Gardening Tool
Garden Diagnostic Tool
Find planting risks before they cost you a season.
Whole-garden check
Garden setup
Step 1 of 4
Illustrative scenarios
What the report can surface
Possible rotation pressure
Tomatoes after tomatoes
A bed that grew tomatoes last season and is planned for tomatoes again can show a stronger warning than a general family repeat.
Possible heavy-feeder pressure
Corn after squash
Squash followed by corn keeps heavy demand in the same bed, so the report may suggest compost, a different bed, or a lower-demand crop.
Positive recovery pattern
Beans after corn
Beans after a heavy feeder can be a useful recovery signal when the crop family changes and no major disease pressure was reported.
How to read the diagnostic
What this diagnostic checks
The diagnostic compares last season crops with this season plans by crop family, feeder class, recovery signals, and a small V1 set of compatibility cautions. It looks for specific bed-level patterns rather than producing generic garden advice.
Why crop rotation matters
Raised beds reuse the same soil zone. Repeating related crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes can keep the same pest, disease, and rotation pressure concentrated in one bed when there is no family break.
What heavy-feeder pressure means
Heavy feeders such as tomatoes, peppers, corn, squash, and cucumbers can be demanding in the same bed across seasons. The diagnostic does not measure nutrients; it flags repeated pressure patterns that may deserve compost, a lighter crop, or a different bed.
Why soil recovery signals are limited
Compost, legumes, lighter feeders, drainage, pH, weather, and soil tests all matter. This public V1 tool only interprets a narrow set of deterministic signals, so entered but unused soil details are shown as limitations instead of being converted into overconfident claims.
Common questions
Is the Garden Diagnostic an AI garden assistant?
No. It uses deterministic crop metadata and rule evaluation. The report is based on the bed history and crop plan you enter.
Can this diagnose soil depletion or plant disease?
No. It can flag likely pressure patterns and limited disease-carryover cautions, but it does not replace soil testing, local observation, or disease identification.
Do I need an account to run the diagnostic?
No. The public diagnostic works anonymously. Saving beds across seasons will require a PlotSmarter garden later.