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Introducing: Grow Diaries V2.1

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Added 2 June 2025

Short video about the update

 

Hey Growers,

We’ve been listening closely to your feedback and requests, and we’re extremely excited to roll out some much-needed updates and bug fixes to make GrowDiaries smoother, faster, and more user-friendly. Let’s break down what’s new.

Smarter Login Fixes

No more mysterious “something went wrong” messages when logging in or signing up. Now, if your username or password isn’t quite right, the platform will let you know exactly what’s up – making it easier to get into your account or join the community.

Goodbye, Old Layout!

The old diary creation layout was text-heavy, a bit cluttered, and could be confusing to navigate. On top of that, it didn’t have an auto-save feature, so if you changed tabs or reloaded the page, all your progress was lost. But not anymore! We've improved the experience to make it cleaner and more reliable.

New Layout and Auto-Save (Finally!)

As mentioned, we've redesigned the diary creation layout for a smoother, more visual experience. Replacing bulky text with clear, high-quality images that make diary creation simple and intuitive. Plus, we've moved the glitchy top progress bar to the bottom for a cleaner interface. Creating a more user-friendly way to document your grow. We also heard your frustration loud and clear: losing all your progress when switching tabs or reloading the page was the worst. That’s now a thing of the past. With our new auto-save feature, you can start a diary and come back to it whenever you want—no need to retype everything.

Nutrient Logging Made Easy

Another popular request: nutrients from the previous week now carry over to the next automatically. Now you can just tweak the amounts, if needed, and you’re good to go. Less typing, more growing.

Better Weekly Navigation

Finding specific weeks in diaries used to be confusing and time-consuming, but not anymore. With our latest update, the most recent week now appears front and center when you open a diary. No more endless scrolling, just quick, easy access to the latest updates from you or your favorite growers.

Deleting Diaries Works Better

The "delete diary" button works like it should. No more weird glitches or frustration when trying to remove a diary you no longer need.

We’re always improving, and it’s all thanks to you. Keep the feedback coming – together, we’re making Grow Diaries the ultimate space for growers around the globe. Big thanks to everyone who’s shared their thoughts, you're helping shape the best grower platform out there!

Please, let us know in the comments what else needs to be improved!

