How to Read Parents Stats

Once you're breeding ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ past the first generation, a "Parents" button appears in the plant's menu. This displays the plant's parents' genetic information in local chat (or only to the plant owner depending on how the "Public/Private" option is set).  The output looks pretty arcane, but once you know the format, it's easy.

"Mom: strain, potency, growth rate, lighting, width, bright, height
 Dad: strain, potency, growth rate, lighting, width, bright, height"

For example, consider the following output...

Mom: NY Diesel X Super Skunk, 2.500000, 3.500000, 1, 1.750000, 1.000000, 2.045000
Dad: Super Skunk X NY Diesel, 2.500000, 3.500000, 1, 1.750000, 0.020000, 2.045000

Uh oh, you say, I smell another math lesson coming on! Yep! So grab your calculator.

An Ancient Hand Calculator

Since these parents have mostly the same stats - in fact, they had the same parents - the offspring will have the same numbers across the board, except for the bright mutation, which averages to 0.51. (When the parents' numbers differ, just calculate the average.)
 
Compare the parent stats with the offspring's below. (For growth rate, add one to the result. In this case, 3.5 + 1.0 = 4.5).

NY DIESEL X SUPER SKUNK
Gender: Female
Maturity: 1%
Foliage: NY Diesel Bright (0.5)
Potency: High (2.500)
Growth Rate: Very Fast (4.500% per cycle)
Lighting: Indoor/Outdoor
Size: Normal
Height: 2.045 meters
Width: 1.750 meters