a planting optimization tool for gardeners and small farms
Solve for one variable: season, geography, output (food or aesthetic), etc
FACETS
Timing
- Grow time
- Time of year
- Geography/climate
Weather
Planting
Greenhouse to transplant
- start date to end date in greenhouse
- or plant directly, less space but less risk
- garden to garden
- timing
- space
- soil (rich vs lean, wet vs dry, nutrients)
- categorical prohibatives (carrots)
- proximity to other plants
- composting
- perennial vs annual
APP FEATURES
Start backwards
Adjust mid season
Timing - climate, weather, grow time, geography, hemisphere (NOAA API?)
Space - light
Select for ideal plants
Recommend variations and complements
Veggies/flowers/landscaping
Fixed variables - plot
Pick a few plants
Plot arrangement is suggested
Tweak
Suggest seeds, prices, quantity.
Adminckundo
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Adminckundo
(Admin, ckundo)
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Plot planning is the crux of the issue, so definitely layout with images. The closest I've seen to this is http://gardenplanner.territorialseed.com/. I couldn't get very far with it because I don't know what I'm doing and the UI is not friendly at all. Curious if any serious gardeners have used it/liked it.
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Anonymous
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I worked on a database like this, long long ago, as an overgrown demo for a then-revolutionary camera. There should be a few cld be put to this cool task. Bonus: [sister app for?] plot layout, w/images.
