{ "name": "TerraEvidence Planting Window Source Review", "url": "https://terraevidence.com/planting-window-source-review.json", "schema_url": "https://terraevidence.com/planting-window-source-review.schema.json", "version": "0.3", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21", "publication_gate": "A crop date may be published only after the source text, crop and action, applicable geography, climate basis, review date, uncertainty, and transfer limits are recorded. Metadata-only sources cannot support a date.", "regions": [ { "id": "us-tx-southeast", "name": "Southeast Texas pilot", "status": "ready_for_crop_records", "resolved_context": [ "Texas A&M AgriLife identifies frost timing and crop temperature class as timing constraints.", "The statewide guide distinguishes cool-season crops from frost-sensitive warm-season crops.", "Texas contains materially different vegetable-growing regions, so one statewide date is not sufficient.", "Orange County AgriLife publishes a county-specific spring and fall vegetable planting guide.", "The Orange County guide states approximate last killing frost March 5 and first killing frost November 15.", "Orange County AgriLife publishes a county-specific recommended vegetable variety list." ], "open_requirements": [ "Extract each crop window without changing the source wording or silently filling blank seasons.", "Record that the planting guide does not consistently distinguish direct sow from transplant.", "Attach current weather, microclimate, soil condition, and performance uncertainty to future user-facing results." ], "source_reviews": [ { "source_id": "us-tx-orange-county-planting-guide", "title": "Spring and Fall Vegetable Planting Guide", "publisher": "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Orange County", "url": "https://orange.agrilife.org/files/2011/03/Vegetable-Planting-guide.pdf", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Orange County, Southeast Texas", "supports": [ "crop-specific spring and fall planting windows for Orange County", "approximate last killing frost of March 5", "approximate first killing frost of November 15", "row and in-row spacing plus approximate days to maturity" ], "does_not_support": [ "parcel-level microclimate or current-year weather", "a guaranteed crop outcome", "consistent identification of direct sow versus transplant for every crop" ], "permitted_use": "Use as the primary Orange County crop-window source. Preserve blank seasons and method ambiguity exactly; pair with current local conditions.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21" }, { "source_id": "us-tx-orange-county-varieties", "title": "Recommended Vegetable Varieties for Orange County", "publisher": "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Orange County", "url": "https://orange.agrilife.org/files/2025/03/Recommended-Vegetable-varieties-for-Orange-County.pdf", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Orange County, Southeast Texas", "supports": [ "county-specific recommended crop varieties", "variety-level days to harvest" ], "does_not_support": [ "planting dates by itself", "availability of a named variety", "performance guarantees" ], "permitted_use": "Use to add optional local variety context after the crop window is sourced separately.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21" }, { "source_id": "us-tx-agrilife-e502", "title": "Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide (E-502)", "publisher": "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service", "url": "https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2011/03/E-502_home_vegetable_guide.pdf", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Texas statewide context with generalized first- and last-frost maps", "supports": [ "cool-season versus warm-season timing rules", "need to plant frost-sensitive crops after local frost danger", "need for locally adapted crop varieties" ], "does_not_support": [ "a precise Orange County crop calendar", "parcel-level frost timing", "one planting date that applies across Texas" ], "permitted_use": "Use as statewide decision logic and limitation text, not as a precise local crop-date source.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21" }, { "source_id": "us-tx-smith-county-calendar", "title": "Vegetable Planting Dates for the Tyler Area", "publisher": "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Smith County", "url": "https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Vegetable-Planting-Dates.pdf", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Tyler area / Smith County, Northeast Texas", "supports": [ "proof that Texas planting calendars can encode crop-specific optimal and marginal windows", "Tyler-area outdoor planting windows" ], "does_not_support": [ "Orange County or Gulf Coast planting dates", "transfer to Southeast Texas without a regional authority" ], "permitted_use": "Retain as a format reference only; do not transfer its dates to the Southeast Texas pilot.