veg garden record keeping

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• raisingirl Posts: 7,093

  July 2019

  I have a small spreadsheet on which I record what I grew where, which varieties and if any of them either did particularly well, or failed to germinate. I have a list on the side of seeds I need to buy for next year, either because I've finished a packet or had total germination failure.
  
  In the autumn, I go through all my veg seed packets checking dates (I have a note of how long most seed types can be stored), throw out any that failed or that I didn't enjoy when they succeeded. Then I copy the whole spreadsheet onto next year's sheet, work out next year's plan using rotation principles for what goes where, draw up a shopping list and start seed catalogue browsing - one of my favourite pass times in November 

  Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
  
  “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 

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• Singing Gardener Posts: 1,237

  July 2019

  I have a very similar spreadsheet, although I'm a bit hit and miss about remembering to fill it in!

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• Skandi Posts: 1,723

  July 2019

  I record cultivar, planting date, first harvest date, last harvest date, weight of harvest and then any issues. like pests or diseases or anything I did differently from normal. I love making statistics out of the whole lot in the winter when there's nothing to do outside.
  

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• Theveggardener Posts: 1,057

  July 2019

  I have a online folder which I record the producer and variety of veg I've grown along with how well they grew, the weather and the yield also a sheet that shows where each veg type was grawn for crop rotation. I don't know how diligent I'll be as the is my first veg growing year. I have already put peas into it with the word DISASTROUS as they have hardly and pea pods on them at all.

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• bookmonster Posts: 399

  July 2019

  Thanks, I've started a spreadsheet. Sorry about the peas @NannaBoo, have they flowered?

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• Theveggardener Posts: 1,057

  July 2019

  bookmonster, yes they flowered but although I watered the and feed to tomato feed we got enough for a meal for my son any myself and that's from 36 plants . The rest of the flower didn't set so will try a different type next year all so the plants didn't do very well. I think it might be down to the very dry weather last year resulting in poor peas but I could be wrong.

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