Wishlist and Planting Notifications in Binette

Saving a Crop Idea for Later

From a crop profile, the add-to-wishlist action allows you to save an idea to your account. You can choose one of your plots or the “No preference” option to decide on the location later.

This action records an intention: it does not create a planting entry or declare that a sowing has been carried out. The add form does not ask you to choose between sowing and planting a seedling. If you have already performed the action, record the corresponding planting instead.

Finding and Removing Your Ideas

The list groups the saved crops and indicates their plot when a destination has been chosen. You can remove an idea individually, after confirmation, if your plans change.

Creating a planting removes all wishlist entries for the same crop from your account, regardless of the intended plot. For example, recording tomatoes on Plot A also removes a wishlist entry for tomatoes associated with Plot B. If you still wish to plant them elsewhere or later, add this idea again after recording your planting.

How Reminders Are Prepared

Binette searches for sowing or planting periods for the intended crop. With a plot selected, the search focuses on that plot; without a preference, it examines your registered plots. Without any available plot, no local reminder for this process can be prepared.

The listings on the App Store and Google Play explain the principle of windows calculated from the area’s climate normals. For wishlist entries, sending a reminder depends on the availability of a usable local sowing or planting window, the weather conditions checked and the reminder rules. An open sowing or planting window does not necessarily trigger an immediate notification.

These windows serve as guidelines. Before sowing or planting, compare the indication with your garden’s conditions and the crop’s requirements. The absence of a reminder does not, in itself, mean the period is unfavourable.

Checking Notification Permissions

Two settings matter: notifications must be allowed for Binette in your phone’s settings and remain enabled at the account level in the app. Turning notifications off globally from your profile also disables wishlist reminders.

A phone that is unavailable may receive the reminder late or not at all. The Firebase documentation describes these limitations.

Therefore, consult your list when preparing your sowings and plantings, even if you have not received any notification. It remains a starting point for choosing your crops and organising your vegetable garden plan.