Gardening apps for greening homes
The hobby of gardening offers many benefits, including maintaining physical and mental health, socialising, providing fresh fruits and vegetables, reducing pollution and carbon footprint. One can develop a garden within the limited space available around their homes in cities and enjoy these benefits. If you have limited open space and time, and you are not well versed in gardening but still want to practice gardening to reap its benefits, then you can use these gardening apps. Corporate Citizen brings you some of the best gardening apps
Planta: This app is available free for android and iOS devices. It also has a premium version. Its smart algorithms utilise over 30 parameters to notify when it’s the perfect time to water your plant, fertilise, mist, repot and clean. The feature, Dr. Planta, will help in curing your sick plant by diagnosing it and set up a treatment plan. If you aren’t sure what plant you have, just take a picture of it and it will instantly let you know what it is and what it needs. You can engage in discussions with fellow plant enthusiasts, share plant experiences, seek advice and celebrate successes with a supportive green community. The feature of light meter helps you to know which plants are suitable for your home, based on different light conditions.
Blossom: This app has a free and premium version for android and iOS devices. You can instantly identify over 30,000 plants, flowers, succulents and trees by picture. You can set timely reminders to water your plants on time and find the best way to fertilise and repot them. It gives you relevant care tips and information on how to care for your specific plant. You can also connect with botanists to get expert advice about your plant’s needs. You will get personalised recommendations for your plant care routine.
Garden Manager: It has various alarms to remind you of gardening schedules, including watering, fertilising, pesticide spraying and other tasks. Using the plant photo log feature, you can take pictures of plants and make notes about them like sowing time, fertilising time and pruning time. You can share your progress with friends on social media.
LeafSnap: It has a free and premium version for android and iOS devices. When you discover an unknown plant, leaf or flower then you take its picture and use this app to identify the name of it. You can identify more than 32,000 taxons from all over the world. It teaches you how to grow and take care of your plants. It has gardening tips and advice for tens of thousands of plant species.
Gardenize: It is free to download and use with basic functions for android and iOS devices. You have to subscribe to Gardenize Plus to enable all features. You can organise and create an overview of everything you have planted and where. You can get personalised plant care notes based on your plant and garden location. With the smart calendar view, you can get an overview of your to-do’s and you can easily plan your gardening. You can get a historic view of everything that has happened in your garden. You can learn and be inspired by other gardeners and experts.