Using GrowPilot
Generating PDF reports
The PDF report button on every saved plant generates a printable, branded document showing the plant's full history: cover image, KPI summary, scan-by-scan diagnoses with status pills, and every journal note. Use it for plant-pathology consults, sharing with collaborators, or just having a record of treatments outside the app.
How to generate one
Open any saved plant's detail page. Click PDF report next to Rescan. The browser downloads a PDF named after the plant (e.g. lesser-burdock-report.pdf) within a few seconds.
Generation is server-side: the plant's cover image is fetched from Vercel Blob, normalized through sharp, and embedded. The GrowPilot wordmark sits at the top in a forest-green brand band.
What's in the report
Brand header: GrowPilot wordmark and URL.
Plant card: cover photo, plant name (large), scientific species (italic), added date, growth stage, tags.
KPIs: total scans, healthy percentage, days since last scan.
Scan history: every scan in reverse chronological order, each with date header, status pill (Healthy / Attention / Unknown), diagnosis name, and recommendation.
Notes section: every journal note with date and full body text.
Footer: page numbers and generation date on every page.
When to use the PDF instead of the in-app view
Sharing with a plant-pathologist, agricultural extension, or master gardener for a second opinion.
Insurance claims or commercial documentation after crop loss.
Personal record-keeping outside the app.
Printing for a paper journal.
Frequently asked
- Is PDF report tier-gated?
- Available on all tiers, including Basic. Every saved plant has a PDF report button regardless of plan.
- Does the PDF include images of every scan?
- Today it includes only the plant's cover image. Per-scan thumbnails inside the PDF are on the backlog, request via support if it matters for your use case.
- How long does PDF generation take?
- Typically 1-3 seconds end-to-end. The bottleneck is fetching the cover image from blob storage and resizing it. Slower for plants with very large cover images.