Seed bank

The seed bank is the pantry to the variety catalog. The catalog is every variety you could grow; the seed bank is what you physically have in the drawer right now: which packets, how many, how old, and whether they are still worth sowing.

It’s account-level: your seed bank is yours, spanning all your gardens, so you can sow the same packet into whichever garden you choose. Reach it from your account menu (tap your avatar, then Seed bank), or at /seeds.

Adding a packet

Each packet is either linked to a catalog variety (search for it) or given a free-text label, so a saved or uncataloged seed still has a home. You can also record the vendor, quantity and unit (seeds, packets, grams, ounces), when you acquired it, an expiry or packed-for date, the last-known germination rate, a personal 1 to 5 rating, where it’s stored, and notes.

Viability at a glance

GardenOS computes a viability chip from the expiry date and germination rate, so you never do the math:

• Expired — past its expiry date.
• Low germ — germination rate under 70%.
• Aging — expires within the next 90 days.
• Good — none of the above.

These are computed live from the dates and rate, never stored, so they stay current. Use the Viability filter to surface what’s expiring soon.

Whose it is

The seed bank is personal to your account: only you see and edit it. It isn’t shared with a garden’s other members the way plantings and harvests are, because the packets belong to you, not to one garden.

What it does not do yet

Sowing a seed does not decrement the packet count — quantities are a snapshot you update yourself. Automatic decrement-on-sow arrives with the planting planner. Importing a seed list (for example from a Notion seed bank) lands once this home exists.