plantfinder..with only one listing per seed type with an area like in plant files where we could click if we had success by zone instead of zip code/postcodes and and a separate forum for chatter. LOL have I confused everybody yet??? No? want me to try again...LOL

But that said I say Hello and Yes too....

Hugs Lauri

can we get a link right in the database to the plantfile entry too, so we can reference that for pictures and plant info?

Hyblaean-let me know which ones and I can see if they work for your zone-LOL I have had all summer to work on this winter project (when I bought my house it was to late to plant so I had nothing to feed my addiction but planning and Dave's-LOL). I can tell you if they were wintersown before in your zone and the depth at which they should be done :o) (on many Genus' anyway-LOL)
Robbi

oooo that is a good idea Hyblaean!! I love that one!

Can't add much due to injured hand, but definitely interested!

-Sev

Very, very interested. I just wintersowed about a dozen different seeds. I'm not sure if all of them will come up in my zone. This would be a tremendous help. I could use it today if it were up and running.
Robin

OMG, yes!!!!!!

This has my most enthusiastic vote - I would love to have this information here on Dave's.

Could we add a simple flag to indicate "Did it germinate Y/N?". The "Month Germinated" is very useful, but not if it's blank with no other supporting information.

--Ginny

Robbi, you've got mail :D Thank you!!

This is a terrific idea! Thanks!

Okay, I think I have everything I need. I'll try to get to this soon.

Is there anything I can do to help make it go faster-so sorry but Patience is not my strong point-LOL

Thanks Dave!

I'm only one person with a pre-existing stuff of TODOs... :)

LOL sorta like a honeydo list Dave???

AWESOME! Thanks Dave!!!!!!!!!!

LOL-I can help!! Me me me!!
LOL-so sorry!
Robbi

I'm voting "yes" as well, dave, maybe trudi could be a resource? She is a DG member ---

xxx, Carrie

It would be great if Trudi wanted to be a part of it. She hasn't been very interested in us in the past, but maybe the years have changed her thoughts. She's more than welcome in this project and any other we do here.

Dave, I will get in touch with her and see what she thinks.

Hello, and yes. Could really use this info. I'm a snowbird who winter sows by trial and error. I prepare my containers and did a trench in my garden. I then bury the container up to the rim in the trench and backfill all around. I leave my labels in the containers and have my sister sow the seeds after the first killing frost. When I return in the spring I have plants or failures. It would be great to have less failures.
Mittsy

Great idea! It would be very helpful.

Joy

I wonder if it would be possible to add non-wintersowing germination info too? People are always asking questions about how to get things to germinate, which ones need to be nicked, soaked, bottom heat, light, what time of year to sow (if not wintersowing), etc. I don't know anything about wintersowing and definitely don't want to derail that project, but if it's possible, I think it could be valuable to have an overall seed starting database which would include info on how to wintersow the seeds if appropriate, as well as how to start them if you're not wintersowing, and how to start other seeds that aren't appropriate for wintersowing.

yes from here, i'm counting on wintersowing to keep me from going winter crazy!

Count me in! ecrane3 has made an excellent point, there could be so much more than wintersow. Possible a new entry field on plant files re germination requirements & time.

I tried WSing but had mixed success in my PNW zone 8. It would be wonderful to have a data base to refer to.