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Is there a need for a vegetable growing app?
jamesunsworth
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Hi guys,
As well as being a very keen gardener and vegetable grower in my spare time, I happen to also be a programmer in a professional capacity.
I've been considering creating a website with a garden planner, primarily around growing veg.
Some simply functionality (to be added to!) I'm looking at implementing is...
- Add tasks and attach that task to a specific vegetable (with the ability to add a task to one of several of the same veg to accommodate the addition of tasks for staggered sowing of the same veg)
- All tasks can be viewed in various calendar forms, weekly, monthly etc
- Dashboard with upcoming tasks
These are the most basic of things to add and I'm still playing with ideas.
My aim is to keep it clean and simple and give the gardener all of the flexibility they need, as opposed to giving tasks specific names and just allowing specific custom named tasks to be set with custom dates of the users choice. I.e you can name a task 'bob' and set it to any date you require, of course you wouldn't go with Bob but just to show the level of customisation.
I can't find a good planner that isn't restricted, they don't have flexibility or give me the ability to make my own choices within an
The main question - Is there alot of need for this kind of application? Do you guys struggle with a decent planner that does what you need and allows you flexibility as opposed to restrictions and apps that feel unfinished etc?
FYI - I plan on creating this for the purpose of helping people, with no commercial intent right now - if there was any commercial side added down the line, this would not restrict existing users, it may simply be a few ads to support the cost of running etc if it becomes popular.
Look forward to people's comments and opinions.
As well as being a very keen gardener and vegetable grower in my spare time, I happen to also be a programmer in a professional capacity.
I've been considering creating a website with a garden planner, primarily around growing veg.
Some simply functionality (to be added to!) I'm looking at implementing is...
- Add tasks and attach that task to a specific vegetable (with the ability to add a task to one of several of the same veg to accommodate the addition of tasks for staggered sowing of the same veg)
- All tasks can be viewed in various calendar forms, weekly, monthly etc
- Dashboard with upcoming tasks
These are the most basic of things to add and I'm still playing with ideas.
My aim is to keep it clean and simple and give the gardener all of the flexibility they need, as opposed to giving tasks specific names and just allowing specific custom named tasks to be set with custom dates of the users choice. I.e you can name a task 'bob' and set it to any date you require, of course you wouldn't go with Bob but just to show the level of customisation.
I can't find a good planner that isn't restricted, they don't have flexibility or give me the ability to make my own choices within an
The main question - Is there alot of need for this kind of application? Do you guys struggle with a decent planner that does what you need and allows you flexibility as opposed to restrictions and apps that feel unfinished etc?
FYI - I plan on creating this for the purpose of helping people, with no commercial intent right now - if there was any commercial side added down the line, this would not restrict existing users, it may simply be a few ads to support the cost of running etc if it becomes popular.
Look forward to people's comments and opinions.
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With gardening so much depends on looking at your soil/seedlings/plants to see what's happening/how they're doing.
My brother is a huge (in every sense
Can't see an app working ... sorry.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Currently I am forever writing things on scraps of paper if I have seen a useful comment in a magazine, TV programme or online. I then transfer these (or rather the ones I don’t misplace) to a notebook and pretty soon it has become a jumbled mess.
Planting plans need redrawing every year and it would be great to have a base plan which could just be tweaked. I like the idea of having a rolling diary so I could see what needs planting when and to compare it with previous years.
Do go ahead James. It certainly interests me.
I think you've hit a load of luddites but the main disincentive to any app (not that I've ever had one) is that, for every 'thou shalt' in gardening, there will be several equally valid alternatives.
A newbie will feel obliged to have raised beds and a tunnel as absolute essentials, in the same way that it's now impossible to contemplate a cycle ride without a full set of Lycra. I'd never have either in my garden. Some years ago I created a diagrammatic plan of my plot and, each year, I draw in what I grew where and which variety. Along with any articles, ads, catalogues etc. they're kept in a ring binder to help successive planning sessions. QED.
However, I just do not see that an app would add to my success or enjoyment in growing vegetables. That was more or less what was asked by the OP ... don't think I should be labelled a luddite just because I said No and gave my reasons ... just the same as you did
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The nearest I really get to organisation is labelling plants and pots (quite good at that 😇) and keeping empty seed packets of 'good doers' so I know what to order next season. Sow seeds when the weather feels right and I'm in the mood and, to be honest, that is pretty much the tale with all my gardening. Try to prune things at the 'right' time and mulch in the spring but that's the limit of my organisation.
I do, however, know there are some very nerdy gardeners out there (probably the same ones who actually clean and organise their plant pots😁) and I'm sure they would love a new toy to play with.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.