Harvest Date
Predict the harvest window from planting day and maturity.
About Harvest Date
Adding the crop's days-to-maturity to the planting date gives a predicted window picked off its day of year. Staggering plantings toward a calendar lets you sequence succession crops instead of one giant glut.
Formula
Harvest Date
Harvest day = planting day-of-year + days to maturity
- day of year
- Numbered day 1 (Jan 1) to 365 (Dec 31)
Worked example
With the default values below, Harvest Date returns Harvest Day of Year of 190. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Planting (day of year)accepts 1–365
- 120
- Days to maturityminimum 1
- 70
- Seasonone of Spring crop, Summer crop, Fall crop
- Spring crop
Results
- Harvest Day of Year
- 190
- Week of Year
- 28
- Expected Month
- July
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Harvest Date
- 3Harvest Day of Year= 190
- 4Week of Year= 28
- 5Expected Month= July
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to whole numbers, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Harvest Date calculated?
Harvest day = planting day-of-year + days to maturity Adding the crop's days-to-maturity to the planting date gives a predicted window picked off its day of year.
Why does Harvest Date matter?
Staggering plantings toward a calendar lets you sequence succession crops instead of one giant glut.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Planting (day of year), Days to maturity, Season. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.