This article walks through the cultivation workflow:
Mother Plants
Once you have mother plants, you can track all actions performed on them.
Getting Mother Plants
You can get mother plants by:
Clicking Propagate Clones on an existing mother plant to create new ones from it
The plants will appear on the Mothers page (Cultivation & Processing > Mothers).
Tour: Mother Plants
Working With Mother Plants
The mother plants listed on the Mothers page (Cultivation & Processing > Mothers) each represent one of your plants. You can work with them individually or group some into mother batches to treat the group of plants as a single unit.
To work with mother plants, you'll use the action buttons on a mother plant's Properties page to do things such as prune, propagate clones, log fertigation, and more.
Taking Clones and Putting them into a New or Existing Batch
When you're ready to take cuttings from a mother plant and track the growth of the clones, you'll add them to a batch. To do this, use the Propagate Clones button on the plant's properties page. See the article linked above for more information.
Batches
Batches in GrowerIQ are groups of clones or cannabis inventory that are going through processing or cultivation in some way. The content of a batch is made up of clones or externally received cannabis inventory.
You can add to or create a batch from these sources:
Mother plants - described in the above section
Cultivators will usually propagate clones from mothers to create/add to batches.
Received Inventory
Lots
Once you have some batches, go to Cultivation & Processing > Batches to see a list of all your batches, then click one of them to see its details.
Batch Plans
The way a batch progresses through processing or cultivation depends on the batch plan. It is made up of stages the batch will go through to get from its start type to its end type (for example, from plants to cured dry material).
The stages in the plan depend on what the batch's content is at the start and what the content's desired end type is (chosen when the content was originally created).
For example, a batch of plants whose desired end type is "Dry (cured material)" will go through the following batch plan stages:
Propagation > Vegetation > Flowering > Harvesting > Drying > Curing > QA.
Another example: A batch of wet material whose desired end type is "Oil (Crude Material)" will go through the following batch plan stages:
Planning > Extracting > QA.
GrowerIQ automatically creates the batch plan -- you don't create the stages yourself.
What to Do With a Batch in Each Stage
The actions available for a batch depends on what stage it's currently in. Some actions are available all the time, while others only appear in certain stages. When you've done all the actions required in the batch's current stage, the option to advance to the next stage will appear.
Here's a guide on the required/recommended actions for each stage.
For cultivators:
Before starting the first tour below, create a plant batch and advance it to the propagation stage.
For processors:
Before starting the first tour below, create a batch of dry material or any oil and advance it to the next stage to bring it out of the planning stage. OR, If you're continuing from the harvesting tours above, you can simply use the existing batch. Just advance the batch to the next stage.
Finishing a Batch Plan
Once a batch has gone through all its stages and passed QA testing, a button will appear on the page to take some inventory from it and add it to a lot.
If you want to follow the tour below, advance your most recently created batch to the QA stage.
Merging Batches
Sometimes you might want to combine different batches together.
When multiple batches are merged together, it results in a new batch, which can be treated and worked on as a collective unit. The batches that make up this new batch become attached to it. They are called the source batches.
We don't recommend trying to merge until you are more familiar with batches, but you can keep it in mind for the future.
You can learn about merging batches later on if you find that you need to do it.
Full Reference on Batches
Our article on batches outlines everything you can do with batches. This is good as a reference if you're curious about a feature or a specific task. To get started though, we recommend following the link above.
Taking Samples for QA Testing
At any time, you can take a sample and send it to the lab for testing.
On any plant or batch's properties page, you'll see the option to Create Sample. When you do this, you can specify the quantity to take for the sample along with other details. It will then appear on the QA Samples page. From there, you can send it to the lab and record the results of the test. The sample is always associated with the plant or batch it came from so that you won't lose track.