Why the date list stops at five
You want another harvest after eight Garlic plants started on Spring 1 finish on Spring 5. First separate two options: plan a new sowing, or expect repeats from the existing plants. Only the new sowing can provide another Garlic date here. Garlic has no regrowth interval, so this planting ends after its first harvest despite the remaining Spring days.
This is different from Beans planted on the same day. Beans can produce several dates from one planting because their crop record includes regrowth. The difference is in the crop’s harvest type, not in the quantity entered or the amount of empty space on the calendar. Read that field before interpreting a short date list as a lack of available time.
Give the replacement its own starting point
If you decide to plant another Garlic crop on Spring 5, enter Spring 5 as a new plan. Its four-day growth wait gives Spring 9. These dates describe two separate plantings, each with its own seeds and start. The planner has not assumed that you will replant immediately after the first harvest or checked whether you can do so.
If you need the next Garlic date by Spring 9, starting the replacement on Spring 5 fits that target under ordinary conditions. A later sowing moves its first date later. If the requirement allows another crop, check its Spring availability and full first wait instead. The previous planting’s success cannot answer the timing question for a different start.
Keep an honest record of the bed
When planning several rounds yourself, keep each planting day beside its own harvest date. This avoids confusing a chain of new plantings with the automatic repeats of a regrowing crop. It also makes an interruption easy to see: if you leave the bed idle, the next crop’s clock begins when you actually sow it.
For late starts, check the boundary again rather than extending a pattern by eye. Garlic on Spring 24 fits day 28; Spring 25 does not fit this season. Each new planting needs its full first wait under daily watering, no growth modifiers and harvest on maturity. Earlier successful plantings cannot extend the selected season beyond day 28.
The example, calculated
Garlic · Spring 1
8 plants. First harvest: 1 + 4 = day 5. This planting has one harvest.
Spring 5