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DIY Agriculture

Chia — Harvesting

Documentation outlineEvidence limits

⚠️ Status: outline only. Values Unknown until sources registered.

Maturity indicators

Section titled “Maturity indicators”
  • How to tell the seed is ready (color, shatter risk, moisture). Unknown.
  • Non-uniform maturity across the plant (sequential flowering). Unknown.

Harvest window

Section titled “Harvest window”
  • Best window and consequences of early/late harvest (shattering loss). Unknown.
  • Moisture/dry-down requirements pre-harvest. Unknown.

Manual harvesting

Section titled “Manual harvesting”
  • Cutting whole plants vs individual inflorescences. Unknown.
  • Practical technique and tools. Unknown.
  • Labor time (h per kg or per m²). Unknown.
  • Directly relevant: how a human-scale grower harvests multiple kilograms (PRD guiding question). Unknown.

Harvest losses

Section titled “Harvest losses”
  • Shattering losses at what point. Unknown.
  • Loss during cutting/carrying. Unknown.

Weather considerations

Section titled “Weather considerations”
  • Harvesting after dry weather; rain damage risk. Unknown.

Required equipment

Section titled “Required equipment”
  • Minimal hand tools. Unknown.

Data structure impact

Section titled “Data structure impact”

Feeds data/crops/chia.yaml harvest fields (manual_feasibility) once evidence exists.