Use the VIVOSUN App to better control the VIVOSUN smart grow system. A VIVOSUN Recipe in the app allows you to configure the settings for your entire growing. You can set component settings for Seedling, Vegetative, and/or Flowering cycles. You can then run that recipe in any cycle, or schedule a cycle for a future date.
From the dashboard, click on the recipe view to go into recipe mode. If a recipe is currently running, you will go into that recipe. If not, you will see this screen.
View Existing Recipes - How to Use the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
From the dashboard, click on the Recipe Display. The recipe listing will be in the top-right corner of the screen.
![Step 1](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Step-1-420x420.png)
The VIVOSUN app comes pre-loaded with a Photoperiod and Autoflower recipe. These recipes cannot be edited. These recipes can be used as a template to create your own recipes.
![Step 2](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Step2-421x420.png)
Adding A Recipe - How to Use the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
When you click the + to add a recipe, you will first need to name your new recipe.
![Adding a recipe](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Step3-420x420.png)
After naming your recipe, it will be added to the Recipe Library. It doesn’t have any stages yet.
![Step4](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Step4-420x420.png)
Then, click on the recipe to start adding stages to the Library.
![Green Crack Auto](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Green-Crack-Auto-419x420.png)
The application will walk you through adding the seedling, vegetative, and flowering stages.
You can set up one or all stages of a recipe. For each stage, you must set up all componentsfor that stage before you CONFIRM the changes.
Scheduling a Recipe Stage
![Scheduling a Recipe Stage](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Play-Pen-1-696x696.png)
![APP Start Buttom](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/APP-Start-Buttom-696x696.png)
![App Date Selection](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/App-Date-Selection-696x696.png)
![App Stage Scheduled](https://vivosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/App-Stage-Scheduled-696x696.png)