--- title: Digital Cultivation and Harvest Operations Guide description: Follow this guide to manage your plants' lifecycle from project initiation to final product packaging! These essential steps ensure that your cultivation activities are compliant, traceable, and seamlessly integrated with your post-harvest workflows --- [Skip to content](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/digital-cultivation-and-harvest-operations-guide#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![CV\_logo\_horizontal\_outline COPY.png\]](https://support.cannavigia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CV_logo_horizontal_outline%20COPY.png?height=40&name=CV_logo_horizontal_outline%20COPY.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - cannavigia.com cannavigia.com Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Welcome to Cannavigia!](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/welcome-to-cannavigia?hsLang=en) 3. [Onboarding Essentials](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/welcome-to-cannavigia?hsLang=en#onboarding-essentials) # Digital Cultivation and Harvest Operations Guide ## Follow this guide to manage your plants' lifecycle from project initiation to final product packaging! These essential steps ensure that your cultivation activities are compliant, traceable, and seamlessly integrated with your post-harvest workflows To maximize your performance from **seed to sale**, once your digital twin is built, the next phase is managing your **active cultivation lifecycle** within the system. However, we understand that tracking every plant action and harvest detail across a complex environment can be a bit challenging.   For this reason, we created this guide to outline each step - from **initializing your first project to final packaging** -ensuring you maintain **robust compliance** and **100% supply-chain traceability** from day one!   #### **Why this order matters?** By following these steps in order, you ensure that every action - from applying a recipe to logging harvest waste - is documented against a structured "home". This sequence provides **supply-chain traceability**, allowing you to monitor batch history, quality tests, and weight adjustments with unparalleled efficiency --- ### Project Initialization #### 1. Initialize Cultivation Projects The **Project** feature organizes your plant batches based on objectives, cultivars, or specific areas of the facility. A plant batch cannot be created until it has a project to live in Articles for assistance: - - [Create and Manage Cultivation Projects](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/cultivation-projects?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: Categorizing batches for a better overview of complex operations*   ### Cultivation Management #### 2. Create Plant Batches and Tags Generate batches from **seeds, seedlings, clones, or mother plants**. At this stage, you can also assign **Individual Plant Tags** to track specific plants within a larger batch. - To add a seed / seedling / clone / plant, first read [Create a new Article](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/create-new-article?hsLang=en) and select "Type" **seeds** or **plants** and perform a goods in Articles for assistance: - - [Manage and Germinate Seeds](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/manage-and-germinate-seeds?hsLang=en) - [Manage Clones](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/manage-clones?hsLang=en) - [Manage Mother Plants](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/mother-plants?hsLang=en) - [Track and Manage Seedlings](https://cLsKP04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/RH+23284/cLsKP04/Jl22-6qcW7lCdLW6lZ3kLW3ZZW7T7P8P16VVzZff8wj0lTW2N1Rb16wPWL-W1X9DG26q77nGF3ZDs3jnVPnW3vStbX3PxGqpW8ZDM6j3Hv3JWW2rRzTj92SJdsW5yhrkf2W_shfW5X_sZx2pMB9KW6qxndv5DzgWsVPnk942BTCYXW8j5mmR3Yyg1BW1lQTQS8qrJf_W24B0Cc75gKhSW3nrrTd1vsQQLVSvByv6Lg6YVV2KCt-5WndTjW6ySnSW1Rh3NjV3y0Nh82HCN_W8HSllR1PMGnZW7zPwsn1b6qbgW2mYbRx35bVB5W1mDBXW38rXK5dwshF804) - [Generate a Plant Tag](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/generate-a-plant-tag?hsLang=en)+ [Manage Individual Tagged Plants](https://cLsKP04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/RH+23284/cLsKP04/Jl22-6qcW7lCdLW6lZ3n7W6LYDR138RBXSW536KNW2KM8p0W7jvS7_17QGYrVgddy5388cSKW5BSdCq89jK2tN89W9mQgVzNCN4-6F_mwPKGqW5XpYzw1f7p9lVkZynS5ZmFRqW3YGlrL8v4sZBW147LLd90NpFnMfc4MLgpwTlW1Xbp5x2HzwxFW8PbYWk2GF1BfMQgRwrbMdVSW23mc-84XydJPW7np15W1TrD9KN1MK-DpgCB_RW3F-rHn8Mm3sKW3667Zf6hNlpgW3FnTFk7S9dbYN7kWVMSTdHCvVw6vr31Ly-2fW328dXT41QdwHf5zDgv-04) *Key Focus: Batch origin traceability and individual plant identification*   #### 3. Log Ongoing Cultivation Actions As plants grow, every action - applying additves and recipes, moving plants between areas, cutting clones, or taking samples for the lab - must be logged with a timestamp for full digital history **Articles for assistance:** - - [Apply Additives to Plant Batches](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/apply-additives-to-plant-batches?hsLang=en) +  [Apply Recipes To Plant Batches](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/apply-recipes?hsLang=en) - [Samples - Lab Sample Management](https://cLsKP04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/RH+23284/cLsKP04/Jl22-6qcW7lCdLW6lZ3kQW8d_F1C7XGrZ0W6kLm671-PS-kW12gHb-8Khqd4W2Gt75y7L_yl4N1NMgZwZK_vqW7vBwCx4_5YpFW2sgYqj1198GCW4k4tB-8Pb-rfW714qCm1cNjzYW2rhLrq2CsjyJW5w4bTq3VCdX-W88y5bw5vZD_JW5HgQcb7gcBp1W5VGr724Bdf2hW6Z6p6M62bpcZW4pHz909gDN55N8Vb75jTZcKjW6cFM8k2pj6jRVbF--l5m2KB4W5f_twD6kY8xWW5V052F8rfFHWW15vRBB5QR2SFW7lhvjQ2WF8MmVw5Brn1qdnVsf69FScv04) - [Plant