Grow rectangular-grid canopy allocation calculator

Calculate feasible rectangular-grid plant count and grid orientation with your own figures.

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Use the units shown. Results update as you change valid inputs.

Use feasible rectangular-grid plant count and grid orientation to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Tent floor width (m)
1.2
Tent floor depth (m)
1.2
Identical plant footprint width (m)
0.3
Identical plant footprint depth (m)
0.3
Access strip taken from floor width (m)
0.2
Gap between plant footprints (m)
0.05
Feasible rectangular-grid plant count
9
Grid orientation
Unrotated grid
Unoccupied nonaccess area (m²)
0.39

Try another scenario

Tent floor width (m)
1.32
Tent floor depth (m)
1.2
Identical plant footprint width (m)
0.3
Identical plant footprint depth (m)
0.3
Access strip taken from floor width (m)
0.2
Gap between plant footprints (m)
0.05
Feasible rectangular-grid plant count
9
Grid orientation
Unrotated grid
Unoccupied nonaccess area (m²)
0.534
Calculation method

Calculation method

Feasible rectangular-grid plant count

Reserve full-depth access strip; best of two uniform grid orientations.

Grid orientation

Uniform orientation selected by larger count.

Unoccupied nonaccess area (m²)

Usable floor area minus allocated footprint area; gaps remain included.

Symbols and units
a
Tent floor width (m)
b
Tent floor depth (m)
c
Identical plant footprint width (m)
d
Identical plant footprint depth (m)
e
Access strip taken from floor width (m)
f
Gap between plant footprints (m)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Plant footprints, tent dimensions, access zones. Returns Feasible arrangement and free area. All coefficients and observations are user supplied; results describe only the stated mathematical model. Quantities are deterministic calculations from supplied observations and assumptions; no external data is fetched. Supported limits: Finite inputs only; numeric fields bounded as labelled. Lists and JSON records are limited to 256 entries unless a stricter tool bound is stated. No automatic design approval, legal conclusion, treatment recommendation or safety certification. Tent floor width (m): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Tent floor depth (m): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Identical plant footprint width (m): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Identical plant footprint depth (m): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Access strip taken from floor width (m): minimum 0, maximum 1000000000000.0. Gap between plant footprints (m): minimum 0, maximum 1000000000000.0.
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