Ask HN: Database of Vegetable Harvest Times?

4 points by nrs26 8 years ago | 1 comment

I'm working on a project on gardening, and I'm looking for a clean API or data source of vegetables and planting & harvest times.

Something like this(http://www.gardentowerproject.com/news/gardening-ideas-recommendations/veggie-scheduling-when-to-start-seeds-plant-harvest), but with data that's usable (or easily changeable) by excel in formulas.

In an ideal world, I'd like to have it include indoor planting times & germination times. It would be great to have a chart like this(http://www.ufseeds.com/Zone-6-Planting-Calendar.html) but with actual date ranges instead of a gradient.

And I'm aware that this data change per zone and has a margin of error. I'm looking specifically for Zone 7, but if this was organized by Zone that would be great. If not, I can still work with the data.

Does anyone know where I can find such a chart?

oblib 8 years ago |

I poked around a bit for US Gov data but didn't find much. Sure seems like they should have that somewhere.

I know the Old Farmers Almanac" has that data in their yearly booklet and on their website but not in a digital downloadable format.

You may have to key it in yourself but if you stick to just veggies it shouldn't be that much. You can adjust the planting dates to any zone once you have them for one zone according to the "last frost" date (AFAIK).