First I have to say that I absolutely love this game.

I know there is a seed list in the guide section. Is there anyway we can get a flower list also? I'm not talking about what flowers are created from which crossbreads, just pictures of the flowers with their names. I am using the charts from the guide section and I went to mark down one of my crosses, but I can't remember what the flower was for one of the parents.

Thanks bunches.

At the moment, no.

I don't think anybody has created such a list yet. It is early days yet, and I expect someone is probably working on one at the moment!

I hope everyone is tracking their plants. I am, also one thing I have been doing is taking a picture of my plants, arranged in a way that I remember and giving each position a designation that I use in my charts. Remember to move the photo from your desktop into a folder you have set up just for your pictures.

That's a wonderful idea. I have my charts set up in tiers, so I can lay them out the same way.

Thanks for the tip.

here is the first part of my plant chart... it opens in excel.

Please let me know what you think. I just started it, so be kind!

That chart looks amazing, Onyxcougar!

keep going on that spreadsheet!! it's fantastic!

I have some experience with Excel, but have never done pictures. I'm doing a spreadsheet with the same layout but without pictures. How do you extract the pics and load them into the spreadsheet?

Updated list...

I Control + Prnt Scrn
Paste that into Paint
Save that as a .jpg
Open the .jpg in Irfanview
Crop as needed
Save the cropped image as name of plant
Go into Excel and "Insert"/"From file", then browse to file name, "ok"

It seems like a lot reading it, but it only takes a few seconds.

Here's the updated list so far (I found my first magic plant, and that's highlighted, so there's a spoiler....)

Thanks, that sounds simple enough.. except I don't know what Irfanview is.. will I find that out when I'm messing around in Paint?

Irfanview can be said to be a better version of Paint. It's freeware and you can download a copy from http://www.irfanview.net/

Awesome chart!

Just one idea, when you take the pictures, double click on the plant before you do, and take a picture with the plant seed. I have a bunch of seeds, but have no idea what plant each seed produces.

OrangeCrush, you should remember that the same looking seed may produce different plants, but you may also want to check out my Seed Catalog in the Guides section.

I'll start doing that from now on.

You can actually do all of that within Paint.

Just do the Control + Print Screen
Paste into Paint
working with a single plant at a time, use the "rubber band" selection tool to outline the picture
Go Edit -> Copy To
name your picture

Paint allows you to save a small part of a larger image as a file, but strangely you don't access it from the File menu.

thanks for the file
but how to grow that magic plant
like which plant u cross polinated to get this plant

Thank you, Arnie, I'll download Irfanview and should be able to go to town with PT pics in my spreadsheets And I do like the idea of taking a pic of the seed with the plant, even though the seed type is not unique.

Thanks for the Paint instructions too, slh; I'll try that out.

Great work Onyxcougar, it will definately help many people.
looking forward to checking back to see the update.

I've included my breeding charts...still in progress....

Your chart is amazing. I adapted it for my own use and it's so helpful to me. Since I have all of the upgrades and no problem growing anything, I took out the columns for Soil and Price etc, since I'm not as concerned about that and added a column for pictures of the seeds. That's my biggest problem, looking at a seed and trying to figure out what plant it is. So now, with the help of your chart, I can match the picture of the plant to a picture of the seed and it's name.

So much easier for me for cross-breeding and tracking so Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

You are a genious!

Here is my pictorial record keeper. You will see that plants are down the side and flowers across the top. I have pictures of the plants with example seeds, but remember they do vary for a particuar plant.

I just note here whether or not I have found a plant. If you want to make pictures bigger, you can, but I like this size to keep an easy record of what I am doing, rather than having to scroll through pages and pages of things.

Barhi, I love your check off list, it is so much better than what I was doing. Just need to add 3 flower types (that I know of so far) Venus, Citrus and Viola and one plant type the ridgeball. I only found them because I am using your list to check off...Thanks!!!

I really like your chart, Barhi, but you're missing Citrus and Reptans. Can you add those and repost please?

Wow....I am completely blown away, you guys are so clever, it takes learning to a new level, well done!!!

Also, here is another spreadsheet with complete pictures: Plant Tycoon Breeding Chart

great job! and very helpfull! Thanks!

This is the chart that I've been using.

I've found many more plants but wasn't keeping track at first. It's a work in progress, still trying to sort the best order to use for plants and flowers but it really works for me.

Hopefully some of you find it useful. We all have different means to help us win the game, this is the one that works for me.

WOW!! This is totally cool! Wow!

absolutely amazing, BORG!

I took this and ran with it, sorted the prices list by tier and value from lowest to highest, and then used that order to create a checklist, with the magic plants "boxes" highlighted. If anyone wants it, PM me, and I'll be glad to send it.

OK, I have been send a PM, but don't know how to send attachments, so here is my update.

BORG did such an outstanding job with his charts that I'm using those now, but I'm still updating mine as I go. I've changed his/her price chart around to list plants from lowest value to high, and I created a checklist sheet. Also, since BORG lists his plants along the top and flowers on the side, to keep everything in one format, I have changed my charts to match. (Spent all day doing it, too...)

oh, btw...the "seeding chart" is what I print out to keep track of which plants I plant in which pot, whether I need the seed or just waiting for the product, or cash farming or whatever.

It's 6 sets of 15 pots, and it prints on one page to save paper.

Your archive seems to be empty. I get an "invalid archive" error message when I open it.

I too!

Onyxcougar,

I also got a bad file. I ignored the bad header msg, and let it extract anyway. When I opened the extracted excel sheet, it was just a bunch of junk characters, no spreadsheet.

Could you try to upload it again, please.

Hm...not sure, doing the same thing I did before.

I've taken out the BORG charts that I have *not* modified (tree, plants, foliage, etc.). See if that helps.

Yes! That worked, and they look great. Thank you!

I've updated my chart, it now includes all the flowers and foliage (as far as I can tell, I haven't actually found them all yet).

Have fun!

I have made this pics from the Borg's "Plant_Tycoon-Grids":



It could help!

I'm not sure this is quite what you're looking for, or even useful at all, especially at this point (I'm still working on it) but I've been working on a visual grid to keep track of all my plants, and what everything looks like.

It's extremely basic, a grid based on the key plants list with the name of everything, and pictures (with seeds) of what I have. I plan to get everything filled in eventually. It's also proven helpful in figuring out I had the seeds sitting around to make not just one, but TWO magic plants (I still need to compile the Fourpetal maple)

Enough babbling, here it is -

Bare Bones Plant Grid (http://www.iocane.net/plantgrid.html)

Quick note - I didn't start this until I hit soil level 3 (water level 2) so there are some 'early' plants that are under-represented.