Continuous Harvests Calendar
Continuous Harvests Calendar
The Continuous Harvests Calendar helps you plan succession sowing and picking so something fresh is always coming out of the garden — not a single glut, then empty beds. Covering 105+ crops across 11 New Zealand regional climate zones, it displays a Gantt-style timeline of sow, grow, and harvest windows tuned to growing food at home in Aotearoa.
What it does
- 105+ crops — vegetables, herbs, and key fruiting annuals for home kai
- 11 NZ climate zones — from subtropical north to cooler southern timings
- Gantt-style timeline — visualise overlaps between sowing, growth, and harvest
- Succession planting prompts — stagger plantings for continuous supply
- Year-round kai planning — reduce waste and supermarket reliance
- Works with your forest garden — pair with the Orchard Planner for trees and this tool for understory and annual beds
Who it is for
Home food growers, Crop Swap and community-garden organisers, schools with edible gardens, and Bay of Plenty growers juggling subtropical perennials with seasonal annuals — exactly the mix Troppo demonstrates in Te Puke.
How to use it
Select your region, add crops you want on the table year-round, and read the timeline bars for sow and harvest. Slide plantings forward or back to close gaps — aim for a rolling harvest rather than one big season. Print or screenshot your plan for the shed wall.
Frequently asked questions
- What is succession planting?
- Succession planting means sowing the same or different crops at intervals so harvests are spread across weeks and months instead of arriving all at once.
- Which NZ climate zone is Te Puke?
- Te Puke sits in a warm Bay of Plenty microclimate — largely frost-free and suited to subtropical perennials plus year-round annuals. Pick the closest zone in the tool for your property.
- Can I plan winter greens and summer fruit together?
- Yes. Layer cool-season brassicas and greens with warm-season crops on the same calendar to see where beds free up for the next planting.
Troppo is a tropical urban food forest and exotic plant nursery in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty — an initiative of Vector Group Charitable Trust (CC45966). These tools were built here and shared across the Kai Resilience network. Browse all Troppo tools · About Troppo · Shop plants