"tenman" <tenman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dave Gillingham wrote:
>> Kathy, there's another use as well as the unpleasant long term
>> consideration. It
>> helps no end in tracking repotting & other treatment needs. I also try
>> to
>> record *where* each plant is in my collection now. That's after
>> searching &
>> swearing, trying to find a particular plant (or many) that my database
>> says
>> should be repotted.
>>
>> And, while I don't keep it all as up to date as I should, I do ensure
>> that each
>> purchase, loss, repot, and position on shelf is recorded.
>>
>> For repotting, I find it far easier to sort the database by repot date
>> than to
>> work my way through the entire collection looking for the date of last
>> repot on
>> each tag.
>>
>>
> You people need to get jobs! :) Having a library background, I used to
be
> a thorough record-keeper and very much enjoyed the process. Now I'm
lucky
> to find time for a rushed unenjoyable job of watering often enough to
keep
> the plants alive. Where do you folks find the time for this sort of
thing?
Well, that was my opinion, too. As you know I rarely have time to water
either. 'Let 'em wait another week' is my motto. My life is go to work,
go
home, go to work, go home. I crash on the sofa with the remote and
nowadays
I'm in bed by 8:30pm. I tell you, life sucks sometimes. But my friend's
husband (not an orchid person) said that he wanted to be sure her
collection
lived. He said he'd watch people walk out of shows with orchid purchases
that he *knew* were just going to die becasue no one knew how to care for
it. He doesn't want that to happen to her collection. She loved those
plants. So we're getting them appropriate homes, once we figure out
what's
there. Hence the list. Hence my gratitude that my friend was meticulous.
K (the underwaterer) Barrett
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