Whether it's a thumbnail sized city oasis or intended to go through the zombie apocalypse (or something in between), maintaining your home garden is a lot of fun. Of course, it's worth it. There are many physical, emotional and mental health benefits associated with gardening, from the beauty of nature and the fresh vegetables you get from your personal garden. That's your garden successof course.
If you have a brown thumb and your gardening efforts always turn into a flower cemetery, you may not have experienced those benefits. If that describes you, the lack of ingredient in your gardening victory may be technology: there are many apps and AI tools that can help you with everything from planning to maintaining your garden. If you're struggling to keep things green, check out these apps and the AI-powered tools you can use in your home garden.
If you've never been seriously in the garden before, or if you just need to plan everything in terms of space, seeds and layout, there are a few tools that can make this process easier.
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vegplotter A simple and simple app perfect for those who find complex and feature-packed tools because they are difficult to use. Create a simple layout for your garden, choose what's growing there, and the app tracks the growth calendar and harvest time calendar. Warn if there is not enough space for the selected plant. Fee: Free with up to 40 plantings. For more options, $22 or $35 a year.
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planter An easy-to-use alternative garden planner. Simply drag a cute little photo of the plant onto the grid that represents the garden. The planter automatically determines the number of “squares” in the grid that each plant requires. This makes everything easier to place. Fee: Free, $24.99 a year, or $99 for a lifetime plan.
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Garden Planner If you need to plan more than just plants, it's a good choice as your garden plan can include routes, fencing and other landscaping features. It's not as user-friendly as Vegplotter or Planter, but it's relatively easy. Fee: $48 after a 15-day free trial.
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Smart Gardener It's the perfect tool if you want to feed yourself and your family from your garden. Other basic information that helps people in your home, the zone they live in and other basic information grow are other basic information to help you harvest it. Fee: $15 for 90 days. $40 a year.
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Seed on a spoon It offers many tools for garden planning and care, including a prominent robust companion plant reference. This app shows which plants thrive together, making it easy to fill your garden with a harmonious choice. Fee: The free version includes 10 free plants, $4.99 per month, $24.99 per month, $46.99 per year.
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photograph A simple but powerful plant ID tool. A brief photo of the plant will give you information about what you are looking at, its relative health assessment, and its care. This is necessary if you are taking over an existing garden, “become unstable,” or if you are waking up and discovering that you are hinting at yourself in a planned space. Fee: free.
Journaling
Gardens are creatures, and all living things change over time. Maintaining a Garden Journal is an important aspect of gardening as you can track what you've grown up, what your yields are, what works, and what doesn't work in certain small places. You can use a variety of tools to ensure you track all of this (the other apps listed here include this feature and always have old fashioned pen and paper). garden A simple garden journal tool that lets you easily enter information about your garden. It automatically timestamps everything and lets you easily see the impact of your choice over time. Fee: $8.99 per month, $3.74 per month for 12 months, $6.66 per month for 3 months.
What do you think so far?
All in one
You may not need a bunch of apps that do certain things. You need a single app that runs everything.
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Seed Time It is a comprehensive gardening app that many gardeners swear by. This includes everything you need, from calendars generated from a list of things you want to grow, to calendars generated from planning, layouts, and journaling tools. It can track stocks of seeds, fertilizers and other supplies and even let you know when replenishment expires or needs to be replenished. Fee: Free for a limited version, $7 per month for a basic subscription, $9 per month for an unlimited subscription.
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GrowBot AI It is a common AI tool. Basically, it's ChatGpt, but especially for gardening. If applicable, you can ask anything you need to know, such as a specific number or timeline, and get the answer in natural language. However, it is only available on iOS. So, for Android users, questions may be stuck using a more common AI chatbot. Fee: Free or an annual subscription for $29.99.
