Spring crop reference: separate an early harvest from frequent repeats

Read two timing columns before selecting a crop

Beans illustrate why both fields matter. Their first wait is four days, followed by five-day regrowth. Tomato begins later, after ten days, but repeats every four days. A Spring 1 start therefore gives Beans an earlier first appointment, while the later cadence follows its own interval. Compare the complete plan when deciding which dates you can use.

Single-harvest entries answer a different question. Garlic takes four days and has no regrowth. Its first date can be early without creating a sequence of later harvests from that planting. If you want to reuse the bed, treat the replacement as a new sowing with a new starting day.

Use the latest-start table as a boundary check

The table’s latest start is for at least one harvest by Spring 28. Garlic’s cutoff is Spring 24: a four-day wait reaches day 28 exactly. Spring 25 would reach day 29 and produce no in-window date. For repeat crops, the cutoff likewise promises only the first harvest; starting earlier is what can leave space for additional intervals.

The day-18 and day-24 summaries above count records whose first harvest still fits from those starts. They are a quick way to narrow the Spring list, after which each row opens a concrete plan. A seed-region label can guide a lookup, but you still need to check your own seed supply.

Each latest-start value subtracts the row’s growth days from 28. It is not a recommended planting date or a count of repeat rounds. Read the harvest-type column next, then open the date list to distinguish one valid harvest from several scheduled dates.

• Use growth days to check a first-harvest deadline.
• Use regrowth days and the date list to check later return visits.
• Check whether a final-day result leaves the margin you want before choosing the planting day.