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diff --git a/src/controllers/growerNote.controller.ts b/src/controllers/growerNote.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff2f95cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/growerNote.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { inject } from '@loopback/core';
+import { repository } from '@loopback/repository';
+import {
+  post,
+  param,
+  get,
+  patch,
+  del,
+  requestBody,
+  HttpErrors,
+  RestBindings,
+  Response,
+} from '@loopback/rest';
+import { GrowerNote } from '../models';
+import { GrowerNoteRepository, PlanterRepository } from '../repositories';
+
+export class GrowerNoteController {
+  constructor(
+    @repository(GrowerNoteRepository)
+    public growerNoteRepository: GrowerNoteRepository,
+    @repository(PlanterRepository)
+    public planterRepository: PlanterRepository,
+  ) {}
+
+  @get('/planter/{growerId}/notes', {
+    responses: {
+      '200': {
+        description: 'Array of GrowerNote instances',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': {
+            schema: { type: 'array', items: { 'x-ts-type': GrowerNote } },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      '404': { description: 'Planter not found' },
+    },
+  })
+  async find(
+    @param.path.number('growerId') growerId: number,
+  ): Promise<GrowerNote[]> {
+    await this.planterRepository.findById(growerId).catch(() => {
+      throw new HttpErrors.NotFound(`Planter ${growerId} not found`);
+    });
+    return this.growerNoteRepository.find({ where: { planterId: growerId } });
+  }
+
+  @get('/organization/{organizationId}/planter/{growerId}/notes', {
+    responses: {
+      '200': {
+        description: 'Array of GrowerNote instances for org-scoped planter',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': {
+            schema: { type: 'array', items: { 'x-ts-type': GrowerNote } },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      '404': { description: 'Planter not found' },
+    },
+  })
+  async findByOrg(
+    @param.path.number('organizationId') _organizationId: number,
+    @param.path.number('growerId') growerId: number,
+  ): Promise<GrowerNote[]> {
+    await this.planterRepository.findById(growerId).catch(() => {
+      throw new HttpErrors.NotFound(`Planter ${growerId} not found`);
+    });
+    return this.growerNoteRepository.find({ where: { planterId: growerId } });
+  }
+
+  @post('/planter/{growerId}/notes', {
+    responses: {
+      '201': {
+        description: 'GrowerNote created successfully',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': { schema: { 'x-ts-type': GrowerNote } },
+        },
+      },
+      '404': { description: 'Planter not found' },
+    },
+  })
+  async create(
+    @param.path.number('growerId') growerId: number,
+    @requestBody() note: GrowerNote,
+    @inject(RestBindings.Http.RESPONSE) res: Response,
+  ): Promise<GrowerNote> {
+    await this.planterRepository.findById(growerId).catch(() => {
+      throw new HttpErrors.NotFound(`Planter ${growerId} not found`);
+    });
+    note.planterId = growerId;
+    note.createdAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    note.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    const created = await this.growerNoteRepository.create(note);
+    res.status(201);
+    return created;
+  }
+
+  @patch('/planter/{growerId}/notes/{noteId}', {
+    responses: {
+      '200': {
+        description: 'GrowerNote updated successfully',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': { schema: { 'x-ts-type': GrowerNote } },
+        },
+      },
+      '403': { description: 'Note does not belong to this planter' },
+      '404': { description: 'GrowerNote not found' },
+    },
+  })
+  async updateById(
+    @param.path.number('growerId') growerId: number,
+    @param.path.number('noteId') noteId: number,
+    @requestBody() note: Partial<GrowerNote>,
+    @inject(RestBindings.Http.RESPONSE) res: Response,
+  ): Promise<GrowerNote> {
+    const existing = await this.growerNoteRepository
+      .findById(noteId)
+      .catch(() => {
+        throw new HttpErrors.NotFound(`GrowerNote ${noteId} not found`);
+      });
+    if (existing.planterId !== growerId) {
+      throw new HttpErrors.Forbidden(
+        `Note ${noteId} does not belong to planter ${growerId}`,
+      );
+    }
+    note.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    await this.growerNoteRepository.updateById(noteId, note);
+    const updated = await this.growerNoteRepository.findById(noteId);
+    res.status(200);
+    return updated;
+  }
+
+  @del('/planter/{growerId}/notes/{noteId}', {
+    responses: {
+      '200': {
+        description: 'GrowerNote deleted successfully',
+        content: {
+          'application/json': {
+            schema: {
+              type: 'object',
+              properties: { message: { type: 'string' } },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      '403': { description: 'Note does not belong to this planter' },
+      '404': { description: 'GrowerNote not found' },
+    },
+  })
+  async deleteById(
+    @param.path.number('growerId') growerId: number,
+    @param.path.number('noteId') noteId: number,
+  ): Promise<{ message: string }> {