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21", "notes": "The document states average last spring freeze 3/15 and first fall freeze 11/15 for the Tyler area." } ] }, { "id": "us-tx-collin-county", "name": "Collin County, North Texas pilot", "status": "local_resolution_pending", "resolved_context": [ "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Collin County Master Gardener Association publish a county-level planting baseline.", "The calendar distinguishes primary planting periods from marginal planting dates.", "The calendar states an average last freeze of March 16 and average first frost of November 16.", "The source covers 42 crop or crop-group rows and identifies seeds, transplants, crowns, or slips where noted." ], "open_requirements": [ "Transcribe every graphical planting bar against the half-month calendar grid and independently verify each boundary.", "Store primary and marginal windows separately instead of combining them into one date range.", "Resolve the selected town or locality to an appropriate frost and weather reference before publishing user-facing results.", "Do not apply the county baseline as an exact schedule for every Collin County town, Dallas County, all of North Texas, or another hardiness zone.", "Attach current weather, microclimate, soil temperature, freeze-protection, and garden-condition limitations to future user-facing results." ], "source_reviews": [ { "source_id": "us-tx-collin-county-planting-calendar", "title": "Vegetable Garden Planting Guide", "publisher": "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Collin County Master Gardener Association", "url": "https://ccmgatx.org/media/1835/collincountyvegetableplantingcalendar.pdf", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Collin County, North Texas county-level baseline", "supports": [ "crop-specific planting periods for Collin County", "distinction between primary and marginal planting dates", "average last freeze of March 16", "average first frost of November 16", "planting method where the chart specifies seeds, transplants, crowns, or slips" ], "does_not_support": [ "an exact schedule for every town, neighborhood, elevation, or garden within Collin County", "Dallas County or every location described broadly as North Texas", "parcel-level microclimate or current-year weather", "a guaranteed crop outcome", "silent conversion of graphical bars into exact dates without transcription review" ], "permitted_use": "Use as a Collin County baseline only after every graphical bar is transcribed and independently checked. Before user-facing results, add locality and current frost/weather context; preserve marginal windows and method labels separately.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21", "notes": "January 2012 calendar. The chart warns that dates can vary with soil temperature and first and last freeze dates; winter crops may need freeze protection and late-summer crops may benefit from shade during establishment." } ] }, { "id": "ph", "name": "Philippines pilot", "status": "source_access_pending", "resolved_context": [ "PAGASA describes the Philippines as tropical and maritime, with rainfall, temperature, and humidity as key climate elements.", "PAGASA climatological normals can supply station-level climate context.", "PCAARRD publicly indexes a national Vegetable Planting Calendar." ], "open_requirements": [ "Obtain and review the PCAARRD bulletin full text through an authorized public-access path.", "Resolve each pilot location to PAGASA climate type or appropriate station normals.", "Verify crop names, local aliases, varieties, and planting actions before publishing windows." ], "source_reviews": [ { "source_id": "ph-pagasa-climate", "title": "Climate of the Philippines", "publisher": "PAGASA, Department of Science and Technology", "url": "https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/climate-philippines", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Philippines national climate context", "supports": [ "tropical maritime climate context", "importance of rainfall, temperature, and humidity", "seasonal and geographic climate differentiation" ], "does_not_support": [ "crop-specific planting dates", "municipality-level garden advice" ], "permitted_use": "Use to define climate inputs and explain why national dates require local climate resolution.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21" }, { "source_id": "ph-pagasa-normals", "title": "Climatological Normals", "publisher": "PAGASA, Department of Science and Technology", "url": "https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/climate/climatological-normals", "access_status": "full_text_reviewed", "geographic_scope": "Philippine observing stations over stated normal periods", "supports": [ "station-level long-term rainfall and temperature context", "selection of a climate reference near a pilot location" ], "does_not_support": [ "short-term weather", "crop-specific planting windows by itself" ], "permitted_use": "Use as climate context after the relevant station and normal period are recorded.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21" }, { "source_id": "ph-pcaarrd-vegetable-calendar", "title": "Vegetable Planting Calendar", "publisher": "Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development", "url": "https://elibrary.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/full-description/PCRD-H000795", "access_status": "metadata_only", "geographic_scope": "Catalog record describes a national overview of vegetable planting seasons", "supports": [ "discovery of a candidate national planting-season bulletin", "identification of PCAARRD as the issuing authority" ], "does_not_support": [ "any crop date until the full bulletin is reviewed", "a universal calendar for every Philippine climate type or elevation" ], "permitted_use": "Cite only as a candidate source record. Do not publish planting windows from catalog metadata.", "reviewed_date": "2026-08-21", "notes": "The eLibrary page displays a PDF download control, but the download redirected to login during review." } ] } ] }