Choose your plants
Open the plant selector by clicking on the leaf icon in the Drawing Tools menu.
Scroll down through the list of plants to find the one you need, or type the name of the plant in the Name search box. If the plant you need isn't currently listed, you can use any plant icon to define your own.
Place a plant on your plan
Click once on a plant to select it, then move to where you want it to be. Click once to place it. Click on and drag one of its corner 'handles' to drag out a row or block. The plants will be automatically spaced at their minimum recommended spacings.
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The colored area around each plant indicates the amount of space it needs to grow successfully, and the color indicates which crop rotation family it belongs to.
Tips for adding plants
You can click on Show More to use the plant filters to narrow down the plants to only those that meet your needs.
Click on the faint 'i' Information button next to any plant to see growing information, listed varieties, your Journal History and your notes for that plant.
You can also click on the star next to any plant to mark it as a Favorite. This enables you to filter the plant selector to show only your favorite plants.
Can't find the plant you want?
If the plant you need isn't currently listed, you can use any plant icon to define your own.
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