Annual plant records
Track your annual vegetables, flowers, and herbs through their entire growing season. Watch your plants progress from seed to harvest, record your results, and learn from each season to improve your gardening success.
What you can track
Monitor each planting through its natural growing stages:
- Seed sowing and germination timing
- Potting up and transplanting dates
- Growth progress through flowering and fruiting
- Harvest dates, quantities, and quality
- Plant performance and success rates
When to use plant records
- During the growing season to update plant progress
- After harvest to record your yields and results
- When planning next season to choose better varieties
- Throughout the year to learn from your garden patterns
Getting the most from your records
Update plant stages regularly
Open any plant from your garden plan to:
- Mark when seeds sprout and plants grow
- Record transplanting and placement dates
- Note when flowers appear and fruits form
- Log harvest timing and amounts
Each update helps the system predict future timing more accurately for your garden.
Review your progress
The overview shows you:
- Current growing stage with visual progress indicators
- How many plants are in beds versus containers
- Care routine coverage and upcoming tasks
- Predicted dates for next growing stages
Learn from your results
Track performance across seasons:
- Compare varieties to see which perform best
- Review harvest timing and yields
- Note which starting methods work well
- Build your personal gardening knowledge
Using plant details effectively
Overview and progress
Check your plant’s current stage and overall progress. Action buttons let you advance stages, add notes, or mark plants as finished. The progress bar shows where your plant is in its growing cycle.
Timeline and history
View chronological events including sowing dates, stage changes, care tasks, and your notes. Edit past entries to correct dates or add details you remember later.
Location management
See exactly where your plants are growing. Track bed placements, container assignments, and unallocated plants. Update locations when you move plants between growing spaces.
Care routines
Connect your plants to recurring care schedules. See which routines cover each plant type and add new routines for specific care needs.
Predictions and planning
View predicted dates for upcoming growing stages based on your garden’s conditions. The system learns from your updates to provide more accurate timing for future seasons.
Building better gardens
Record harvests accurately
Log each harvest with date, quantity, and quality notes. This data helps you:
- Plan appropriate quantities for future seasons
- Identify the most productive varieties
- Understand peak harvest timing for each crop
Note problems and successes
Add journal entries for:
- Pest problems and solutions that worked
- Weather impacts on plant growth
- Variety performance differences
- Care techniques that gave good results
Learn season after season
Your plant records create a complete gardening history:
- See which starting dates work best for your climate
- Compare variety performance year to year
- Understand how weather affects your results
- Make better decisions for future gardens
The more you record, the more valuable your garden knowledge becomes for growing healthier plants and getting better harvests.