Tips to keep a good grow journal for growing weed?

[wannabeagrower]

Just curious, do any of you keep a grow journal? And if you do what does it look like?

Do you make a grow journal on the GWE forum, put it in a spreadsheet, write it on a wall calendar, keep a spare scrap of paper with all your scribbles like I've been doing....

...or just try to remember lol

 

[Beeman]

I have a regular garden journal for weed, garden plants and ornamentals plants that I take cuttings for.

 

[golfnrl]

I use a self made spreadsheet that tracks each grow with dates, times, nutrient dosages, light distance, PH, EC, etc. When I think about it I also make notes about the grow. Sometimes I refer back. It helps. I plan to start monitoring VPD but not sure when.

 

[Smallgrow]

Scribble in a notebook , how you know @wannabeagrower lol

 

[dmpmfd]

I use a self made spreadsheet that tracks each grow with dates, times, nutrient dosages, light distance, PH, EC, etc. When I think about it I also make notes about the grow. Sometimes I refer back. It helps. I plan to start monitoring VPD but not sure when.

I have been working on one as well that covers all the variables for photoperiod and autos that I am aware of. Just trying to find working instructions on how to anonymize the file so all of my details are not shared. Once I get it finalized, I was going to share with the group.

 

[Ckbrew]

Excel to the rescue. Let the computer do the boring number counting. It is easy to overload it. I track date, total day count, day count in phase (veg or bloom), week counter, nutrient week counter, light setting, notes, pix reference. Then there is a tab for tracking genetics used, power used, results. Add in highlights to mark the important notes. I go back to previous years to review notes to try and avoid previous mistakes.

 

[kingfish]

I keep a calendar to keep track of when I feed them or water. Also where I'm at in the grow stage. Very helpful.

 

[dmpmfd]

Not sure if this will be able to be read but here are the column titles of my logs.

 

[golfnrl]

Not sure if this will be able to be read but here are the column titles of my logs.

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I need to up my speadsheet game...dang that's awesome.

 

[dmpmfd]

I need to up my speadsheet game...dang that's awesome.

Yeah little OCD on monitoring logs. I'm sure there is missing information (i.e.: EC levels, etc, just off the top of my head.).

 

[golfnrl]

Yeah little OCD on monitoring logs. I'm sure there is missing information (i.e.: EC levels, etc, just off the top of my head.).

I hear ya...there's always an adjustment to be made.

 

[dmpmfd]

I hear ya...there's always an adjustment to be made.

Three years & still going.