Planting

Description

The planting task describes the details of putting a crop into the ground. It describes whether the plant is being put in the ground as a “seed” or as a “seedling or planting stock”. It also describes the details of how it should be planted - collectively the “planting method”. The valid planting methods are:

Broadcast
Row
Bed
Individual
Container

Planting tasks cannot be made by themselves, rather, they are a byproduct of creating a new crop management plan.

Creation restrictions

May not be created outside of the crop management plan creation flow.

Creation attributes

None, clicking to create a planting task will display this redirect (see below) and require the user create a new crop management plan.

Completion attributes

The following attributes are new when marking a seeding task as completed.

Attribute

Data type

Required?

Example data

Notes

Actual seed required

Integer (w/ unit)

No

4500

0 - 9999. Ideally allows the user to choose either mass or volume Unit displays.

Must be pre-populated with the value entered in “Estimated seed required” during crop management plan creation. The actual value must not overwrite the estimated. Both should be saved to the database.

Did you have to make any changes to this task?

Enum: {“Yes”, “No”}

Yes; defaulted to no

All other fields are read-only unless “Yes” is selected. “Continue” becomes enabled after “Yes” or “No” is selected.

All attributes related to the planting method chosen during crop management plan creation should be displayed. The assignee should not be able to modify the method itself, but can modify the attributes within the method such as “Planting depth” or “Seeding rate”.

For row and bed methods, the “Additional” guidance sections should also be shown on the same page.

Migration guidance

Ignore this section for now

“Seeding” logs with the following type values should be migrated as shown.

Previous value	New value	Notes
Date	Date
Locations	Location	For each location, a separate completed seeding task should be created.
	Method: “Bed”	All legacy seeding logs are assumed to be “Bed”.
	Status: “Completed”
Seeding depth	Seeding depth	Must translate from cm to user’s designated unit system
Seed spacing	Plant spacing	Must translate from cm to user’s designated unit system
Space width	Space between beds	Must translate from cm to user’s designated unit system
Rate	N/A
Notes	Completion notes