 — The Grow Diaries Team




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NoProbation4Weed
NoProbation4Weedcommented3d ago
@Xabii, true that its mystical to make a harvest report now.
Xabii
Xabiicommented3d ago
This is a joke. The draft function totally fucks with the old overview because you can't add new weeks properly. I used to edit the last week - copy text layout out of it - exit edit - add new week and paste the layout. Now it always wants do edit the week from the draft, so the draft saves even when nothing was changed. Videos in the new overview don't always properly play, a simple click on the 6 field overview plays/pauses but no indication whatsoever that a play/pause did happen except the video playing or pausing. You can not open a video to a bigger view by clicking on it. You can open a image for a bigger view - scroll to the video which then does NOT PLAY and there is also no option for Fullscreen view. Still only 6 images max shown for each week and then you gotta click in and SCROLL DOWN, super weird and toxic UI design for PC users, mobile app maybe OK but PC? HOLY SHIT. Still impossible to zoom in on images once opened in the new design, works in the old. Nutrients taking over to next week.... this has been a thing for at least months, am I missing something? "Goodbye, Old Layout!" setting prioritiies straight I see. Deleting some fair to say unnecessary extras that no one really cared that much about, I mean you do it once on Diary creation, common. Promoting that just shows that there is nothing really interesting to talk about but you gotta talk about something. GOOD THAT THERE ARE NO BUGS PRESENT. You are making the Website horrible to use for PC users, forcing mobile features on PC is bad, I do not swipe on my Monitor while I chill on the Couch, different setups require different solutions, you want to make 1 all rounder, does not work. I hate to write all this but Growdiaries is the 1 really good source for detailed information on specific strains from Growers which pour their heart in and you make it worse and worse.
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GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@Xabii, first of all - thanks for such a detailed feedback. In the first paragraph you are referring to the old version of the website? In this case this bug should be fixed by now. Regarding the videos and pictures layout as well as PC users experience - we will get back to you with a feedback/solution. Thanks once again!
Xabii
Xabiicommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, it would be nice if there were actions to statements. PC/Desktop users do not like the new interface because it is to much mobile like. Why don't you stick with the old interface for PC users and "simply" (I know it is not simple) fix the bugs. And keep the new interface for mobile/app. The thing is tho, that PROBABLY won't happen because, and I assume that you, as a company, lost touch with your Community which are also your Creators, no Creators = no content = dead website. For example a quote from one of your replies on this blog post: "@HerbalEdu, thanks for letting us know! We've fixed the bug you've described. The thing is the time will come when we will not be able to support both versions of the platform. So the idea is to make the new version of the platform as convenient as possible!👊" BTW, "when we will not be able" translates to "we do not want to", there is a solution to every problem if one wants to solve it. Users report consistently that the new Interface is not more convenient, and give feedback, which then does not get applied and it gets worse. Your solution to that, say that you will stop support for the old interface at some point??? My advice would be to make a big Poll, advertise it BIG on the front page, let your users and Content Creators vote on what they like more. In the future, do the same again, give voting options for possible features and let the people choose if they like it or not. I will be honest with you, if you stick with the new Interface I am out and so will others, it is super annoying to use and I gave more than enough Feedback and all that came were empty promises and making it worse. You do yours, I made my decision, there was a time when there were no good alternatives, but not anymore.
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Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented2d ago
@Xabii, couldn't agree more! I have been saying this to them in private messages and so happy to see other people saying the same thing. The potential of this site is amazing and it was semi decent when I joined, but there has been no care for the community and no responsibility taken for the last 4years or more.
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CannbellFarms
CannbellFarmscommented3d ago
Viewing photos in diaries is almost impossible now, absolute nightmare site redesign.
Alpengrower
Alpengrowercommented3d ago
@CannbellFarms, totally. miss the old version
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@CannbellFarms, thanks for your feedback. Are you using mobile of desktop to surf the platform? Could you tell us more about your experience? What exactly isn't working with the photos? Thanks in advance and have a great day!
HinduGod
HinduGodcommented3d ago
THERE IS STILL 1 ISSUE!!! I WAS MAKING A DIARY A COUPLE WEEKS BACK AND IT WOULD NOT LOAD!!! ITS STUCK AT 0 WEEKS AND I CANT DELETE IT. I HAVE 2 ACTIVE DIARIES IN CONTESTS. I WANT THE DIARY AT 0 WEEKS DELETED. THAT DIARY DOES NOT ACTIVELY SHOW UP. I CAN ONLY SEE IT IF I CLICK ON SHOW ALL DIARIES. ITS JUST A BLANK DIARY TRYING TO LOAD IMAGES.
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Ganja_Zombie
Ganja_Zombiecommented2d ago
@HinduGod, I have 6+ that still show and can't do anything about it -_-
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@HinduGod, thanks for your detailed comment! We will look into your particular situation since it sounds very uncommon!
HinduGod
HinduGodcommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, THANKS FOR THE FIX!!!! DAT DIARY HAS VANISHED!! VERY VERY GOOD JOB!!!!!
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Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented2d ago
By trying to fix a few problems, you have created a ton more. Can we not just stick to one version (the old one) and fix the problems, rather than have 2 versions with double the problems?
Xabii
Xabiicommented1d ago
@Shinsimilla, feels like talking to a wall huh :D? Said the same things 4 months ago on the 2.0 blog post, they don't care.
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented19h ago
@GrowDiaries, noticed another issue. Happy the comments are in order now, but it seems a bunch of replies are hidden and I can only access them through the notifications.
HerbalEdu
HerbalEducommented17h ago
@Shinsimilla, "I don't like only tiny icons for the watering and temp details etc, the old one was much easier to see what you're looking at." just seen that if you click on them (tiny icons) or nutrients, you have a pop up with the old displays
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Witch_in_the_Garden
Witch_in_the_Gardencommented3d ago
The new changes are awesome 😎! Thanks! Special mention to the nutrient logging! That's so much faster and easier!!! You rock Grow Diary!
ATLien415
ATLien415commented2d ago
@Witch_in_the_Garden, lol fr, like it used to do that anyway...then it stopped, and that was painful...
popcornsutton
popcornsuttoncommented3d ago
not a single complaint that i made was addressed and there were/are many. was told they would be looked into but zero, zilch, nadda was done except for the bragging about some other stuff that no one really cares about was fixed. this place is broken and you cant pass of fluff changes to compensate for the real fixes that need fixin
