Phase Checklists & Grow Lessons
Every plant shows a checklist and a short written lesson matched to its current phase — seedling, vegetative, flowering, or finish — both static, free content, distinct from the daily Today-screen task list and from the paid Grow Coach retrospective.
How to do this in GrowScope
- Open a plant's page — its checklist and lesson automatically match its current phase.
- Check off checklist items as you complete them; each is saved per plant with a timestamp.
- Read the phase lesson's intro and tips for context on what matters at this stage.
- As the plant's phase changes, both the checklist and the lesson update to match.
Phase checklist
- Category
- Notifications & reminders
- Purpose
- Show a checklist of grow-technique items relevant to the plant's current phase, with completion tracked per plant.
- Input
- None to enter — matched automatically to the plant's current phase
- Location
- Plant detail page, "Phase checklist" collapsible panel
- User action
- Check off items as completed
- Output
- 19 static checklist items across 4 phases (seedling: 4, vegetative: 5, flowering: 5, finish: 5), with per-plant, timestamped completion.
- Used by
- None
- Related
- Notifications
- Availability
- Free, no plan restriction
Phase lesson
- Category
- Notifications & reminders
- Purpose
- Show a short written lesson explaining what matters at the plant's current growth phase.
- Input
- None to enter — matched automatically to the plant's current phase
- Location
- Plant detail page, "Phase lesson" collapsible panel, directly below the phase checklist
- User action
- Read — no input required
- Output
- 4 static lessons (one per phase), each with an intro paragraph and specific tips — not AI-generated.
- Used by
- None
- Related
- Grow Coach
- Availability
- Free, no plan restriction, no AI credits
Notes
- Both are static, hand-authored content — not personalized to a specific plant's strain or sensor data, and not AI-generated.
- Neither is the same as the Today-screen daily task list (a stateless function of actual logged data), and neither is the same as Grow Coach (a paid, AI-generated retrospective comparing a finished cycle to past cycles) — these are forward-looking, phase-based guidance shown on the plant's own page.
- The "finish" phase covers harvest-prep through drying and curing content, rather than having separate phases for each.
Where to find it in the app
Frequently asked questions
Is the phase checklist the same as the Today screen's daily tasks?
No — daily tasks are generated from actual logged data (did you log a climate reading today, water today, etc.). Phase checklists are static grow-technique guidance tied to the plant's overall stage.
Is the phase lesson the same as Grow Coach?
No. Grow Coach is a paid, AI-generated report comparing a just-finished cycle to your own past cycles. Phase lessons are free, static, hand-written content about the plant's current phase — not AI-generated and not about past cycles.
Are checklist items or lessons personalized to my strain?
No — both are the same content for every plant in a given phase, not generated from plant-specific data.