# ClimatePulse Growing Season Intelligence

> ClimatePulse Growing Season Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from climatepulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns USDA hardiness zone, last/first frost dates, and a 4-week planting calendar with frost-protection and season-extension tips for a given location.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://climatepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/climate/grow
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/climatepulse-growing-season-intelligence-5dd1bfe8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NxHwxN4lqpIq-PJuB52tL

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability climatepulse-growing-season-intelligence-5dd1bfe8
```

Example prompt: What can I plant right now in my garden in Austin, Texas — tell me my USDA hardiness zone, frost dates, and a planting calendar for the next 4 weeks including what to start indoors versus put outside, plus any frost-protection tips.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when the user wants actionable gardening or planting guidance tied to their specific location and the current time of year, including frost dates, hardiness zones, and a structured planting calendar. Prefer over generic weather endpoints when the query is garden- or agriculture-focused rather than purely meteorological.

## Known failure modes

- Location not recognized or geocoding fails — returns error indicating unsupported or ambiguous location
- Location outside supported geographic coverage — returns error for non-US locations if only USDA zones are supported
- Missing required location parameter — returns 400-style error
- Payment not processed — x402 payment required before response is returned

## How this service works

What can I plant right now? Growing-season intelligence — USDA hardiness zone, last/first frost dates, and a planting calendar (what to plant now, start indoors, or plan for the next 4 weeks) with frost-protection and season-extension tips.

## Output

Returns the USDA plant hardiness zone for the location, historical last and first frost dates, a 4-week planting calendar broken into what to plant outdoors now, what to start indoors, and what to plan for upcoming weeks, plus frost-protection and season-extension recommendations tailored to the current date and location.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "location"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "crop": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Specific crop or plant to tailor advice for (e.g. tomatoes, kale)"
  },
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Response language code (e.g. es, fr, de); defaults to English"
  },
  "location": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "City, address, or lat,lon to generate a growing calendar for"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "location": "Minneapolis, MN",
  "usda_zone": "4b",
  "affiliates": {
   "home_solar": "https://www.energysage.com/",
   "weather_gear": "https://www.rei.com/search?q=weather+gear"
  },
  "generated_at": "2026-07-03T12:00:00.000Z",
  "climate_notes": "Short growing season — prioritize quick-maturing varieties and season extension for warm-season crops.",
  "current_month": "July 2026",
  "first_fall_frost": "October 7",
  "last_spring_frost": "May 15",
  "what_to_plant_now": [
   {
    "crops": [
     "Beans",
     "Summer squash"
    ],
    "notes": "Still enough season left for a quick-maturing succession crop",
    "method": "direct sow",
    "category": "Warm-season vegetables"
   }
  ],
  "growing_season_days": 145,
  "frost_protection_tips": [
   "Row covers add 2–4°F of protection",
   "Watch nighttime lows closely after mid-September"
  ],
  "season_extension_options": [
   "Cold frame for fall greens",
   "High tunnel to push the season into November"
  ],
  "upcoming_in_next_4_weeks": [
   "Start cool-season crops (lettuce, spinach) for a fall harvest"
  ],
  "soil_temperature_guidance": "Soil is fully warmed this time of year; no germination delay expected.",
  "what_to_start_indoors_now": [
   "Fall broccoli and cabbage transplants"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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