If taking care of your plants is upside down, with yellowed leaves, brown tips or dry fronds, this article is for you.. Whenever a plant shows its first signs of disease, I immediately start thinking about what I might have done wrong.
Is it rotting because I’ve overwatered it? Or maybe I’m watering it too little? Maybe I have to change its pot, or move it to one with more shade or more sun, in the end, you will go crazy.
Plants have different needs and they react to sunlight, water, or fertilizers in different ways. In today’s article, thanks to different applications, we will learn about their needs and you may be able to stop the damage suffered by some of your plants in time.
Not sure where to start? Here are a few apps that could help you find out what your plants need and how you can nourish and care for them.
Index
Plant is a great app for try to solve all the problems of your plantsbut yes, although it is free, it has in-app purchases, and some good functions require you to check out beforehand.
Still, there are many good options and features, which the app offers for free: you can record the different species of plants you have at home, manually track the light intensity of the room they are placed in, and receive push notifications about when you should water them based on the weather in your area. Best free feature of the app? Detailed instructions on different irrigation methodsbased on the needs of your plant.
Looking for more? If you pay, you will have a lot of other useful tools. You will get instructions and reminders for fertilization, transplanting and pruning. You’ll also get features that use your phone’s camera to automatically identify plant species and estimate light levels in your rooms. But there is more! You get overwintering instructions, care guides and articles, as well as plant recommendations based on your skills and your home environment.
Blossom
If you have ever tried to Google a question about your plant, you have probably come across some advice from a specialized user or forum. But the best thing is to have a dedicated application, made by experts, and make sure that the information received is correct. And let me tell you that also This app is very well designed.
The application is divided into four lower tabs: a «search» that functions as a library for detailed plant descriptions and care tips, a «explore» to discover new plants, a « tabreminders» to configure Push notifications for watering, fertilizing and transplantingand a tab “my garden” Designed for quick access to information about your plants.
Sure, the app doesn’t come with other fancy features like light meters and personalized plant recommendations, although it does come with a camera-enabled plant identifier, but what it lacks, it makes up for with a clear and Depth of information in an elegant interface.
Blossom has a database of over 10,000 indoor and garden plants, each of which comes with a page on their preferences for light, soil, water, temperature, humidity, potting and propagation. . Besides you get all these features for free up to a certain number of uses, then if you want to have more functions, once again, you have to check out.
The best app to care for sick plants: PictureThis
Like many other apps on the list, PictureThis comes with a plant identifier enabled for the Apple iPhone camera, and detailed plant care guides. But once you upgrade to the gold or premium membership, the app will also allow you to access tools that no other app offers: an AI that diagnoses your sick plants, as well as a community forum to troubleshoot and share tips.
With a gold membership, you’ll also get unlimited plant IDs, personalized advice from IRL plant experts and weed IDs, plus personalized advice.
It is a very good free app, but it is true that its best features and tips are unlocked when you pay for the app.
Best for reminders and plant care: Gardenia
If you are looking for an app that is concise and to the point, look no further than Gardenia. This app won’t go into too much detail about your plants, you can use a different app for that, but will guide you through everything you absolutely need to know and help you set reminders to care for your plants with those concepts basicvery useful for inexperienced users or novices with plants.
You can add a plant from the app’s database to your plant list, and immediately You’ll see six icons indicating the plant’s ideal water level, fertilization, sun exposure, its ideal soil type, its flowering seasons, and minimum temperature. what you need to survive. In some ways, it reads like a pictographic report card for plants. Very useful, visual and really comfortable.
This is what makes Gardenia different. Unlike other apps, which typically offer reminders only for watering and fertilizing, Gardenia will let you set notifications for a much wider range of tasks. You can schedule not only watering and fertilization, but also transplanting, pesticide application, planting, harvesting and pruning. Even You can create a custom notification if you wish.
I think I have left the best application for last, because the best part is that this application is free, there are no in-app purchases, there are no limits, it is super simple, with useful tips, and very visual, for a At a glance you will know what to do and how to do it with your plants.
