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Plan Your Garden with GenTabs

Plant guides → garden layout, planting calendar, weekly care schedule, and shopping checklist. Official Google Disco favorite.

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What you'll build

Outcome

A complete garden plan that transforms plant research into actionable outputs: layout suggestions, a planting calendar based on your zone, weekly care tasks, and a shopping list.

When to use

  • Starting a new garden (vegetable, flower, or mixed)
  • Planning seasonal plantings
  • Optimizing an existing garden layout
  • Learning what grows together (companion planting)

Tabs to gather (5–10 recommended)

  • 3–5 plant guide pages: care requirements, sun/water needs
  • 1 climate zone info: your USDA zone or local frost dates
  • 1–2 companion planting guides: what grows well together
  • 1–2 product pages (optional): soil, tools, seeds

Output format

  • Garden layout suggestion (grid or zones)
  • Planting calendar (when to start, transplant, harvest)
  • Weekly care checklist (water, fertilize, prune)
  • Companion planting notes
  • Shopping list with quantities

Tab Checklist & Output Preview

What to open, what you'll get:

Plant Guides

Plant guides

Sun, water, soil needs per plant.

Climate Zone

Climate zone info

Frost dates and growing season.

Layout

Layout suggestion

Where to plant what (sun exposure, spacing).

Calendar

Planting calendar

Start seeds, transplant, harvest dates.

Care Checklist

Care checklist

Weekly tasks: water, fertilize, prune.

Shopping List

Shopping list

Seeds, soil, tools with quantities.

Master Prompt (copy & paste)

Run this prompt with your tabs open in GenTabs/Disco or paste into any LLM with your sources.

You are GenTabs. Use ONLY the open tabs as sources.

GOAL: Create a garden plan for [YOUR ZONE/LOCATION].

OUTPUT:
1) Garden Layout
   - Zones: Full sun, Partial shade, Shade
   - Plant placement based on height and spacing
   - Companion planting groups
   - Format as a simple grid or description

2) Planting Calendar
   | Plant | Start Indoors | Transplant | Direct Sow | Harvest |
   - Based on your zone's frost dates
   - Note succession planting opportunities

3) Weekly Care Checklist
   | Task | Frequency | Plants | Notes |
   - Watering schedule
   - Fertilizing schedule
   - Pruning/harvesting

4) Companion Planting Notes
   - What to plant together
   - What to keep apart
   - Cite sources

5) Shopping List
   | Item | Quantity | Purpose | Source/Price |
   - Seeds, seedlings, soil, amendments, tools

RULES:
- Cite plant care requirements from tabs
- Flag plants unsuitable for your zone
- Include beginner tips

Follow-ups to try:
1. Add container gardening options
2. Create a pest/disease prevention plan
3. Optimize for maximum harvest yield
4. Add a water conservation strategy
5. Generate a seasonal rotation plan

FAQ

1

Do I need to know my USDA zone?

It helps a lot. Search "[your city] USDA zone" and add that page to your tabs.

2

Can I use this for indoor plants?

Yes. Replace outdoor plant guides with houseplant care pages and ask for "indoor placement by light."

3

How to handle small spaces?

Add a container gardening guide to your tabs and ask for "small space/balcony optimization."

4

What if I don't have GenTabs/Disco access?

Copy the prompt into ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini and paste your plant guide content or links.

Ready to grow?

Open your plant guide tabs, copy the Master Prompt, and build your garden plan.

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