I think I can see what you're thinking.
But if I put the common name, where the genus goes, then where would I put the genus?
My point is. I do like to see the Genus because it really helps me to learn the relationship between the plants. Since I have your program I really learned a lot about which plants belong to the same family. Because if I search for 'Brassica" all the Brassicas come up, with all the subfamilies.
Maybe some people don't care for that knowledge, but I think it is rather interesting to see the relationship of plants. Your program makes it so easy to put all that data for the plants Genus in.
I am sure as the years go by I will know all the vegetable Genus and I will learn all the Brassica family, and I will know >who the heck is< 'Brassica rapa var. perviridis' which by the way is my 'Tatsoi'.
Sure the name is in the list, somewhere down there, but as I collect more and more vegetable varieties, the list gets longer, and the plant I am looking for is harder to find. Some plants I am not so familiar with the Genus at all in the vegetable family, so finding the right one is even more difficult.
So I still like to keep my Genus, I just like to be able to turn it off sometimes if I need to find a certain plant to work with.
I think what makes this more important for the vegetable database then the flower database is, with the flowers I put in the tasks once, I don't need to change it from year to year, because it is always the same, who cares about the year with flowers. But with the vegetables, I need the information for each year, because I grow different plants each year. If you want to collect your seeds you can't each variety growing at the same time. So I grow one variety one year, another the next year. It keeps my seeds pure without cross pollination.
Then you like to try new varieties, to see if you find one which produces better in your climate.
Here are some plant names I have in my database. I am giving you names of plants I can never remember the genus of.
Anthriscus cerefolium 'Dukat' Dill
Apium graveolens 'Brilliant' Celeriac
Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica Rutabaga
Cucurbita pepo 'Trombetta Di Albenga' Zucchetta
Eruca sativa 'Ortolani' Arugula (I never remember that genus ever)
The other thing. I already have almost all my vegetable seeds entered into the database, aside the new ones I added and the ones I am getting in the mail soon. I really don't want to have to reenter everything again. Especially If I can't play with the Genus anymore.
I rather struggle along the way it is, until you come up with a button for us. >lol<
Ok, I will go back to working on IG now, because the day is coming to an end and so far I have not gotten very far. Vegetable growing season is coming and I need to get this done
talk to you later