Interested in what information everyone jots down and how you do it. Do you keep a note pad in the garden? Do you use excel? Do you keep track of Temps, nutes, light schedule? How often do you record your data? Have you actually gone back and used past data to help solve a issue? Thanks in advance.
What kind of notes do you keep?
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fragileassassin
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I take lots of pictures to check dates of when what happened. Have a rough feeding schedule I follow, but otherwise i dont record shit.
JohnDee
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About like I do...unless I'm making a cross. Then I record the dates and details in a daily journal. I just use a Wordpad doc.
JD
Venus55
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Exactly the same ^^^. Lots of pics, date started flowering and not much else.
raggyb
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when i realized not all plants need watering at the same time I wrote down last time I watered each plant. then I got smart and put a coin down next to the pot each day I didn't water to count how long its been. i write lots down and try to figure stuff out but it doesnt do much it's just my process.
PadawanWarrior
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I make little notes on my calendar on the fridge when I feed, clone, plant, or harvest. But I don't even weigh and write down my total harvest numbers anymore. I did take a lot more notes in the beginning though.
CountryFriedPotHead
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I mostly only list noticeable characteristics, heights, and do a node count during veg & Cola count during flower
Jotting down my harvest weights after dried and cured is all I write down pretty much anymore. The weight of each plant's dry weight, and the total sum of all plants from the harvest. No dates, strain info or anything, just the weight. All in a Moleskin that I use for writing random poetry or lyrics in, on a random page. I use quite a few Moleskins per year, so I have random numbers written throughout them that can't be used to indicate anything.
Like yourself, I used to document absolutely everything when I first started indoors, and continued that practice for over a year. Now I can just tell by listening to the plants.
Lordhooha
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I keep spreadsheets for each room. Info I keep: temp, rh, amount of water used per plant, overall condition of the plants, if anything was fed and how much, an did I clean the room I'm in. I have more info for my greenhouse too which includes outside weather conditions.
PadawanWarrior
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I did weigh my harvests at first, but now I just eyeball it and make an estimate. I know my total harvest weight in my head approximately, and it doesn't really matter since I have to keep buying more jars to put it in, lol.
xtraLRG420
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Wow, I only take a weekly picture to reassure myself that they're actually growing. I'm a very impatient man.
@Lordhooha any chance you could send me a picture of one of your spreadsheets? I like the idea of making a excel spread sheet I can print out and fill in
Couch_Lock
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I retain it in my brain, no notes.
twalte
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I keep notes, pictures, lamp height, plant size and nutrient dosages on my grow journal at www.growdiaries.com. It’s a great resource for tracking your grow.
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Cobnobuler
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Long ago I used to keep a lot of notes. Now, the more you learn to read your plants the less you need notes.
xtsho
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The only notes I keep are to track the seeds from crosses I make. Parents sex, F1, F2, etc... Everything else is dialed in so there is no need for taking notes. I just don't want to lose track of all the crosses and seeds I've made. I track yield by how many jars the dried product fills up. I guesstimate an ounce per quart jar or two zips for the bigger 64 oz jars. It might not be 100% accurate but it's close enough for me. I've just started growing out some of the crosses I've made that I haven't grown yet so I'll probably start tracking flowering times since that is an important factor for what I'm working on which is a fast finishing plant that can be grown outdoors and will be harvest ready before the weather gets bad here in the Pacific Northwest.
