# Monitor plant counts by growth phase

Cultivation license limits are often tied to how many plants you're running at each growth phase.

## Pull plants by phase

```bash
curl "https://api.seedlink.dev/v1/connections/8f9ab02c-78c2-4292-a43d-79a327a4efd5/facilities/fac_C11-0000123-LIC/plants?growth_phase=flowering&per_page=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_at_..."
```

Valid values for `growth_phase` are `clone`, `vegetative`, and `flowering`. Run the same call for each phase you need to count.

## Total across pages

```json
{
  "data": [ ... ],
  "pagination": { "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 342, "total_pages": 4 }
}
```

`pagination.total` is the count for that phase without needing to page through every result.

## Gotchas

This gives you a count of tagged plants, not canopy square footage. States that regulate by canopy area rather than plant count (Oregon's tiered canopy limits, for example) need that measurement tracked separately. SeedLink doesn't currently expose canopy area as a field.