+    const existing = await this.growerNoteRepository
+      .findById(noteId)
+      .catch(() => {
+        throw new HttpErrors.NotFound(`GrowerNote ${noteId} not found`);
+      });
+    if (existing.planterId !== growerId) {
+      throw new HttpErrors.Forbidden(
+        `Note ${noteId} does not belong to planter ${growerId}`,
+      );
+    }
+    await this.growerNoteRepository.deleteById(noteId);
+    return { message: `Note ${noteId} deleted successfully` };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/controllers/index.ts b/src/controllers/index.ts
index e4ec0b4b..4a153800 100644
--- a/src/controllers/index.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export * from './tag.controller';
 export * from './treeTag.controller';
 export * from './treesTreeTag.controller';
 export * from './organization.controller';
+export * from './growerNote.controller';
diff --git a/src/datasources/config.ts b/src/datasources/config.ts
index 2a0424b1..38cc26e4 100644
--- a/src/datasources/config.ts
+++ b/src/datasources/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import pg from 'pg';
-pg.defaults.ssl = { rejectUnauthorized: false };
+if (
+  process.env.DATABASE_URL &&
+  (process.env.DATABASE_URL.includes('ssl=false') ||
+    process.env.DATABASE_URL.includes('sslmode=disable'))
+) {
+  pg.defaults.ssl = false;
+} else {
+  pg.defaults.ssl = { rejectUnauthorized: false };
+}
 export interface DatasourceConfig {
   name: string;
   connector: string;
diff --git a/src/models/adminUser.model.ts b/src/models/adminUser.model.ts
index becdf0d6..267b314a 100644
--- a/src/models/adminUser.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/adminUser.model.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class AdminUser extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'email',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
diff --git a/src/models/growerNote.model.ts b/src/models/growerNote.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a52ee642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/growerNote.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import { Entity, model, property } from '@loopback/repository';
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface */
+
+@model({
+  settings: {
+    idInjection: false,
+    postgresql: { schema: 'public', table: 'grower_note' },
+  },
+})
+export class GrowerNote extends Entity {
+  @property({
+    type: Number,
+    required: false,
+    scale: 0,
+    id: 1,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'id',
+      dataType: 'serial',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataScale: 0,
+      nullable: 'NO',
+    },
+  })
+  id: Number;
+
+  @property({
+    type: Number,
+    required: true,
+    scale: 0,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'planter_id',
+      dataType: 'integer',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataScale: 0,
+      nullable: 'NO',
+    },
+  })
+  planterId: Number;
+
+  @property({
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'content',
+      dataType: 'text',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataScale: null,
+      nullable: 'NO',
+    },
+  })
+  content: String;
+
+  @property({
+    type: Number,
+    required: true,
+    scale: 0,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'author_id',
+      dataType: 'integer',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataScale: 0,
+      nullable: 'NO',
+    },
+  })
+  authorId: Number;
+
+  @property({
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'author_name',
+      dataType: 'character varying',
+      dataLength: 255,
+      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataScale: null,
+      nullable: 'NO',
+    },
+  })
+  authorName: String;
+
+  @property({
+    type: String,
+    required: false,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'created_at',
+      dataType: 'timestamp without time zone',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: 6,
+      dataScale: null,
+      nullable: 'YES',
+    },
+  })
+  createdAt?: String;
+
+  @property({
+    type: String,
+    required: false,
+    postgresql: {
+      columnName: 'updated_at',
+      dataType: 'timestamp without time zone',
+      dataLength: null,
+      dataPrecision: 6,
+      dataScale: null,
+      nullable: 'YES',
+    },
+  })
+  updatedAt?: String;
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  [prop: string]: any;
+
+  constructor(data?: Partial<GrowerNote>) {
+    super(data);
+  }
+}
+
+export interface GrowerNoteRelations {}
+
+export type GrowerNoteWithRelations = GrowerNote & GrowerNoteRelations;
diff --git a/src/models/index.ts b/src/models/index.ts
index 0eaea7bd..4c1393b4 100644
--- a/src/models/index.ts
+++ b/src/models/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './treeTag.model';
 export * from './planterRegistration.model';
 export * from './organization.model';
 export * from './domainEvent.model';
+export * from './growerNote.model';
diff --git a/src/models/organization.model.ts b/src/models/organization.model.ts
index bc4f6898..e3b603f2 100644
--- a/src/models/organization.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/organization.model.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class Organization extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'name',
