Montgomery NY · 41.5°N · Zone 6a/6b Next gate: place TC nursery cut order — clones cut Mon Jun 1
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Last updated
May 30Sat · Wk 01
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Cut Clones
Jun 1Mon · TC nursery
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Receive Clones
Jun 15Mon · arrive farm
+19
Up-pot to 4″
Jun 18Thu · indoor prop
+22 ☉
Move to GH
Jun 21Sun · solstice
+25
Field Transplant
Jun 24–26when roots show
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Milestones
Hard dates
01 · Plant
Propagation
Cut → 4″ pot → harden
02 · Build
Farm Setup
▲ Prop infra
◆ Field infra
▼ Perimeter
03 · Plant
Crop Stage
Field plant lifecycle
04 · Build
Field Structure
Stakes + trellis · PROV
05 · Water
Irrigation
Drip / fertigation / tests
06 · Soil
Beneficials
Cover crop / companions
07 · IPM
Scouting
Biocontrol / botrytis watch
08 · Harvest
Cut & Cure
Main + late harvest
TODAY
☉ SOLSTICE JUN 21
▲ FLIP ~AUG 6–8
FROST ~OCT 14
Clone Cut
Mon Jun 1
Clones Arrive at Farm
Mon Jun 15
Field Transplant · 3d
Jun 24–26
Deer Fence Live
~Jul 4
Photoperiod Flip
~Aug 6–8
Bud-Rot Scout Daily
~Sep 1
First Frost Wall
~Oct 14
✚Clones Rooting
Up-pot to 4″
Harden off in GH
Prep Prop Space
Build Prop GH
Rework Field Irrigation
Soil + Fill Pots
Deer Fence Build · Target Jul 4
Transplant · 3d
❧Field Vegetative Growth
Flower Stretch
Bud Fill & Ripening
Row Stakes · Pre-TP
1st Trellis Layer
Trellis Layers 2–3 · As Plants Stretch
◉Rootball-Only Water · 14d
≈Full Drip Fertigation
H₂O Test
🌱 Sow Companions
Established Companion Flora · IPM Habitat
Tissue Veg
Tissue Flower
Prev Spray
Preventive Biocontrols & Weekly Scouting
⚠ Daily Bud-Rot Scouting
✂Main Harvest
Late Harvest
Legend
Propagation
Build
Field Irrig
Soil + Fill
Fence
Stakes
Trellis
Veg
Stretch
Bud Fill
Irrigation
Beneficials
IPM
Harvest
H₂O Test
Plant Tissue
Bio Spray
TODAY
Solstice
Flip
Frost
Key Dates & Crew Assignments — every milestone, every owner
Every dated action in the season. Each entry shows the date, the action, and the crew or resource required. Read top-to-bottom for chronological execution order.
TODAY · 5/30
Active list: TC nursery cut order placed, clones cut Mon 6/1. Order 4″ pots, source prop greenhouse materials, source 1000–1500 LF deer fencing materials. Kick off baseline water test to lab. Contact Soilscape Solutions to scope irrigation design engagement. Walk field with Brett to confirm trellis row geometry (see SOP & Notes tab).
Owner / Ops Lead
WK · 01
Walk field with Brett — confirm trellis bed width (10 ft?), aisle width (8–10 ft?), within-pair plant spacing, and disposition of existing T-posts. Decision needed before soil pot placement begins ~Jun 8.
Alex + BrettTape measureNotebook
~6/1 – 6/7
Field row layout + heavy row stakes pounded. Mark out rows per confirmed geometry. Pound row-anchor T-posts (or repound existing) before soil pots arrive — pots get placed into the established grid.
Field crew + T-post driverT-postsMarking tapeHammer/driver
5/30 – 6/1
Prep INDOOR prop space: clean, hang lights, plastic, humidifier. Operational before clones arrive Jun 15.
2-person crew · ~3 days
MON 6/1
Clones cut at TC nursery. ~14-day root cycle through Jun 14, arrival Jun 15.
TC nursery
6/1 – 6/18
Build PROP GREENHOUSE (rudimentary hardening structure). Ready by ~Jun 18 for the harden window.
Build crew · poly + hoops + shade cloth
6/1 – 6/22
Rework field irrigation per Soilscape design — mains, Dosatron bench, filtration, PRV. Must be live + tested by Jun 22 (2-day buffer before transplant starts Jun 24).
Irrigation lead (Alec?) + 2 helpers
~6/8
Baseline water test. Send well sample to lab — informs Soilscape design, filtration spec, Dosatron stock recipes.
Lab kitCooler ship
6/8 – 6/22
Soil delivery + fill 45-gal pots in place. Must finish + settle by Jun 22 — pots wet and ready for transplant Jun 24. See Soil SOP tab.
6–8 shovel · 1 tractor · 1 hose~2 d / 1k pots~$2.50–4/pot
MON 6/15
Clones arrive at farm. Move into indoor prop space under lights. Hold 2 days for recovery.
Prop crew
~6/17
Up-pot to 4″ pots. Settle 2 more days under lights (Jun 17–18).
Prop crew · ~1 day4″ potsMycorrhizae
6/15 – 7/4
Build deer fence — 1,000–1,500 LF perimeter. Target Jul 4 live. If slipping: install hotwire temp fence before transplant (Jun 24).
