Record Keeping
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barth
Active member
I used to keep good records. I am talking Spreadsheets and shit. Now i have to go to my grow diary and check things. I have a small personal garden, so once i got a knack for things i didnt need as detailed records.
i used to keep.
date, plant id #, what i did. health of plant, ph, ppm, a few pics
i used to keep.
date, plant id #, what i did. health of plant, ph, ppm, a few pics
here's a couple charts i found a couple years ago that have been helpful.
peace, SOG
peace, SOG
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Silky Johnson
Wow looks pretty $$$ setup just to keep records....
Its sort of a joke, but for someone who is super serious.
straintester
Member
I'm generally a meticulous record keeper but found keeping track of my plants in high detail to be worthless to me. If I was breeding I would keep more details but now I only note 3 things:
DateTime
What I did (W for water, F for fed, T for transplanted, etc)
pH / ppm
and sometimes I'll note important things (any suspicion of root rot for instance.)
That's it. But in hydro when I'm getting a new system setup I keep track of pH/ppm of the res a lot more often (twice a day) until the system is stable.
Example entries:
09/08/2010 - W all pH-5.25
09/06/2010 - F all pH-5.28 ppm-850
09/04/2010 - W all pH-5.21
09/04/2010 - F clones pH-5.29 ppm-300
...
DateTime
What I did (W for water, F for fed, T for transplanted, etc)
pH / ppm
and sometimes I'll note important things (any suspicion of root rot for instance.)
That's it. But in hydro when I'm getting a new system setup I keep track of pH/ppm of the res a lot more often (twice a day) until the system is stable.
Example entries:
09/08/2010 - W all pH-5.25
09/06/2010 - F all pH-5.28 ppm-850
09/04/2010 - W all pH-5.21
09/04/2010 - F clones pH-5.29 ppm-300
...
I like to measure height of plants and thickness of the stem (caliper found at auto or hardware tool store).
I like to record total weights and then look at stats of the plants throughout the grow. Then I try to replicate the conditions and performances of the best plants.
I don't keep records either. I post notes and pics in my thread here and that's it. Every plant, every strain will have unique requirements every grow. The plants are ripe when the trichomes are amber/cloudy. I've learned that keeping vague mental notes is plenty even on my pretty large grow, as it helps me focus on what the plant is doing, not what my notes would make me assume.
samba
Active member
That sounds smart!I like to measure height of plants and thickness of the stem (caliper found at auto or hardware tool store).
I like to record total weights and then look at stats of the plants throughout the grow. Then I try to replicate the conditions and performances of the best plants.
