Before you buy a pergola, move the table.

Every change below is put into the plan and the whole model is run again. That is why a pergola's winter cost shows up here without anybody having written it down, and why the cheapest thing that actually buys hours back is allowed to win.

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Where it stands now

Something growing here

At the base of a young plant does not work for growing things on a day like this, and how long it stays wet is why.

“No” means the model does not support this use under the conditions being read. The controlling limits are listed below.

Past the limit How long it stays wet is about 24h — 14h over (at most 10h)Estimate: Worked out, but at least one input was assumed rather than measured.
An outdoor cushion soaked here in Oct would not dry before nightfall.
Roots and foliage sitting wet kill more plants than the wrong hardiness zone does.

What would change this. This would change if how long it stays wet were measured and came out differently. The figure is an estimate, not a tape.

Confidence medium (60%). Enough to point in a direction, not enough to buy against.

What this answer was built from

Use: Something growing here
Place: At the base of a young plant
Weather: Humid continental, hot summers, real winters (scenario shape) (from a published source)
Method: A whole day in October, traced against the scene rather than read at one hour

NoteSomething growing here is read across a whole day or year rather than at one hour, so single changes are compared on the questions pages instead. Go there.