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title: "How do you all measure your plants to input i to your catalog?…"
description: "How do you all measure your plants to input i to your catalog? Longest stem? Width across? Repotted this beauty today. Now pray for her! 🤣"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/647bc84163d7c368e5135716"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Amie206"
published: "2023-06-03T23:09:53.732Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rLkdsfZry_mmttY12utbuWXEpkypn5xdaSt3fFIquCc/b278204e63294d659e7d42bd3da665df.webp?size=large"
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# How do you all measure your plants to input i to your catalog?…

_Posted by Amie206 on 2023-06-03_

How do you all measure your plants to input i to your catalog? Longest stem? Width across? Repotted this beauty today. Now pray for her! 🤣

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rLkdsfZry_mmttY12utbuWXEpkypn5xdaSt3fFIquCc/b278204e63294d659e7d42bd3da665df.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Kyle M commented on 2023-06-03

I just measure a handful of stems and use the average.

### Ramona commented on 2023-06-03

I do tallest/longest stem or vine!

### iambijoux commented on 2023-06-04

I measure height for bushy plants and vines for trailing ones. I also sometimes put width and other details in the progress update notes…

### Menashko commented on 2023-06-05

What kinda plant is that?

#### Amie206 replied on 2023-06-11

It’s a “Red Maranta”

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rLkdsfZry_mmttY12utbuWXEpkypn5xdaSt3fFIquCc/f30079a3d60d41a89438e79778275308.webp?size=large)

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