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SproutBench Studio · Feature guide · 11 November 2026

Keep a seed observation log that distinguishes zero from missing

By İsmail Tekindemir · 3 min read

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Incremental counts, follow-up comparisons and recorded-day statistics.

SproutBench is a local notebook for observations you make yourself. It records when you visited a trial and how many newly observed seeds met your chosen success rule. It keeps an actual zero observation different from a day with no visit, which makes the record easier to interpret.

What it does

• Create up to 12 trials with 1–10,000 starting seeds, a day-zero date, success rule and condition notes.
• Add up to 90 dated observations per trial, within days 0–365. Enter new counts rather than repeating cumulative totals.
• A zero count records a visit. Days with no record are not filled with invented zeroes.
• View cumulative recorded percentage, a count-weighted mean observation day and the first recorded day reaching at least 50% of the starting sample.
• The app does not interpolate between visits or classify unseen seeds as dead.
• Compare follow-up duration and success-rule differences with explicit warnings, not a scientific significance score.
• Close trials to guard their records; reopen before editing. Trial/record deletions can be undone among 30 saved states.
• Export editable JSON, CSV for all trial records or an SVG chart for the selected trial. Trials without records remain explicit in CSV.

A practical workflow

1. Define what counts as an observed success before starting the trial.
2. Enter the initial sample and day-zero date.
3. At each visit record only newly qualifying seeds, including a real zero when you inspected and found none.
4. Compare records with matching criteria/follow-up in mind, then save JSON and a report.

A worked use case

If five seeds were already counted and three new seeds qualify at the next visit, enter three, not eight. The recorded mean day is a visit-based statistic; it is not the exact biological moment of emergence.

What you can keep

• Editable JSON
• All-trial CSV
• Selected-trial SVG chart

The notebook lives in tab memory. Calendar labels are handled without time-zone shifts; no automatic/cloud saving.

What it does not promise

• No certified germination test, growing advice, live weather or yield prediction is provided.
• Matching dates or notes do not demonstrate experimental equivalence or statistical significance.
• JSON import is limited to 1 MB; SVG is a chart, not an editable notebook backup.

Where to go next

Visit SproutBench Studio or compare the other food & observations workflows.