Plant Parent: Plant Care Guide

I hadn’t had an inside plant in my life successfully. I even had a friend give me a cactus once and I successfully killed it. I’ve been told that’s hard but it was not hard for me. I really wanted a pretty plant in my house. Went to the nursery & took a chance. I bought a quite expensive, incredibly beautiful Flame Violet & brought it home. I put it on a shelf in the middle of my house& as usual within a couple weeks it was (like all the others I’d had) dying. Desperate because I’d invested more than a few bucks, also, desperately wanted to succeed, I loved her, she was so pretty. I went online looking for help. That’s when I found Plant Parent. I initially took a picture and the app diagnosed it. So easy, 3 photos & I learned my once beautiful plant (1) really needed to be watered from the bottom. (2) The Watering schedule depended on the time of year. Oh, I was humbled a bit because plant parent also told me she’d like to be in partial sunlight!!! Peeps, I just renewed my yearly subscription! Honestly, I now have 3 very successful inside plants that I love & love me (now) I’ve also just learned so much about what plants like and need. Remembering when to water/fertilize them is no longer an issue. I’d definitely recommend for anyone, especially people like myself who just can’t remember or keep track of but love plants & flowers in their home. Happy planting! Vicky

I have never had a green thumb in my entire life. I got a pup about 5 years ago from a plant of a client who is in her 80s that receive the mother plant almost 60 years ago for college graduation. It’s a snake plant….and I almost killed it over fertilizing it. I was able to propagate from one salvageable leaf, and after a week of trail with this app, I purchased a subscription and just renewed another year already. I’m now a plant mom because of this app. I have another succulent for the last 3 years now, and it has about 14 pups on it! I had an aloe pup of 4 little shoots and I’m now at 16….and that’s with it getting too much rain from storms a few times. I also have an elephant bush (that one has been easy to care for), and I’m on my 4th season with a Calla Lily (my favorite plant ever) who gave me 1 seed pod last year, but SEVEN pods this year! This app has given me a green thumb! The only thing I wish it allowed was for me to add the names of my plants in the app….because I’ve given them all names. I’ve referred several folks to this app…3 coworkers and 2 friends, plus a lady in the airport!

Wish there were more features like exporting a list of all your plants and their care info (light/soil/water, etc). Their plant identifier is ok but vague. It will identify the species but not the exact variety. For instance it can’t distinguish between a neon pothos and an N’Joy so you just get Golden Pothos for literally any type of pothos you scan, and it’s like this for many of the plants. I wish there was a better gallery instead of the typical 1 photo for the plant, especially when you’re scanning a cutting and want to know what it will look like matured. I wish it would allow input for adding plants like cutting: Y/N, propagation water or soil, date added to library, track growth progress by asking for a photo of your plant the same way it reminds you to water and fertilize. And I’d also like if there was better assistance with soil recommendations and propagation instructions specific to the plant. A lot of the care info is about as generic as the little tag that comes with the plant. I dont know if other plant apps are better but I plan to research features of the competing plant apps and make a decision from there. Unless of course, developers take my review into consideration and try implementing some of the suggestions I’ve made. Now that- would give this app an absolute value if they end up having highly responsive skilled developers that are assertive and willing to make improvements!