diff --git a/web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx b/web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx
index fba7d63..bba0447 100644
--- a/web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export function JournalPanel({
   objects,
   scopeObjectId,
   onScopeChange,
+  scopePlantingId,
+  onScopePlantingChange,
 }: {
   gardenId: number
   canEdit: boolean
@@ -46,19 +48,30 @@ export function JournalPanel({
   /** Which bed the panel is filtered to, if any. */
   scopeObjectId: number | null
   onScopeChange: (id: number | null) => void
+  /** Which single plop the panel is filtered to, if any (#85). The store keeps
+   *  this mutually exclusive with scopeObjectId. Required like its bed twin. */
+  scopePlantingId: number | null
+  onScopePlantingChange: (id: number | null) => void
 }) {
   // Date-range narrowing (#85): the backend and JournalFilter already supported
   // from/to; they just had no UI. Empty inputs don't filter.
   const [from, setFrom] = useState('')
   const [to, setTo] = useState('')
+  const scopedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === scopeObjectId) ?? null
+  // One source of scope priority — plop over bed — for both the filter and the
+  // composer's label, so they can't drift.
+  const scopeLabel = scopePlantingId != null ? 'this planting' : scopedObject ? objectDisplayName(scopedObject) : null
   const filter = {
-    ...(scopeObjectId != null ? { objectId: scopeObjectId } : {}),
+    ...(scopePlantingId != null
+      ? { plantingId: scopePlantingId }
+      : scopeObjectId != null
+        ? { objectId: scopeObjectId }
+        : {}),
     ...(from ? { from } : {}),
     ...(to ? { to } : {}),
   }
   const journal = useJournal(gardenId, filter)
   const entries = journal.data?.pages.flatMap((p) => p.entries) ?? []
-  const scopedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === scopeObjectId) ?? null
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
@@ -83,6 +96,19 @@ export function JournalPanel({
         )}
       </div>
 
+      {scopePlantingId != null && (
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-md bg-accent/10 px-2 py-1 text-xs">
+          <span className="text-accent-strong">Notes about one planting</span>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => onScopePlantingChange(null)}
+            className="rounded px-1 text-muted outline-none hover:text-fg focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40"
+          >
+            Show all
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted">
         <label className="flex items-center gap-1">
           <span>From</span>
@@ -121,8 +147,9 @@ export function JournalPanel({
       {canEdit && (
         <Composer
           gardenId={gardenId}
-          objectId={scopeObjectId}
-          scopeLabel={scopedObject ? objectDisplayName(scopedObject) : null}
+          objectId={scopePlantingId != null ? null : scopeObjectId}
+          plantingId={scopePlantingId}
+          scopeLabel={scopeLabel}
         />
       )}
 
@@ -133,9 +160,11 @@ export function JournalPanel({
 
       {journal.isSuccess && entries.length === 0 && (
         <p className="text-sm text-muted">
-          {scopedObject
-            ? `Nothing written about ${objectDisplayName(scopedObject)} yet.`
-            : 'Nothing written yet. This is where what happened goes — when something went in, what came up, what the frost got. Next year you get to read it back.'}
+          {scopePlantingId != null
+            ? 'Nothing written about this planting yet.'
+            : scopedObject
+              ? `Nothing written about ${objectDisplayName(scopedObject)} yet.`
+              : 'Nothing written yet. This is where what happened goes — when something went in, what came up, what the frost got. Next year you get to read it back.'}
         </p>
       )}
 
