The example, calculated
Garlic · Spring 1
8 plants. First harvest: 1 + 4 = day 5. This planting has one harvest.
Spring 5
Single harvest: Garlic gives Spring 5
The planner follows one planting: one crop, one starting day and one number of plants. For a single-harvest crop, the schedule ends with its first harvest. Garlic planted on Spring 1 is ready on Spring 5 under the stated conditions. The remaining days in Spring do not turn that result into an automatic series of Garlic plantings.
If you want to use the bed again, decide when you will sow the replacement and make a second plan with that day as the start. This keeps a useful distinction visible: the first crop can finish successfully while the next crop still needs seeds, attention and its own timing decision. An empty bed is an opportunity to plan, not an instruction the calculator has already carried out.
Regrowth: Beans give Spring 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25
A crop with regrowth keeps producing dates from the original planting. Beans, for example, have a four-day first wait and a five-day regrowth interval. Starting on Spring 1 gives harvests on Spring 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25. Each later date comes from adding the repeat interval to the previous scheduled harvest.
The first wait and repeat wait need not match, and the repeat wait need not be shorter. Read both fields. A fast first harvest answers how soon the bed begins producing; the repeat interval answers how often you will return afterward. Neither number alone tells you the whole season’s schedule.
Date counts do not rank crop value
A single harvest may suit a plan to free the bed for something else. A repeat crop may suit a plan to keep the same planting and return on several dates. Those are different commitments, and neither is a universal ranking of crops. This tool does not compare prices, processing paths or the needs of your current tasks.
Use the date list to make the commitment concrete. Check when the first harvest arrives, how many return visits fit, and when the final listed round occurs. Then set quantity to the number of plants you want to manage. Five harvest rounds from eight plants describes a bed and a calendar; it does not by itself describe forty items of produce.