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They say, “A picture is worth one thousand words.” So, instead of just writing about your plant’s progress in a grow log, enhance your documentation with photos! Grow logs are essential for all growers who want to track and improve their cultivation skills. They provide daily data for tracking your plant’s growth, response to the environment, and other techniques for improving yield. Images provide an untold story. The supporting images for your data will help reveal more information about your cannabis plant, allowing for improvements in future cultivations. Make photos a key part of your grow log with these tips on getting started!

Why use photos in your grow log

Photos provide visual data about the status of your cannabis plant throughout the growth cycle. We all love snapping photos to send to our other friends who cultivate. However, those images are valuable data to include in your grow log.

Grow logs have evolved to include more than just text and numbers. It’s beneficial to know the current climate settings during a particular stage, but only with a photo can you be certain that it’s the optimal setting for the plant. Tracking photos over time will reveal patterns of healthy growth or issues, such as wilting leaves. Here are a few leading reasons why you should start including photos in your cannabis grow log:

• See how current climate settings affect plant
• See how soil nutrients affect growth
• Provide visual data for your notes
• Track patterns
• Compare images (current grow and new grows)

Imagery helps you recall how your plant looked at a specific point in time. Rather than guessing if your climate settings were favourable to a cannabis plant strain during the flowering stages, you now have visual data to refer to for confirming or denying. It helps determine if you should repeat the same conditions or make adjustments.

Combining photos with sensor data

The more organised your cannabis plant photos are, the more helpful they will be for a grow log. Treat photos like the other bits of data you collect daily about your plant. They should be dated, categorised, and include a few notes about what the image shows. Make life easier by combining plant photos with sensor data for a complete overview of the plant and climate conditions.

The most popular sensor data to collect when growing cannabis plants are:

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Water intake
• Nutrient concentration and intake

These sensors provide an overview of the plant’s growing conditions. Photos linked to each data set provide visual data about the optimised conditions or what needs to be changed. Cannabis plant photos reveal the plant’s response to the climate conditions set inside your grow room. Healthy plants should show consistent growth in height, leaf colour, buds, and overall size.

Link photos with your data by using tools like Google Sheets or other digital documentation for your grow log. Google Sheets allows users to upload pictures to correspond to the rest of the data you noted for the day. To review, simply open the link to the photo, and you’ll know exactly what it refers to.

Best time to take photos of your cannabis plant

Growers can hardly resist the urge to take a quick photo of their lovely cannabis plant every time they open the grow tent. After all, cannabis plants are very photogenic! Including photos in your grow log is an effective way to document the grow—but only if you provide the right types of photos.

Photography for documenting purposes is more intentional than simply capturing the best angle. The goal is tracking the plant’s progress, so consistent and relevant images are key. Daily photos help track growth trends. Other times to take detailed images include the beginning of each growth stage, every time you adjust the climate or soil, when you change the light schedule, and at other milestones in your plant’s growth journey.

Since digital grow journals can support multiple images, be sure to capture images of everything relevant to the plant’s growth. If you’re treating a particular area or practising yield improvement techniques like de-leafing, these should all be documented in photos and linked to the day it happened.

Improving plant photography

Smartphones are the simplest way to take photos of your cannabis plant grow. However, they aren’t always the most effective at capturing detailed images. For daily photo documenting, pictures taken with a smartphone are perfect. Especially with newer phones that capture high-resolution photos, users can review the images to see everything they need.

When you’re ready to take your home cultivation to the next level, consider investing in a spectral camera. These digital tools can be synced with a wireless sensor network for a smart grow room setup. Spectral cameras provide imagery details about wavelengths invisible to the naked eye. The advanced photos provide information to help detect stress or pests before they become harmful to plant growth.

Document your next cultivation with photos

When it’s time to review your cannabis plant grow journey, photos are one of the most effective tools to have included in a grow log. The visual imagery provides context for the other data, allowing us to see how it actually impacted plant growth.

Now that you’re equipped with a way to enhance your grow documentation, it’s time to put it to use! Browse our collection of cannabis seeds and start your photo journey on your next cannabis plant.