So far in our training we've covered how to:
Next, you'll need to learn how to organize your plant inventory into Mothers and Batches.
In this article you will learn about:
Mother Plants
Mother Plants are your genetic source material. By making clones, a Mother Plant can be duplicated into many cannabis plants over the course of its life cycle. It is important to monitor Mother Plants individually in order to trace each plant back to its origin and ensure that only the best plants are used for cloning, resulting in the highest quality batches.
Basic details you need to know about Mother Plants:
They are always in the growth phase
They are tracked individually
You can add a Mother Plant to a new Mother Plant Batch
You can create a Batch of plants from a Mother Plant by selecting Propagate Clones
You can create new Mother Plants by selecting the Create Mother button:
On an existing Mother Plant
On an existing Batch of plants
Through the Received Inventory page
Go to Cultivation & Processing > Mothers. You can work with an individual Mother Plant or you can group Mother Plants into a mother plant batch.
Batches
A Batch helps to maintain the quality control of your products, maintaining homogeneity between them. To make your workflow more convenient and consistent, you can log your activities by Batch instead of by plant.
Batches in GrowerIQ are groups of plants or other cannabis inventory (i.e. fresh cannabis, dry cannabis) that are going through cultivation or processing in some way.
Each Batch is assigned a unique identification number, but can also be given a user-defined name. This unique identifier is used to track the Batch, including its location, activities performed, and any other relevant information, such as QA documents, lab results, etc. Tracking inventory by Batch simplifies data entry and helps to reduce errors in the process.
To view Batches, navigate to Cultivation & Processing > Batches, or use the Cultivation & Processing Overview page to view all batches within their respective Rooms.
Useful Tip💡: You can merge Batches together, or split a Batch into multiple Batches.
When multiple Batches are merged together, they result 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.
Batch Plans
Batch Plans help you keep track of Batch stages and activities. They are especially useful for operations that manage multiple batches at different stages, as they provide a visual tool to keep employees informed about production schedules and activities that need to be performed in a timely manner.
Batch Plans will differ based on the material type (flower vs. oil), the stages of production, and the final end-type of the cannabis material (dry flower, hash, edible cannabis, etc.). Generally speaking, the Batch Plan will vary between cultivation stages and processing stages.
Cultivator
These are the 5 stages that a Cultivator can record in the Batch Plan.
Planning
Germinating
Propagation
Vegetation
Harvesting
Processor
Here are the stages you can work on as a processor. A batch will go through some or all of these stages depending on its end type.
Drying
Curing
Extracting
Distilling
The last stage serves both the Cultivator and the Processor. The process is as follows:
Visual inspection
Create a sample
QA review
Create lot
You can view a Batch's Plan by going to Cultivation & Processing > Batches, clicking on the batch's ID, and looking under the Batch Plan tab at the bottom of the page.
Samples
Samples help you perform quality control tests working with a batch, lot, or plant. Once a sample is created, it appears on the Samples page. You can indicate when it's sent to the lab, and then record the test results. Those results are then viewable on the lot/batch/plant.
Actions you can do with your Samples:
Send sample to lab
Upload the document with sample results
Move your rooms
Register part of the sample that will go to destruction
Print label
Edit the sample name