@@ -174,10 +203,13 @@ export function JournalPanel({
 function Composer({
   gardenId,
   objectId,
+  plantingId = null,
   scopeLabel,
 }: {
   gardenId: number
   objectId: number | null
+  /** When set, the note attaches to this plop rather than a bed (#85). */
+  plantingId?: number | null
   scopeLabel: string | null
 }) {
   const create = useCreateJournalEntry(gardenId)
@@ -191,7 +223,7 @@ function Composer({
     if (!text) return
     setError(null)
     create.mutate(
-      { body: text, observedAt, objectId: objectId ?? undefined },
+      { body: text, observedAt, objectId: objectId ?? undefined, plantingId: plantingId ?? undefined },
       {
         onSuccess: () => {
           setBody('')
diff --git a/web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx b/web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx
index 6372034..08b2dcd 100644
--- a/web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx
+++ b/web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export function PlopInspector({
   unit,
   onChangePlant,
   onClose,
+  onAddNote,
   readOnly = false,
 }: {
   plop: EditorPlanting
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ export function PlopInspector({
   unit: UnitPref
   onChangePlant: () => void
   onClose: () => void
+  /** Scope the journal to this plop and open it — the plop parallel of the bed
+   *  inspector's "add note" (#85). Offered to viewers too (to READ the plop's
+   *  notes, like the bed inspector does); the journal's composer is separately
+   *  gated on edit rights, so a viewer just sees the entries. */
+  onAddNote?: () => void
   readOnly?: boolean
 }) {
   const update = useUpdatePlanting(gardenId)
@@ -172,6 +178,12 @@ export function PlopInspector({
         />
       </fieldset>
 
+      {onAddNote && (
+        <Button variant="ghost" className="justify-start px-2 py-1 text-sm" onClick={onAddNote}>
+          📓 {readOnly ? 'Notes about this plant' : 'Add a note about this plant'}
+        </Button>
+      )}
+
       {!readOnly && (
         <Button
           variant="ghost"
diff --git a/web/src/editor/store.ts b/web/src/editor/store.ts
index 5bc824a..a754eba 100644
--- a/web/src/editor/store.ts
+++ b/web/src/editor/store.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ interface EditorState {
   journalObjectId: number | null
   setJournalObjectId: (id: number | null) => void
 
+  // Which single plop the journal is filtered to, if any — the parallel of
+  // journalObjectId for a planting (#85). The two scopes are mutually exclusive
+  // (the setters clear each other), so the journal filter is never ambiguous.
+  journalPlantingId: number | null
+  setJournalPlantingId: (id: number | null) => void
+
   // The plant armed for placing plops (set after the PlantPicker choice); stays
   // armed for repeat-placement until cleared (Escape / done). null = not placing.
   armedPlant: Plant | null
@@ -116,7 +122,11 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
   setSeasonYear: (year) => set({ seasonYear: year }),
 
   journalObjectId: null,
-  setJournalObjectId: (id) => set({ journalObjectId: id }),
+  // Scoping to a bed clears any plop scope, so only one is ever active.
+  setJournalObjectId: (id) => set({ journalObjectId: id, journalPlantingId: null }),
+
+  journalPlantingId: null,
+  setJournalPlantingId: (id) => set({ journalPlantingId: id, journalObjectId: null }),
 
   armedPlant: null,
   armedLotId: null,
@@ -147,6 +157,7 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
       railTab: null,
       seasonYear: null,
       journalObjectId: null,
+      journalPlantingId: null,
       mode: DEFAULT_MODE,
     }),
 }))
diff --git a/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx b/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
index b03b754..85ba221 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const setRailTab = useEditorStore((s) => s.setRailTab)
   const journalObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.journalObjectId)
   const setJournalObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.setJournalObjectId)
+  const journalPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.journalPlantingId)
+  const setJournalPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.setJournalPlantingId)
   const journalCounts = useJournalCounts(gid)
   const capabilities = useCapabilities()
   const journalTotal = useMemo(
@@ -501,6 +503,13 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
             readOnly={!canEdit}
             onChangePlant={() => setPicker('change')}
             onClose={() => selectPlanting(null)}
+            onAddNote={() => {
+              // Parity with the bed inspector: scope the journal to this plop and
+              // open it. The plop stays selected, so the selection effect keeps the
+              // inspector reachable when you switch back.
+              setJournalPlantingId(selectedPlop.id)
+              setRailTab('journal')
+            }}
           />
         ) : (
           <p className="text-sm text-muted">Select a bed or a planting to edit it.</p>
@@ -521,6 +530,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
           objects={objects}
           scopeObjectId={journalObjectId}
           onScopeChange={setJournalObjectId}
+          scopePlantingId={journalPlantingId}
+          onScopePlantingChange={setJournalPlantingId}
         />
       ),
     },