Fence crew or contractor
SUN 6/21
Move clones outside to PROP GREENHOUSE. Solstice day. Shade cloth + humidifier. Apply preventative spray (Trichoderma/Bacillus). Continues until field transplant.
Prop crew · daily checksShade clothHumidifierBio-spray
6/24 – 6/26
FIELD TRANSPLANT to 45-gal · 3-day operation. Starts when roots show through the bottom of the 4″ pots. Prerequisites must ALL be in place: irrigation live + tested, pots filled + settled, hotwire temp fence up, clones hardened. Mycorrhizae at rootball. Delay 5 days if nights <50°F. Sow beneficial companion mix concurrent.
Full crew · 3 days
~6/27 – 7/1
First trellis netting layer + tie plants. Net goes up right after transplant, before plants outgrow easy installation. Additional layers added through July–August as plants stretch.
Field crewTrellis netting
~6/27 – 7/5
Install soil moisture sensors + security cameras. Baseline readings + perimeter coverage from day one.
SensorsCamerasNetwork
~7/20
Plant tissue test #1 (late veg). Confirms N/P/K/micros before flower commitment.
Lab kit
~8/6 – 8/8
Photoperiod flip. Daylength crosses 14 hr at 41.5°N. End of veg.
~8/24
Plant tissue test #2 (mid-flower). Confirms nutrition through bud fill.
Lab kit
~9/1
Daily bud-rot scouting begins. Botrytis peaks Sep–Oct.
Field lead · daily walk
9/25 – 10/8
Main harvest window. Stage a rush-harvest crew option for bad weather.
Full crew + temps
~10/14
Average first frost — hard wall. Late harvest only on clean, frost-free forecasts.
Soil SOP & Critical-Path Notes — procedures and dependencies
Soil delivery and pot-fill procedure (week of June 8), field layout and trellis geometry, and critical-path notes flagging dependencies not visible on the Gantt alone.
Soil Delivery & Pot-Fill SOP · Week of June 8
Step
Crew / Equipment
Detail
1 · Stage
Tractor / skid-steer · 1 operator
Soil delivered (or mixed) at a central pad. Tractor drops staging piles every few rows so no shovel-throw is more than ~10 ft to a pot. Pre-position empty 45-gal fabric pots in final field grid.
2 · Fill
6–8 shovel crew
Hand-fill to ~3″ below rim. Pace: ~2 days for 1,000 pots, ~4 days for 2,000, linear. Best risk-adjusted method — gentle on soil structure, low capital, proven.
3 · Settle
1 person · irrigation hose
Hose-water each pot to runoff the same day it's filled. Settles medium, removes air pockets, primes biology. Top off any pots that sink >2″.
Cost
~$2.50–$4 / pot labor
At 1,000 pots: ~$2,500–$4,000 labor only. Soil + amendments are separate (see plan doc, est. ~$70k at 1,000 plant scale).
The trellis row itself — width across which plants sit and trellis netting spans. Two plants side-by-side across this width.
Aisle width
8–10 ft between rows
Tractor-accessible. Total row pitch ≈ 18–20 ft on center.
Plant grouping
Pairs of 2 side-by-side
Two plants placed next to each other across the 10 ft bed width — likely ~3–4 ft apart within the pair, to be confirmed.
Pair spacing
5–6 ft between pairs
Distance between successive pairs running down the length of the row.
Existing infra
Some T-posts in old rows
Prior cultivation left T-post infrastructure. Decision pending: re-pound to new spec, supplement, or work around. Walk field with Brett to evaluate.
Open before locking layout:
(1) Walk field with Brett to confirm bed width / aisle width / within-pair plant spacing.
(2) Lock plant count (depends on budget finalization) — drives total row count and T-post quantity.
(3) Decide whether to re-pound existing T-posts or supplement.
(4) Sequence: heavy row stakes pounded before soil pot placement (~Jun 1–15). First trellis netting layer goes up right after transplant. Additional trellis layers added as plants grow (Jul–Aug).
Critical-Path Notes
Transplant trigger is biological, not calendar.
Jun 24–26 is the planned window — actual transplant starts when roots show through the bottom of the 4″ pots. If they're not rooting through by Jun 24, hold and check daily. Transplanting before roots are ready stunts the plant; transplanting late costs veg days against the Aug 6 flip.
Irrigation is the hidden critical path. Soilscape engagement this week → design by ~Jun 7–10 → parts ordered → install + test live by Jun 22 (2 days before transplant Jun 24). All infrastructure — irrigation, filled pots, perimeter, hardened plants — must be in place before the 3-day transplant operation begins. No exceptions.
Perimeter logic. Deer fence target Jul 4 protects the crop in early flower stretch. Hotwire temp fence must be operational by transplant (Jun 24) — unprotected seedlings for even 5+ nights = devastating browse loss. The Jul 4 target is for the permanent fence; the temp fence is non-negotiable.
Three parallel build streams. Prop infrastructure (▲ prop prep + greenhouse build), field infrastructure (◆ irrigation + soil + pots), and perimeter (▼ deer fence) all run concurrently May 28 – Jun 22. Each stream needs an owner and an honest daily check that it'll land on time. Stream slippage is invisible until convergence — by then it's too late to recover.
Legend — all bar colors, markers, and lines on the Gantt
Reference for every visual element used on the Gantt page. Grouped by category.