a ton of fun happened, refactored alot

plugins/plant/models.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # plugins/plant/models.py
+
 from datetime import datetime
 import uuid as uuid_lib
-
+import string, random       # for generate_short_id
 from app import db
+from plugins.plant.growlog.models import GrowLog
 
 # Association table for Plant ↔ Tag
 plant_tags = db.Table(
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
 
     plant_type        = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
     notes             = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True)
-    short_id = db.Column(db.String(8), unique=True, nullable=True, index=True)
+    short_id          = db.Column(db.String(8), unique=True, nullable=True, index=True)
 
     vendor_name       = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True)
     price             = db.Column(db.Numeric(10, 2), nullable=True)
@@ -102,14 +104,14 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
     media_items = db.relationship(
         'plugins.media.models.Media',
         back_populates='plant',
-        lazy='select',  # ← this is the fix
+        lazy='select',
         cascade='all, delete-orphan',
         foreign_keys='plugins.media.models.Media.plant_id'
     )
 
     @property
     def media(self):
-        return self.media_items  # already a list when lazy='select'
+        return self.media_items
 
     # the one you see on the detail page
     featured_media = db.relationship(
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
 
     # ↔ GrowLog instances for this plant
     updates = db.relationship(
-        'plugins.growlog.models.GrowLog',
+        GrowLog,
         backref='plant',
         lazy=True,
         cascade='all, delete-orphan'
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<Plant {self.uuid} ({self.plant_type})>"
-    
+
     @classmethod
     def generate_short_id(cls, length: int = 6) -> str:
         """
@@ -162,6 +164,5 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
         alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
         while True:
             candidate = ''.join(random.choices(alphabet, k=length))
-            # Check uniqueness
             if not cls.query.filter_by(short_id=candidate).first():
                 return candidate