Compare the calculated plans
Each row follows one planting under the ordinary-growing model. Open a plan to change its inputs.
| Crop | Planting | First harvest | All harvest dates | Rounds | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Chard12 plants · Source ↗ | Winter 22 | Winter 28 | Winter 28 | 1 | Open plan → |
| Rainbow Chard12 plants · Source ↗ | Winter 23 | After day 28 | No harvest in this window | 0 | Open plan → |
| Lettuce12 plants · Source ↗ | Winter 23 | Winter 27 | Winter 27 | 1 | Open plan → |
| Lettuce12 plants · Source ↗ | Winter 24 | Winter 28 | Winter 28 | 1 | Open plan → |
An empty window stops at day 28; it does not predict the plant’s fate afterward. Plant count is not produce yield. Source decisions and model limits.
Find which first harvest still fits
Winter’s late planting question depends on the initial growth wait. Rainbow Chard needs six days, so Winter 22 is its latest start for a harvest on or before day 28. Lettuce needs four days, giving it a later cutoff of Winter 24. Both are single-harvest records: neither has a regrowth interval that would add return dates to the same planting.
The comparison above shows the change one day makes. Chard planted on Winter 22 reaches day 28. Planted on Winter 23, its first date would be 29 and the result is outside this window. Lettuce planted on Winter 23 reaches day 27; on Winter 24 it reaches day 28. Those are four separate starting choices, each with twelve plants.
A final-day harvest is included, but it has no spare day within the model. Lettuce started on day 23 leaves one calendar day after its calculated harvest; starting on day 24 uses the boundary itself. This is a timing margin under the stated conditions, not a simulation of missed watering or slower growth. For either crop, a later replacement sowing needs its own calculation.
- Use Winter as the selected season and check the actual planting day.
- Compare the first date with day 28; an empty date list means no harvest fits this season’s window.
- Keep daily watering, ordinary fields, no growth modifiers and harvest on maturity in mind when using the date.
- Check the required crop and your seeds before choosing the shorter wait solely to meet a date.
Read the source notes alongside the cutoff
Lettuce’s checked item revision lists Winter, four growth days, no regrowth and The Land as the seed region. Rainbow Chard’s item lists Spring and Winter, six growth days, no regrowth and Moon Caves. A region label identifies the source’s seed location; it does not verify access for your current save.
Chard also carries a visible classification note. Its structured item tag supports the Vegetable label used here, while the Plants summary and some other labels call it Root. The timing sources agree on six days and no regrowth. That naming discrepancy is kept separate from the date calculation, which does not use the crop’s type field.
Use the Winter page for the full curated candidate list and its calculated last starts. That list combines table-verified records with selected item cross-checks; these two checked examples do not mean every Winter item page was independently reviewed. The comparison is a way to inspect a precise boundary, while the seasonal table helps locate other records worth checking.