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title: "Create a Plant Type"
method: POST
path: "/plants"
tags: ["Crops & Plantings"]
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# Create a Plant Type

`POST /plants`

Create a plant type

### Parameters

**type** `REQUIRED`

Type of plant/crop. For example; Carrot, Tomato, Hops, Corn, etc

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**days_to_maturity** `OPTIONAL`

Numeric value for days to maturity (DTM). For direct sow plantings this is the days from planting to harvest, for transplants it's the days from planting in the ground to harvest.

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**spacing** `OPTIONAL`

Inches/Centimeter (based on account setting) spacing between plants

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**row_spacing** `OPTIONAL`

Inches/Centimeter (based on account setting) spacing between rows

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**description** `OPTIONAL`

Text description of the plant type

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**harvest_unit** `OPTIONAL`

The unit used to record harvests for this plant type. Supported values are any of the following:

> "Bales", "Barrels", "Bunches", "Bushels", "Dozen", "Fluid Ounces", "Gallons", "Grams", "Head", "Kilograms", "Kiloliter", "Liter", "Milliliter", "Ounces", "Pounds", "Quantity", "Quarts", "Tonnes", "Tons" 
  

The default is to store harvests as `Quantity`

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**is_perennial** `OPTIONAL`

Boolean value for if plant type if perennial or not. Defaults to `false`.

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**market_price** `OPTIONAL`

Estimated / average market value for each harvest unit. Used to estimate harvest revenues.

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**planting_method** `OPTIONAL`

Default planting method. Supported options are:

> "Direct Sow", "Start in Trays, Transplant in Ground", "Transplant", "Container", "Root Stock", "Bulbs", "Grafting","Other" 
  

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**seed_company** `OPTIONAL`

Default seed company to be set for each new planting created from this plant type.

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**variety** `OPTIONAL`

Plant variety, for example: Beef master, Russet, etc.

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**weeks_before_frost** `OPTIONAL`

The number of weeks before the last frost that seeds should be started in trays or direct sown (depending on planting method)

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**days_to_emerge** `OPTIONAL`

How many days (numeric value) for the plant to germinate on average

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**days_to_flower**`OPTIONAL`

How many days (numeric value) for the plant to flower on average

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**loss_rate** `OPTIONAL`

A numeric value between 0-100 that represents the estimated percent of plants lost from seed to harvest. This is used when calculating estimated yields.

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**internal_id** `OPTIONAL`

Custom text for internal ID used to identify the plant type

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**light_profile** `OPTIONAL`

Ideal light profile for plant type. Supported options are:

> "Full Sun", "Full to Part Sun", "Partial Sun", "Sun to Part Shade", "Partial Shade", "Full Shade" 
  

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**soil_conditions** `OPTIONAL`

Ideal soil conditions for plant type. Supported options are:

> "Chalky", "Clay", "Loamy", "Peaty", "Sandy", "Silty" 
  

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**planting_depth** `OPTIONAL`

Text describing planting depth for seeds. For example 3/4" or 1-2 inches.

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**direct_sow** `OPTIONAL`

Boolean value indicating if plant type is direct sow or not.

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**start_indoors** `OPTIONAL`

Boolean value indicating if plant type should be started indoors or not.

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**yield_per_100_ft** `OPTIONAL`

The average or expected yield (in harvest units) per 100 foot of plantings. This is used to estimate the expected yield for a planting when planting in beds.

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**yield_per_area** `OPTIONAL`

The average or expected yield (in harvest units) per Acre/Hectare (based on account setting). This is used to estimate the expected yield for a planting when planting by area, not in a bed.

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**botanical_name** `OPTIONAL`

Scientific / botanical name of the plant type.

## Headers

- `Content-Type` string

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Successful response

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