       dataType: 'character varying',
+      dataLength: 255,
     },
   })
   name: String;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class Organization extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'type',
       dataType: 'character varying',
+      dataLength: 255,
     },
   })
   type: String;
diff --git a/src/models/planter.model.ts b/src/models/planter.model.ts
index 3272ec9e..f0ca73eb 100644
--- a/src/models/planter.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/planter.model.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class Planter extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'email',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class Planter extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'organization',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export class Planter extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'image_url',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
diff --git a/src/models/planterRegistration.model.ts b/src/models/planterRegistration.model.ts
index d8e33fc0..9e661633 100644
--- a/src/models/planterRegistration.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/planterRegistration.model.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class PlanterRegistration extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'device_identifier',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
diff --git a/src/models/tag.model.ts b/src/models/tag.model.ts
index 927a972d..d95a8ab1 100644
--- a/src/models/tag.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/tag.model.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class Tag extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'tag_name',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'NO',
diff --git a/src/models/trees.model.ts b/src/models/trees.model.ts
index e40efaa1..627b4a53 100644
--- a/src/models/trees.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/trees.model.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
       columnName: 'time_created',
       dataType: 'timestamp without time zone',
       dataLength: null,
-      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataPrecision: 6,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'NO',
     },
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
       columnName: 'time_updated',
       dataType: 'timestamp without time zone',
       dataLength: null,
-      dataPrecision: null,
+      dataPrecision: 6,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'NO',
     },
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'image_url',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'planter_identifier',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'device_identifier',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'note',
       dataType: 'character varying',
-      dataLength: null,
+      dataLength: 255,
       dataPrecision: null,
       dataScale: null,
       nullable: 'YES',
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'planter_photo_url',
       dataType: 'character varying',
+      dataLength: 255,
     },
   })
   planterPhotoUrl?: String;
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ export class Trees extends Entity {
     postgresql: {
       columnName: 'token_id',
       dataType: 'character varying',
+      dataLength: 255,
     },
   })
   tokenId?: String;
diff --git a/src/repositories/growerNote.repository.ts b/src/repositories/growerNote.repository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3e3d9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/repositories/growerNote.repository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { DefaultCrudRepository } from '@loopback/repository';
+import { GrowerNote, GrowerNoteRelations } from '../models';
+import { TreetrackerDataSource } from '../datasources';
+import { inject } from '@loopback/core';
+
+export class GrowerNoteRepository extends DefaultCrudRepository<
+  GrowerNote,
+  typeof GrowerNote.prototype.id,
+  GrowerNoteRelations
+> {
+  constructor(
+    @inject('datasources.treetracker') dataSource: TreetrackerDataSource,
+  ) {
+    super(GrowerNote, dataSource);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/repositories/index.ts b/src/repositories/index.ts
index 75e8e001..02427d20 100644
--- a/src/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/src/repositories/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './treeTag.repository';
 export * from './planterRegistration.repository';
 export * from './organization.repository';
 export * from './domainEvent.repository';
+export * from './growerNote.repository';
diff --git a/src/tests/seed/run-seed.ts b/src/tests/seed/run-seed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f883b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/seed/run-seed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import seed from './seed';
+
+seed
+  .seed()
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log('Seed completed successfully');
+    process.exit(0);
+  })
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error('Seed failed:', err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });