New plant labels with QR codes.
|
Author |
Message |
kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
|
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
what do the Qr codes tell you |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
|
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Ok I often wonder about these things and have never seen anyone access them, Asked those who know more about these than me and they have never used them, Also if you look at the age profile of people who use garden centres most are late forties over fifty they never use this technology, now maybe everyone on here will say we always use it, but with the people I work with they can barley use the mobile for texting never mind anything else, so i would be interested to see how it goes for you. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 1010
|
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
do you need a web page that the QR codes bring you to? |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
|
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:18 am Post subject: |
|
|
When the QR Code is scanned by your phone it brings you to a specific web page applicable to that plant only. So you then have comprehensive details all about that plant available on your phone. _________________ .
.
.
.
A little garden in Co. Limerick. Some non-gardening photographs. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
|
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:00 am Post subject: |
|
|
I use QR codes regularly and I am over 50, must be a quare sort of backwardness prevailing in Kildare or else we are just more forward thinking in the sunny south east!!!
They are great for additional information that is not shown on the shop provided label. I thought it might be overkill for a private garden but then again your garden is no ordinary garden. I'm presuming that this is a service for visitors/open days. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
|
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
so it tells you everything, if its a geranium will it tell you it produces only male flowers and when the pollen has been removed they will die off and female ones will be produced. If its Arum will it tell you it retains the pollinators (Flies) within the flower until the have removed pollen and then release them to pollinate others. It its Rape seed will it tell you the seed is coated with Neonicotiniod and the farmer is still told to spray 4 times per year it is retained in the soil for min 6 years and indiscriminately kills all pollinating insects.
Or does it just tell you the name its deciduous grows so high has white flowers, sure you could figure that out without QR codes where s the enjoyment of stopping to look and enjoy the plant for what it is. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
|
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Not quite EVERYTHING, it just brings you to a web page and whatever is on it is on it, depends how detailed the website is. Sometimes it is only a bit more than you would find on a plastic label. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Privacy Policy | Copyright © 2006 - present IrishGardeners.com (part of GardenPlansIreland.com)
|