Feeding, Fertilizers, and EC/pH Tracking
Feeding in GrowScope starts with a personal fertilizer cabinet — the products you actually own, with their manufacturer's own dosing instructions — which then drives an automatically generated, full-cycle nutrition calendar.
How to do this in GrowScope
- Open Fertilizers → My fertilizers → Add fertilizer.
- Search the shared catalog by name/brand, or choose "Can't find the fertilizer? Add it manually."
- Enter the name, manufacturer, form (liquid/powder/granular/tablet), NPK composition, dosing window (min–max and unit), application method, and frequency, then save.
- To log an actual feeding: open the watering/feeding log (same screen as watering), choose "With fertilizers," enter the volume and any EC/pH/runoff readings, and save.
Fertilizer Cabinet
- Category
- Feeding
- Purpose
- Store the user's own fertilizer products, including the manufacturer's dosing instructions.
- Input
- Name, manufacturer, form, NPK composition (%), dosing window, application method, frequency
- Location
- Fertilizers → My fertilizers → Add fertilizer
- User action
- Search the catalog or add a product manually
- Enter its dosing window and application details
- Save
- Output
- The product is added to the cabinet and becomes eligible for the auto-generated nutrition calendar.
- Used by
- Nutrition calendar, Dose Guard
Feeding Log
- Category
- Feeding
- Purpose
- Record EC/pH and volume for a watering-with-fertilizer event.
- Input
- Plain water or with-fertilizer toggle, volume, optional input/runoff EC and pH, optional TDS, runoff volume, note
- Unit
- mL (volume), mS/cm (EC), pH scale
- Location
- Same log as watering — the watering/feeding confirmation sheet
- User action
- Choose plain water or with fertilizers
- Enter volume and any EC/pH/runoff readings
- Save
- Output
- Saved alongside the watering record; deterministic rule-based checks flag salt-stress risk (high runoff-vs-input EC ratio) or pH drift.
- Used by
- Adaptive watering AI context, Plant comparison (nutrition metrics)
Nutrition Calendar
- Category
- Feeding
- Purpose
- Auto-generate a full-cycle feeding schedule from the plant's age, stage, pot/substrate, and cabinet fertilizers' confirmed dose ranges.
- Input
- None to enter directly — generated from plant data and the fertilizer cabinet; a specific day's assignment can be edited manually
- Location
- Plant screen → Nutrition calendar (first section shown on the plant screen)
- User action
- Tap "Calculate calendar" (or "Recalculate calendar" to regenerate)
- Output
- A calendar synced through the plant's projected full cycle length, each feeding entry annotated with which fertilizer, dose, and a Dose Guard calculation note.
- Used by
- Today screen watering card, Dose Guard
Notes
- If none of a user's cabinet fertilizers have confirmed manufacturer dose data, the calendar is built water-only rather than guessing at doses.
Frequently asked questions
Does GrowScope calculate the feeding schedule for me?
Yes — once fertilizers are in your cabinet with their manufacturer dosing windows, the nutrition calendar generates the full-cycle feeding plan automatically based on the plant's age, stage, pot, and substrate.
Where do I record EC and pH?
On the same watering/feeding log screen as the watering event itself, not a separate form.
Is there an app to track a nutrient feeding schedule?
Yes — add your fertilizers to the cabinet with their manufacturer dosing windows, and the nutrition calendar auto-generates a full-cycle feeding schedule from the plant's age, stage, pot, and substrate, recalculable on demand.
Is there an EC and pH tracking app for hydroponic or soil growing?
Yes — the feeding log records input and runoff EC and pH alongside volume on the same screen as watering, and deterministic checks flag a high runoff-vs-input EC ratio (salt-stress risk) or pH drift automatically.