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Winter planting decisions

Winter: choose the remaining window, then the harvest pattern

The curated Winter set has nine crops. A short list makes it easier to inspect every deadline, but a repeat label still needs enough time for the first harvest.

Earliest first harvest from a day 1 start: Winter 5 (Lettuce, 4 growth days).

Separate the one-harvest choices from Winter Peas

Lettuce, Kohlrabi, Beets, Oats, Rainbow Chard, Rye, Broccoli and Purple Cauliflower have no regrowth interval in these records. Each plan describes one planting and one harvest date if it fits. Winter Peas are the repeat option in this set, with twelve initial growth days followed by a two-day interval.

That two-day rhythm can be useful after the long opening wait, but it does not make Winter Peas a quick late start. Planting on Winter 16 reaches a first date on 28 and leaves room for no repeat. A Winter 17 start is outside the window. Compare the initial twelve days with your available time before using the two-day field to plan visits.

A missed Chard deadline does not close the whole list

Rainbow Chard takes six days, making Winter 22 its last ordinary start. On day 23 it no longer fits, while four-day Lettuce reaches 27 from that same start. Lettuce can also begin on Winter 24 and reach 28. If you need Chard, keep the outside-window result. If the crop is flexible, Lettuce remains a timing candidate with a shorter wait.

Chard's Vegetable display follows its structured item tag; alternate Root labels remain disclosed in the source notes. The six-day timing is agreed across the compared records. Classification therefore does not change which of these late starts can reach a harvest.

  • Need a specific crop? Use its own latest-start row.
  • Need any candidate before the final day? Inspect the first-date result, not merely whether day 28 is included.
  • Need repeated harvests? Check the first wait and the full Winter Peas sequence from your intended day.

Turn the smaller shortlist into a concrete plan

The day-18 and day-24 summaries below count crops with a first harvest inside Winter, under the same rules as the linked planner. Compare those counts with the full latest-start table to see which choices disappear between the two dates. A single eligible row can still have only one harvest; a repeat crop does not automatically add a second date.

Open the row for your actual start and check whether its first date meets your own deadline. These are ordinary-field calculations with daily watering, no fertilizer, buffs or Myco, and harvesting on time. The nine-record list is curated source coverage, not a check of seed access in your save, and the calendar stops at Winter 28.

One 28-day window

How much room is left?

These counts include crops with at least one modeled harvest by day 28. They do not count produce items or guarantee seed access.

Winter: first-harvest options at three starting dates
Planting dayCrops with a harvest in this window
Winter 19
Winter 188
Winter 241

Latest start for a first harvest

Latest start = 28 − initial growth days. Planting on that day gives a first harvest on day 28 under this model; repeats are not implied. A single-harvest crop is not automatically replanted. Only planner-eligible records appear below.

Winter planting windows, ordered by latest start then crop name
CropInitial growthLatest startHarvest typeSourceTry that start
Lettuce4 daysWinter 24Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Kohlrabi5 daysWinter 23Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Beets6 daysWinter 22Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Oats6 daysWinter 22Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Rainbow Chard6 daysWinter 22Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Rye8 daysWinter 20Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Broccoli9 daysWinter 19Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Purple Cauliflower9 daysWinter 19Single harvestWiki ↗Open plan →
Winter Peas12 daysWinter 16Repeat every 2 daysWiki ↗Open plan →

Computed from the cited crop snapshot using ordinary fields, daily watering, no fertilizer, buffs or Myco, and harvest on maturity. Multi-season records still stop at the selected season’s day 28. Read assumptions and source verification levels.

The complete seasonal reference

Find a Winter crop

Use name, seed region and harvest type to narrow the source records, then choose your own planting day.

9 crops in this reference
CropSeasonFirst harvestThen everySeed regionReferencePlan this crop
BeetsRoot
SpringWinter
6 days — Savanna Wiki ↗ Plan
BroccoliVegetable
Winter
9 days — Forest Wiki ↗ Plan
KohlrabiVegetable
Winter
5 days — Forest Wiki ↗ Plan
LettuceVegetable
Winter
4 days — The Land Wiki ↗ Plan
OatsGrain
Winter
6 days — Savanna Wiki ↗ Plan
Purple CauliflowerVegetable
Winter
9 days — Moon Caves Wiki ↗ Plan
Rainbow ChardVegetableData note
SpringWinter
6 days — Moon Caves Wiki ↗ Plan
RyeGrainData note
Winter
8 days — Mogras Fire Wiki ↗ Plan
Winter PeasLegume
Winter
12 days 2 days The Land Wiki ↗ Plan
Growth days describe the first harvest; a repeat interval belongs to the same planting. Only crops listed for this season are shown. All 52 crop timings are available for planning. Read the source decisions and data notes.

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