Batches Actions - Tagged & Untagged](https://cLsKP04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/RH+23284/cLsKP04/JlF2-6qcW8wLKSR6lZ3m2W2BB-Dh5JPY2cW2sShxC1YFH6dW8-yB26685y-7W1CK6tc3k_t5qW6YXxHf3snMscW31sf1c2n31hHW9gR4HS6t8-clW6Y9SXs4J3RjYW4bWlJf2WTRf_N2JdW94gZWrWW2K4v3Z4DnvFWN47244HMShTcW6R12wT164ZCNW4c-nfS2pGBHtW5pX2jZ7qmJDgW7Rffh-4PMsSWW1lXJhl3Dqz2YN8hmHC-sD3ZCW4GT0Jb5QmFcvW15pg2J3m3rbwW4jDNQh2bFXNDW7F3HqT7gF2FWN8s26Y_76LkVN7g3pxdd6zrQW8BPdjf6Dx1r9W1mVX7R2r4WmHW7jnX7F7hNypfW5L7C_96bkxgGf8zfTPn04) (articles include: cutting clones, moving/splitting/transferring plants, destroy and log waste, etc) *Key Focus: Maintenance logs, plant movement, and real-time health monitoring*   #### 4. Cultivation Overview When the cultivation begins, all the plants will be stored in the Plant Inventory, allowing for a complete overview of all the plants in stock and their phases, and in the Cultivation Dashboard **Articles for assistance:** - - [Plant Inventory Overview](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/plants-inventory?hsLang=en) - [Cultivation Dashboard](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/cultivation-dashboard?hsLang=en) - [Plan Your Cultivation](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/plan-your-cultivation?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: Visual and physical traceability, inventory tracking and management*   ### Initiating and Executing the Harvest #### 5. Start the Harvesting Phase Before recording a harvest, the plant batch must be in the **Harvesting Phase**, in order to begin the harvest workflow. **Articles for assistance:** - - [Start Harvesting Phase](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/start-harvesting-phase?hsLang=en) - [Harvest a Cultivation Batch](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/harvest-a-cultivation-batch?hsLang=en) *Key Focus:  GACP compliance, and phase transitions*   #### 6. Choose Your Harvesting and Weighing Strategy The system supports different workflows based on your facility's specific processes. **Harvest Quantity:** You can **Harvest All** plants to keep the same Batch ID and QR code for subsequent steps, or perform a **Partial Harvest** if only selected plants are harvested **Weighing Timing:** - - **Weigh Whole Plants Before Processing:** Records the initial "Wet Weight" immediately upon cutting. All future waste/loss is deducted from this available weight. - **Weigh Processed Parts Before Drying:** The initial weight starts at 0. You perform processing (trimming/bucking) first and add the wet weight is entered just before drying. **Articles for assistance:** - [Harvest a Cultivation Batch](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/harvest-a-cultivation-batch?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: Determining when "Total Available Weight" is established in the system*   ### Post-Harvest & Processing #### 7. Execute Primary Processing & Drying Record activities like bucking and trimming while linking them to your predefined SOPs - **Processing:** Start and finish tasks (e.g., trimming) while linking equipment and completing checklists. You can have various processing tasks in progress simultaneously, in different areas - **Drying:** "Start drying" to begin the drying process. When "finishing" the process, the system will set the available weight to 0kg, and prompt you to weigh in the final **Dry Weight** **Articles for assistance:** - - [Primary Processing](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/primary-processing?hsLang=en) - [Drying](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/drying?hsLang=en) - [Load Harvest Container](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/load-harvest-container?hsLang=en) + [Unload Harvest Container](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/unload-harvest-container?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: Transitioning from wet to dry inventory*   #### 8. Log Waste and Loss Adjustments Accurate weight tracking is essential for compliance. **Waste** accounts for non-usable material (stems/leaves) generated during tasks, while **Loss** accounts for natural moisture loss, theft, or corrections **Articles for assistance:** - - [Harvest Batch: Log Loss](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/log-loss-on-a-harvest-batch?hsLang=en) - [Harvest Batch: Log Waste](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/waste-log-harvest-batch?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: Differentiating between intentional waste and natural inventory reductions*   ### Packaging & Goods Out #### 9. Package the Harvest Into Article Batches The final step is packaging your dry harvest into an **Article Batch** as sellable units. You will specify the packaged weight, storage area, expiration date, and any used **Packaging Materials** (jars/bags). **Articles for assistance:** - - [Package your Harvest](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/package-harvest-batch?hsLang=en) - [Article Batch Packages](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/article-batch-packages?hsLang=en) *Key Focus: packaging the final product, article batch package, packaging material* ❗In order to package your material, you must first [Create a new Article](https://support.cannavigia.com/knowledge/create-new-article?hsLang=en), specifying the "unit" as weights (grams, kilograms)   #### 10. Goods Out Once your article batches are packaged, you can complete the supply chain by performing a Goods Out. 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