Onboarding Wizard¶

The onboarding wizard guides you through the initial setup of Kamerplanter. In just a few steps you set your experience level, choose a starter kit, and have your first plants in the system — without filling out a single form manually.

What is a Starter Kit?¶

A starter kit is a pre-configured growing scenario. It bundles all the master data you need for a specific use case: plant species, cultivars, predefined growth phases, and matching nutrient plan templates.

Kamerplanter ships with nine starter kits:

The Five Steps at a Glance¶

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    A["Step 1\nExperience Level"] --> B["Step 2\nEnvironment & Goals"]
    B --> C["Step 3\nChoose Starter Kit"]
    C --> D["Step 4\nPlants & Favourites"]
    D --> E["Step 5\nSummary"]
    E --> F["Dashboard"]

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Step 1: Choose Your Experience Level¶

You choose one of three levels that determines which fields and menu items are visible throughout the entire app.

Step 2: Environment & Goals¶

You briefly describe where and what you want to grow. This helps the wizard suggest matching starter kits.

• Location type: Windowsill, indoors, balcony, outdoor bed, greenhouse, or grow tent
• Location name: For example "Kitchen Window" or "South Balcony" — this name appears throughout the app

For Intermediate and Expert users: You can optionally enter your water quality — the EC value and pH of your tap water. This later improves the automatic calculation of nutrient solutions. You can also add these values at any time in the location settings.

Step 3: Choose a Starter Kit¶

You see all starter kits that match your environment. Each card shows:

• Name and short description of the scenario
• Difficulty level (Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced)
• Included plant species with preview images
• Toxicity warning if any plants may be harmful to pets or children

Choose the kit that suits you best. You cannot automatically switch it after the wizard, but you can always add more plants manually.

Step 4: Plants & Favourites¶

This step has two parts.

Part 4a: Select Plants and Set Favourites¶

You see all plant species from your chosen starter kit. You can:

• Set the plant count: How many plants should the system create?
• Mark favourite plants: Click the heart icon next to a plant to mark it as a favourite

Favourites are personal shortcuts: filtered catalogues, recommendations, and later your shopping list are all oriented around your favourites.

Part 4b: Nutrient Plan Favourites (Optional)¶

If you set favourites in Part 4a, the system shows you matching nutrient plans for your selected plants. You can mark one or more plans as favourites too.

You can add or remove favourites at any time in the respective detail views (species, nutrient plan, fertilizer).

Step 5: Summary¶

Before the wizard finishes, you see an overview of all entities Kamerplanter will create automatically:

• Your new location
• The created plant instances with automatically generated names (e.g. TOMATO-001, TOMATO-002)
• The planting run that groups all plants together
• Set favourites (plants, nutrient plans, fertilizers)
• First automatically generated tasks from the starter kit template

Click Finish to create everything. The wizard takes you directly to your dashboard.

Light Mode: Onboarding Without Login¶

If Kamerplanter is running in Light Mode (e.g. on a Raspberry Pi or home server), the onboarding wizard starts directly when you first open the app — without a login screen, without registration.

Frequently Asked Questions¶

See Also¶

• Master Data — Create plant species and cultivars manually
• Locations & Substrates — Adjust your location after the wizard
• Planting Runs — Manage the created planting run
• Fertilization — Nutrient plans and favourites in detail
• Light Mode — Running Kamerplanter without login