Bonsai Software Application

[NashsMan]

One of my club's members uses this and has for several years. He's one of our more accomplished artists (and is also a volunteer certified to work at the National Arboretum collection) and swears by the usefulness of how the app let's him track his work on specific trees and handling phito records, etc.
I recently tried the free version and became frustrated that I can't upload photos from Google Drive into the app.
I may try to just use Google Sheets.

I had some time this morning and began a spreadsheet application in Google Sheets, with categories for provenance/date, most recent potting, style, links to photos in Google Drive, etc. It was relatively easy to do, and I'm about halfway through my collection.

 

[It's Kev]

Progression threads on Bonsai Nut.

Just wish we could remove threads of deceased trees

 

[RJG2]

Just wish we could remove threads of deceased trees

Nah, good learning experiences for others (as long as you talk about why it may have died)

Edit: but maybe a way to tag the thread as dead!

 

[pandacular]

There is already a tag feature that thread authors can use. I don’t see it being used too often though.

 

[billijean2039]

to keep track progress,

i have using this

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but due to limitation for free version, i cant add more than 5 tree. so sad

Thanks

 

[DonielDoom]

There is already a tag feature that thread authors can use. I don’t see it being used too often though.

Today I learned about this function. Great tip.

The little tag icon in my threads flew under my radar for whatever reason and I had never noticed it before.

 

[jerrymc]

That is one of the reasons I started a blog..as I state on the front page, "to organize & document my plant collection"..you can see it at https://www.jerryspatio.com/

 

[Ravaginggoatman]

I just started using Microsoft OneNote, it was already on my Win10 laptop, just needed to get used to it. I'm just using it to track progress and keep track of plants based on tag # you can easily add photos and make notes and a bunch of other stuff that I haven't quite figured out yet. I didn't feel like I needed an app to tell me when to water or feed.

 

[Wulfskaar]

I just saw an app called "Wabi Sabi Bonsai". Looks interesting, but have not tried it yet.

 

[daro]

I started using obsidian last year.

 

[billijean2039]

I use Notion. It’s like a hybrid note taking and productivity app. When I first started out, I just had simple pages for each of my trees that documented work, provenance, future plans. But Notion’s object model is kind of database like, which allows for some interesting stuff, such as creating different views of a collection.

Here’s what the top of a typical page looks like for my trees:
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I can then use the tags and attributes to organize them, such as this view based on my repotting plans in spring
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Or sort them based on a characteristic, as I’m using it now for my wintering over plans:
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I’ve tried a few different apps for tracking projects over the years, and honestly, most of them either get abandoned or become way more complicated than they need to be. Reading through discussions like this reminds me how important it is to pick tools that are actually well thought out and actively maintained. When I was helping a friend research software teams for a healthcare-related project, I came across this guide in the middle of my research and found it surprisingly clear and practical compared to most lists online. It didn’t feel promotional, just useful context that helped me understand how different development teams approach complex software.

I'll have to test it.

 

[Yamamomiji]

Just Excel to be honest ... not that it is the perfect solution, but I want to keep it simple, just inventory, date per year for flowering, leaving out, fruiting, falling of leaves, fertilising, repotting and seedlings with some lookups etc. else is in a Google Photos album.

 

[hemmy]

Edit: but maybe a way to tag the thread as dead!

Just post a final photo?


Thread 'burning bonsai'
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/burning-bonsai.4098/

 

[Sifika]

Just post a final photo?

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Thread 'burning bonsai'
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/burning-bonsai.4098/

I have a burning bush but I'm not going to go this far!