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@popcornsutton, we try to fix the most reported (i.e. most frequent) bugs. We wil ask you for details in DM, if you don't mind. Thanks!
ATLien415
ATLien415commented3d ago
good one 💪
Dabking
Dabkingcommented2d ago
Just like rainbow six siege, we can only dream of the good old days from years ago before all the updates😂
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@Dabking, our proposal is to make the new one better than the old one. We are sure we can do it together!
Growbody
Growbodycommented3d ago
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to generate a new week since last week. I just tried it last time, but it doesn't work. Too bad, is this the end? A question for the programmers of the "new version": Don't you check your work before it's published?
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@Growbody, are you using the old version? In this case this bug was already fixed. Please let us know what stops you from switching to the new version of the platform! Thanks in advance!
BioGrowBayer
BioGrowBayercommented3d ago
Great Job 💚💪🏻
BLAZED
BLAZEDcommented2d ago
I dont like this new diary view, its too much "mobile" like. The biggest problem i have with the new one, is that you cant view more then 6 pictures. I like to have all my pictures sorted by day in multiple rows, so its easy to compare them. But now my whole way of diary making is useless with the new view. If im looking up a strain, i care more about the pictures then the info. Here is an example: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/198805-green-house-seed-co-deep-candy-cbd-grow-journal-by-blazed/week/1175824 (use old view)
ATLien415
ATLien415commented2d ago
@BLAZED, I like the new version but I have seen some issues with video playback, and on reordering images once they have been initially added and saved
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@BLAZED, we are discussing possible solution for displaying all the photos. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@ATLien415, we will check this one as well. Thanks!
Stony_German
Stony_Germancommented3d ago
i can't make a new Week Report. The previous one was copyied. You messed up with this update. I hope GD will Fix it soon. Bye Bye and much Love
HinduGod
HinduGodcommented3d ago
@Stony_German, I KNOW THE FIX FOR THAT!!!
Jacks_Pot
Jacks_Potcommented3d ago
@Stony_German, same here
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@Stony_German, are you using the old version of the website? In this case the bug you've described should be fixed by now. Have you tried the new version of the platform? Please let us know what you think about it!
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Jacks_Pot
Jacks_Potcommented3d ago
I'm unable to add a new week. Please fix this 😏
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@Jacks_Pot, should be fixed by now! We would recommend you to switch to the new version of the webpage! It works better and we are focused on improving it!
deFharo
deFharocommented3d ago
Adding a week with the old interface took me back to the last published week. I then used the new interface, which I don't like at all, and was able to add weeks. I also haven't been able to add custom nutrients for months because I get an error when saving, and they never fixed the problem.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@deFharo, adding week in the old interface was fixed. Regarding the nutrients - which version were you using? What stops you from switching to the new version? Thanks in advance for your answers! We want to hear your opinion!
Grow_Mary_Green
Grow_Mary_Greencommented3d ago
Powerful 🤗
HerbalEdu
HerbalEducommented2d ago
actually adding a new week from the "old diaries view" no longer work properly, it load the last week, while adding new week from the "new diary view" seem to work properly (pc)
HerbalEdu
HerbalEducommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, actually i think the most annoying thing about the new diary view is you can't see more than 6 thumbnail then you'll have to view each photo full screen size one by one. make it tedious to have a quick overview with weeks with lot of photos
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@HerbalEdu, thanks for sharing your thoughts. We are looking for a solution!👊
HerbalEdu
HerbalEducommented17h ago
@GrowDiaries, thks for reading, i think if you find a way to show more than 6 thumbnails even if you want to keep the distance between each week not too long, may be if you add a button "show/hide more thumbnails" that could do it (like the "show more" from left menu following list with an additionnal "revert to less thumbnail" option. and also re-adding the photos comment showing on the thumbnails then i could live with the new layout even if not totally sold to it. (it's real sad to have a pop up with such large unused screen space on pc) this are moslty my main griefs, and well i m slowly getting used to the new UI, just need to change a few of my browsing habits. in the end both new and old layout have pro and con. minor stuff on top of my head also: - on user profile page, it doesn't show the proper % values for "photoperiod" and "autoflowers", for me i think it show 14% photo, nothing auto when it should be more something like 85% photo 15% auto i guess - smaller amount of watering (less than 1), doesn't show properly on the new diary view few more decimal would be great - thanks for finally having fixed the broken links to followed strains in the left menu, but the value of new diaries for each strain is incrementing by hundreds each login
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Stash_N_Smash
Stash_N_Smashcommented2d ago
New Layout = Not.A.Fan If no access to old view, I may go AWOL!
Roberts
Robertscommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, I would love to be able to see my trophy wall again.
Stash_N_Smash
Stash_N_Smashcommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, also I notice that all of the photos are auto-cropped.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1h ago
@Stash_N_Smash, Can you specify please? Do you see the change of photo size or quality? Thanks in advance!
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The710Garden
The710Gardencommented2d ago
I only can say the Same deleted diaries still showin up and and and !!!!!!
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@The710Garden, this is a good one! We will look into this. Thanks a lot for pointing out!
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@The710Garden, Should be fixed by now. Can you check, please?
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@Ganja_Zombie, we fixed this issue. Please let us know if those deleted diaries are still visible. Thanks in advance!
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OrionSparkles
OrionSparklescommented3d ago
💩
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@OrionSparkles, there is no way it's that bad! We need details so that we could make the platform better for you!
OrionSparkles
OrionSparklescommented2d ago
@GrowDiaries, It doesn't matter, I don't like it; for simplicity's sake, I prefer the old one. Also, there are some bugs in dating the ML of fertilizers, for example, and other things... I hope they're fixed with the new update.😗
DuschkabinenGrow
DuschkabinenGrowcommented3d ago
i can not add new weeks @GrowDiaries
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented2d ago
@DuschkabinenGrow, are you using the old version of the platform? In case yes - the bug was already fixed! What is it that keeps you on the old version of the platform? Thanks in advance!