Understanding the Hierarchy
The single most important concept in MyPlot. Get this right and everything else makes sense.
The four levels
How MyPlot stacks together
Property
Your real-world site or address.
Garden
A named outdoor zone like “Vegie patch”, “Orchard”, or “Front yard”.
Bed
A physical planting surface like a raised bed, fence row, or pot cluster.
Planting
One crop in one bed for one growing period.
Shared knowledge vs your own record
Plant profile
- Shared across all users
- Contains species-level knowledge
- Spacing, maturity, companion notes
- One library entry can support many plantings
Planting
- Your specific crop record
- Tied to one bed and one date range
- Tracks notes, harvests, and outcomes
- Must be started fresh each season
What each level means
| Level | What it is | Example | How many |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property | Physical land address | "42 Smith St, Cathcart" | Usually 1; add more for allotments |
| Garden | Named zone on the property | "Back vegie patch", "Orchard" | 2–5 per property is typical |
| Bed | A specific planting surface | "Raised bed 2 (medium)" | As many physical beds as you have |
| Planting | A crop in a bed with dates | Pak choy, sown 12 May, bed 2 | One per crop-bed-season combination |
| Plant profile | Shared species knowledge | Pak choy — 45 days to maturity | One entry in the shared library |
Plant profile vs planting — a critical distinction
A plant profile is like a Wikipedia entry for a species — days to maturity, spacing, companion plants, typical pests. It's shared across all users and AI-enriched over time.
A planting is your specific instance of that plant: the exact bed, the exact date you sowed it, how much it yielded, what events happened to it. Two users can both grow silverbeet — they share the plant profile, but each has their own planting records.
Common mistakes
Don't create one garden with all your beds. If you have a vegie patch, an orchard, and a front yard, those should be three separate gardens. It makes reports, the visual designer, and AI advice much more useful.
Don't reuse the same planting across seasons. When a crop finishes, mark it as finished. Start a new planting next season. This preserves your harvest history and keeps the AI briefing accurate.
See also