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Everything Else => Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles => Topic started by: The Gardening Adventure on December 10, 2020, 05:07:14 PM
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Hello everyone! I hope that I am posting this in the right topic.
Almost 2 years ago I created a program to keep track of my harvest, because I always felt that I have too much of some vegetables or fruits and not enough of the other varieties. I wanted to find a balance and I had to keep track of the harvest somehow.
My wife thinks that I am crazy for weighting everything that I harvest and enter it into the program. Are there any other "crazy" gardeners out there that would do something like that?
A few months ago, I was thinking that maybe other gardeners might find the program useful and I created a basic version of the program that I’m sharing with you. It’s completely free and I would like to find out if other people like it and if they are willing to use it, before I spend more time and money to create a more complex version.
Below are a few screenshots of the program and a link to a video that shows how the program is working.
Please let me know what you think about it. I’d really appreciate your feedback.
https://youtu.be/nzg24mFZwCc
Home page
(https://i.postimg.cc/1nB749jS/Home-Screen.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/1nB749jS)
Plant family
(https://i.postimg.cc/TppNYvq8/Fig-Family.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TppNYvq8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4Yc8VvSB/Tomatoplant-Family.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4Yc8VvSB)
Individual plants
(https://i.postimg.cc/RJMFQTdf/Fig.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RJMFQTdf)
Harvest
(https://i.postimg.cc/mPhP58sy/Harvest-Cherimoya.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mPhP58sy)
Reports
Harvest by individual plants for a date range
(https://i.postimg.cc/FYJ9Sqv8/Cherimoya-Harvest.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FYJ9Sqv8)
Harvest by plant family for a date range
(https://i.postimg.cc/bD6XWH81/Harvest-By-Plant-Family.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bD6XWH81)
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Very clever!
And no, you are not alone. There are a lot of crazy plant folks out there, AND on this forum
I do something similar in Excel, but mainly use it to decide which varieties to keep and which to toss. My husband laughs at me regularly because I can't seem to tell the difference betwenn "edible" and "tasty". This way I can keep track of what grew well but tasted like cardboard, and which are worth an extra effort.
Keep up the scientific inquiry!
Cheers,
Carolyn
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Ok, I watched your YouTube demo of your program. Really nice! I like the companion plant feature. If I were to use it, I would probably use Latin names, but that is just because I am a geek...
Being able to add pictures is really nice. There have been times when we were trying to figure out which tomato was which.
The only drawback I see is the same one that I have with my Excel spreadsheet - I start out using it, all eager, then spend less and less time doing data entry, and more and more time in my greenhouse!
I imagine that a commercial grower may find the program very useful!
Cheers,
Carolyn
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Thank you Carolyn for taking the time to check it out and give me the feedback. I appreciate it very much.
Data entry is the drawback for all the programs :). I had the same issue as you, about figuring out the variety for every plant. That's why my original program has a garden layout feature also.
Garden layout.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4HYf0dZs/Garden-Layout.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4HYf0dZs)
The version of the program that I'm currently using has more features, which I did not include in the free version, because more features have more potential for problems and bugs.
I wanted to offer something simple and easy to use and not have frustrated users.
I was thinking that the program will be useful for beginner gardeners or for someone that is trying to experiment in the garden and would like to compare the harvest results.
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Try posting this on the Tropical Fruit page. Might get more exposure, and I know that a bunch of folks weigh their fruit...
Cheers, Carolyn
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I just did.
Thank you for the suggestion!