Thank you Ushadi for forwarding me Dr Rawat's email and for the additional advice. I do not subscribe to all emails and would have missed Dr Rawat's reply if not for you. Thank you Dr Rawat. I am beginning to appreciate the difficulties involved (and a little more tickled because of it). I am prepared to give it a go and learn along the way. I will make sure to heed Pankaj ji's caution. I have already got such valuable advice that the job is made a little easier and I will keep on seeking your help when I hit an obstacle. I will also keep documenting what I see on camera and build a virtual database.
I do not have cockroaches at home and have rarely got silverfish but naphthalene balls and neem leaves should be good. Ushadi had pointed to some excellent videos and I got a ton of useful information the previous evening. I will keep you updated on my progress, however slow... Thanks and regards, Ashwini On 06-Apr-2015, at 7:45 pm, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not know if you get all emails from indiatreepix so am sending this to > you again> > > Ashwini > Dr Rawat makes a nice point > but i differ in one aspect... > I feel if you so desire, go ahead.. > no harm in starting and experimenting.. > > Santhan ji has made a useful suggestion > put moth balls in the box where you keep them > > and if you make it the way the teacher in the Herb link is doing 1 and 2 > keeping it to letter size and storing them in plastic sleeves meant for > storing letter size pictures or printed papers and storing the three ring > binder in cool air tight place with those moth balls one or two > > and I would get a pesticide company to put a couple of dots of their cream > they use for silver fish, i get them to do the dots on a piece of wooden > circles // coasters i dont use to stick in boxes where i have old books etc > i want to protect from white fish > > your herbarium may be safe anyway > esp in Dharamsala where its so cool most of the time > Do cockroaches and those pesty grain insects attack stuff in your > kitchen??then you need to protect your collection > > its when you come down later to the gangetic plains etc you'll have a lot > more problems > > but I dont see why you cant start and see how it goes > and how you deal with the laborious process > start with your ferns > and some stuff like those difficult to pin down violas you had... > and the latest gentian or not specimen > > i would love to see these two years down the line > > > OLD VEDIC trick of keeping palm leaf manuscripts may be worth remembering > > old temples bind these tightly in 100% cotton khadi dyed red... for some > reason it has to be red > and then hang from the ceiling ( air circulated around them is what I have > been told.. but there may be other reasons I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS EXACTLY. > > > but i do follow this following one, I learnt it from some old Ayurvedic > doctors .. > in spring when the leaves have just become nice lush green and juicy ie > mature the bitter neem leaves twigs a few every so often in the leaves of > the books keeps insects away > and the leaves for some reason donot stain the leaves ..not enough tannin I > guess > where as some mehendi leaves left similarly stained my book horribly > > but for preservation this neem leaf trick has worked in a couple of > different climate types including hot and humid gangetic plain... > > anyway... start.. > > all that will happen is you'll have fun > some successes > and have fun ( just dont pick //uproot rare stuff or what Pankaj tells you > not to pick)) > and who knows? > may be a second career > usha di > > Attachments area > Preview YouTube video How to Make an Herb Press and an Herbarium, Part 1 > > > Preview YouTube video How to Make an Herb Press and an Herbarium, Part 2 > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > Ashwini > Dr Rawat makes a nice point > but i differ in one aspect... > I feel if you so desire, go ahead.. > no harm in starting and experimenting.. > > Santhan ji has made a useful suggestion > put moth balls in the box where you keep them > > and if you make it the way the teacher in the Herb link is doing 1 and 2 > keeping it to letter size and storing them in plastic sleeves meant for > storing letter size pictures or printed papers and storing the three ring > binder in cool air tight place with those moth balls one or two > > and I would get a pesticide company to put a couple of dots of their cream > they use for silver fish, i get them to do the dots on a piece of wooden > circles // coasters i dont use to stick in boxes where i have old books etc > i want to protect from white fish > > your herbarium may be safe anyway > esp in Dharamsala where its so cool most of the time > Do cockroaches and those pesty grain insects attack stuff in your > kitchen??then you need to protect your collection > > its when you come down later to the gangetic plains etc you'll have a lot > more problems > > but I dont see why you cant start and see how it goes > and how you deal with the laborious process > start with your ferns > and some stuff like those difficult to pin down violas you had... > and the latest gentian or not specimen > > i would love to see these two years down the line > > > OLD VEDIC trick of keeping palm leaf manuscripts may be worth remembering > > old temples bind these tightly in 100% cotton khadi dyed red... for some > reason it has to be red > and then hang from the ceiling ( air circulated around them is what I have > been told.. but there may be other reasons I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS EXACTLY. > > > but i do follow this following one, I learnt it from some old Ayurvedic > doctors .. > in spring when the leaves have just become nice lush green and juicy ie > mature the bitter neem leaves twigs a few every so often in the leaves of > the books keeps insects away > and the leaves for some reason donot stain the leaves ..not enough tannin I > guess > where as some mehendi leaves left similarly stained my book horribly > > but for preservation this neem leaf trick has worked in a couple of > different climate types including hot and humid gangetic plain... > > anyway... start.. > > all that will happen is you'll have fun > some successes > and have fun ( just dont pick //uproot rare stuff or what Pankaj tells you > not to pick)) > and who knows? > may be a second career > usha di > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:51 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> > wrote: > Ashwini Ji > Some good links are already there in Usha Di response. > However, I believe (you may agree or not) that making a herbarium is a > laborious but possible exercise, BUT maintaining it is certainly difficult > and requires use of chemicals as repellents/ insecticides/ fumigants. After > one or two years specimens are attacked by insects which is difficult to > control. Many of the herbarium specimens are destroyed because of this > despite of having even trained staff. > My opinion is to make a virtual flora (collection of photographs) of the area > rather than herbarium which is most often meant for hard core taxonomists. > You already have many quality photographs with fine details of morphology. > AND every body know that how easy is to maintain a virtual flora (collection > of digital pics). > Good luck! > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 9:42:10 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > This is an unusual request to all of you. I was thinking of making a > herbarium of local plants this summer with my son and daughter. What do I > need to make a professional herbarium–something which can be useful in > gaining further insights later? Since I have no previous experience, please > guide with basics such as materials, process etc. > > I will be grateful for any insights. > > Thanks and regards, > Ashwini > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. 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