A little help with the growing

Your garden.
Your tools.

From the first bag of soil to a season of observations. Choose a task, explore the numbers and take the next step outside.

15 free planners, calculators & trackers

15 free tools

Free to use · No account needed
Visual planner

Garden border planner

Design a border, compare three planting layouts and take away a plant list.

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Soil & bags

Raised bed soil calculator

Work out how much soil to order, in litres, cubic metres and bags.

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Plant quantities

Plant spacing calculator

Turn your bed dimensions and planting distance into an estimated plant count.

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Containers & repotting

Pot volume calculator

Find the volume inside a pot and how much fresh potting mix to add.

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Sowing dates

Seed starting calculator

Work backwards from planting day to sowing and hardening-off dates.

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What & when to cut

Hydrangea pruning tool

Find a pruning approach for your hydrangea’s flowering group.

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Roof & tank capacity

Rainwater harvesting calculator

Estimate roof collection, tank space and overflow for a rainfall event.

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DLI & energy

Grow light calculator

Compare daily light, lighting hours, electricity use and running costs.

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Humidity & dew point

VPD calculator

Explore air and leaf VPD, humidity and dew point on an interactive map.

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Runtime & coverage

Irrigation calculator

Estimate watering runtime and check how evenly your system distributes water.

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Tray & experiment log

Seed germination tracker

Mark an interactive seed tray, compare two groups and chart germination.

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Overnight observations

Greenhouse temperature log

Record inside and outside overnight lows, compare nights and export readings.

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Sensor CSV & heatmaps

Microclimate analyzer

Compare sensor readings across growing spaces with charts and heatmaps.

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Growing degree days

Season comparison tool

Compare accumulated heat, rainfall and cold days across two past seasons.

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Nitrate dilution

Aquarium water change calculator

Explore nitrate dilution through a series of partial water changes.

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Keep the context

A useful number.
A better next step.

Each tool explains its inputs, method and limits. Use the results alongside the plants, soil and conditions in front of you. The guides offer the growing advice a calculation cannot give.

Tools work without an account. Saved plans and logs stay in your browser; imported files are processed on your device. Optional weather requests go directly to NASA.

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