Documenting Germination, work in progress - link

**nctomatoman** · April 2, 2010

I hope, over the coming week or so, to complete this page - I want to provide germination data on my tomatoes, peppers and eggplant....by including seed source (self saved, or age if commercial or traded), I am hoping we can all learn something about seed age vs time to germinate and percentage, by type of seed (tomato, pepper, eggplant).

Anyway - it is a way for me to document it all so I don't lose it. If anyone will find it useful, bookmark it and check back from time to time.

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/2010-s...tion-data.html

stormymater · April 2, 2010

Good on you!

I have initial counts for my trays when I take them off heat & put them out into the cruel, cruel world. I figured I'll do the final count when potting up (starting shortly). I am in awe of your record keeping persuasion & capability.

My goal is not to misplace my tray maps this year (no loose papers this year - all in bound garden book w/OC drawings of trays, orientation documentation, # seeds, source & dates). UNCLE!

b54red · April 3, 2010

I did an excel spreadsheet with the variety, the date seeds were started, germination rate after 30 days, date and number of plants set out into the garden. I don't try to keep up with when I pot them up because of the huge variation I have had in their growth rates and the different times necessary for germination.I am hoping that this information will help me when I start my seed next year.
I am also doing one on production, growing problems, and etc. so I may eliminate some varieties and double up on the ones that do especially well.
Now all I have to do is remember to fill in the blanks.............

bughunter99 · April 3, 2010

I do the same sort of thing via excel spreadsheet. I add a column for size at 30 and sixty days as well. Plus a column for loss related to disease. This year I have a column for pounds produced. Then there is a column for current price of similar organic varieties at the store. I use that figure to calculate net gain/loss for productivity and have the entire spreadsheet formatted so that when varieties are in the red, the cells are red and when their produce starts to exceed costs, they are in the green. In the summary box I have all costs and all gains and those are formatted to progress thru various shades of color until I reach purple. If the boxes turn purple my gains have exceeded my costs by $200. Significant for my little garden

Yes, I'm a big dork. But I'm an organized one and I like getting an overall picture of what went on at the end of the year. Who was a pain as a child, who came thru in the end. Who was promising as a tot and a big zero that took up a lot of space in the end, etc etc.

Stacy

April 2, 2010	#1
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Documenting Germination, work in progress - link I hope, over the coming week or so, to complete this page - I want to provide germination data on my tomatoes, peppers and eggplant....by including seed source (self saved, or age if commercial or traded), I am hoping we can all learn something about seed age vs time to germinate and percentage, by type of seed (tomato, pepper, eggplant). Anyway - it is a way for me to document it all so I don't lose it. If anyone will find it useful, bookmark it and check back from time to time. http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/2010-s...tion-data.html __________________ Craig

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April 2, 2010	#2
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Good on you! I have initial counts for my trays when I take them off heat & put them out into the cruel, cruel world. I figured I'll do the final count when potting up (starting shortly). I am in awe of your record keeping persuasion & capability. My goal is not to misplace my tray maps this year (no loose papers this year - all in bound garden book w/OC drawings of trays, orientation documentation, # seeds, source & dates). UNCLE!

April 3, 2010	#3
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I did an excel spreadsheet with the variety, the date seeds were started, germination rate after 30 days, date and number of plants set out into the garden. I don't try to keep up with when I pot them up because of the huge variation I have had in their growth rates and the different times necessary for germination.I am hoping that this information will help me when I start my seed next year. I am also doing one on production, growing problems, and etc. so I may eliminate some varieties and double up on the ones that do especially well. Now all I have to do is remember to fill in the blanks.............

April 3, 2010	#4
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	I do the same sort of thing via excel spreadsheet. I add a column for size at 30 and sixty days as well. Plus a column for loss related to disease. This year I have a column for pounds produced. Then there is a column for current price of similar organic varieties at the store. I use that figure to calculate net gain/loss for productivity and have the entire spreadsheet formatted so that when varieties are in the red, the cells are red and when their produce starts to exceed costs, they are in the green. In the summary box I have all costs and all gains and those are formatted to progress thru various shades of color until I reach purple. If the boxes turn purple my gains have exceeded my costs by $200. Significant for my little garden Yes, I'm a big dork. But I'm an organized one and I like getting an overall picture of what went on at the end of the year. Who was a pain as a child, who came thru in the end. Who was promising as a tot and a big zero that took up a lot of space in the end, etc etc. Stacy