Growstuff is a community of food gardeners. Growstuff's open source and open data platform can predict when your plantings will be ready to harvest. The more you tell it, the better the predictions.
So far, 2164 members have planted 913 crops 4561 times in 17654 gardens.
Some of our crops

lemon balm
Melissa officinalis

Persian lime
Citrus latifolia

wheat
Triticum spp.

wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa

dekopon
Citrus X shiranui

safflower
Carthamus tinctorius

lima bean
Phaseolus lunatus

shallot
Allium cepa var. aggregatum

Yuzu
Citrus junos

Northern blueberry
Vaccinium boreale

Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus

chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium

tamarind
Tamarindus indica

potato
Solanum tuberosum
Recently Added
Regression Test, Red Burgundy Onion , Test crop, Greater pignut, Aubrieta, Bael, Longan, Jackfruit, Chinese toon, Great camas, Blackcap Raspberry, Golden Beet, dragon fruit, russet burbank potato, dekopon, Mexican Tea, Culantro, Munstead Lavendar, bonnie bell sweet pepper sfg, Van Zerden Garlic, Bonnie Little Bing Compact Cherry Tomato, hops, common hop, Bonnie Green Okra Heirloom Clemson Spineless, Bonnie Little Sicily Slicing Tomato SFG, Phureja, Pink Oyster Mushroom, sweetcorn, dragon tongue bean, long purple eggplant
Recently Planted
echinacea
seedlings planted by shiny
capsicum
planted by cas3y
broccoli
seeds planted by Bridge4
fava bean
seeds planted by Permaculteur
cherry tomato
seedlings planted by therobotcarlson
wild bergamot
seeds planted by StormRecently Harvested
scots potato
harvested by shiny
pepper
harvested by bigblen
cayenne pepper
harvested by Batchelor
cherry tomato
harvested by midiprincess
grapefruit
harvested by CloCkWeRX
potato
harvested by miestasmagnus
Seeds available to trade

coriander
seeds saved by Storm
Portland, Oregon
Recent posts
New code release
by Cesy,
After a long hiatus, we've just released new code to the site. This is mostly security fixes and upgrades to new versions of the libraries and gems we depend on. It should also fix the sign-up issue and mean we send emails again. Volunteers welcome to help out now we're getting things into shape!
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can"t request new crops
by corvi,
When I try to request new crops (https://www.growstuff.org/crops/new), I get a message that says, "We're sorry, but something went wrong." I have successfully requested new crops in the past. My apologies if you get spammed with multiple copies of crop requests, I tried a few times.
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Local Seeds
by localseedsau,
Hi all, Daniel here. I’m a backyard gardener based in Melbourne, Australia. I started growing veggies in 2016 and since then became passionate about permaculture and all things sustainability. I've been working on a marketplace for local seed savers in Australia called [Local Seeds](https://ww...
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Weird lifespan
by Lemony,
What's up with the statistics on this plant - Median Lifespan 23 days?? It's saying my plants should have finished weeks ago when they're not even ready for harvest yet
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harvesting the bigger kūmara
by shiny,
We've just harvested the [kūmara](crop). It needs a warm summer, and this was the first summer we've grown it in a raised garden bed instead of a bag. At first, I thought it was a failure. I poked around the roots and found nothing. We pull out the greenery, and there was only a half dozen sma...
kūmara
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Keeping the bugs away with coffee
by shiny,
Ants, slugs, and snails don't much like coffee. But worms do like it. If, like me, you have an abundance of coffee grounds from staying home, you can sprinkle the [coffee](crop) around the vege to deter these creatures. It also fertilizes the plants and disappears into the soil after a few weeks.