Total Area

Calculated & overridable

Decimal

Area

Calculated and overridable when creating / editing a location of type area.

% of location

User entered

Decimal

Area

≥ 0, ≤ 100

Area Used

Calculated

Decimal

Area

For broadcast:

Area_used = Total_Area * %_of_location

Seeding Rate

From data & overridable

Decimal

Weight / Area

This is essentially the number of seeds needed to “saturate” a given area. In either kg / ha or lbs / ac.

Yield per area

From data

Decimal

Weight

Will be given in kg / m^2. May need to be converted to imperial for calculations.

Yield per plant

From data

Decimal

Weight

Will be given in kg. May need to be converted to imperial for calculations.

Average seed weight

From data

Decimal

Weight

Will be given in g. May need to be converted to imperial for calculations.

Estimated seed required

Calculated & overridable

Seed (Integer) or Weight (Decimal)

Seed or Weight

For broadcast:

Estimated_seed_required (in weight) = area_used * seeding_rate

Estimated_seed_required (in seeds) = area_used * seeding_rate * average_seed_weight

For container:

Estimated_seed_required (in weight) = #_of_containers * #_of_plants/container * average_seed_weight

Estimated_seed_required (in seeds) = #_of_containers * #_of_plants/container

For in ground:

Estimated_seed_required (in weight) = #_of_plants * average_seed_weight

Estimated_seed_required (in seeds) = #_of_plants

For rows:

Estimated_seed_required (in weight) = ((#_of_rows * length_of_rows) / plant_spacing) * average_seed_weight

Estimated_seed_required (in seeds) = ((#_of_rows * length_of_rows) / plant_spacing)

For beds:

Estimated_seed_required (in weight) = ((#_of_beds * #_of_rows_per_bed * bed_length) / plant_spacing) * average_seed_weight

Estimated_seed_required (in seeds) = ((#_of_beds * #_of_rows_per_bed * bed_length) / plant_spacing)

# of plants

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

# of beds

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

# of rows in bed

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

# of rows

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

Length of row

User input

Decimal

Distance

# of containers

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

# of plants / container

User input

Integer

1 - 1,000,000

Planting depth

From data & overridable

Decimal

Distance

1 - 1,000,000

Plant spacing

From data & overridable

Decimal

Distance

1 - 1,000,000

Bed length

User input

Decimal

Distance

1 - 1,000,000

Bed width

User input

Decimal

Distance

1 - 1,000,000

Estimated yield

Calculated & overridable

Decimal

Weight

For broadcast:

Estimated_yield = Area_used * yield_per_area

For rows:

Estimated_yield = ((#_of_rows * length_of_rows) / plant_spacing) * yield_per_plant

For beds:

Estimated_yield = ((#_of_beds * #_of_rows_per_bed * bed_length) / plant_spacing) * yield_per_plant

For containers:

Estimated_yield = #_of_containers * #_of_plants/container * yield_per_plant

For individual plants:

Estimated_yield = #_of_plants * yield_per_plant

For all cases, may need to convert from one unit system to another (e.g. kg → in) and/or normalize for a unit (e.g. ft → in).