2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Computer geeks are rarely distracted from their monitors. As a rule, they remember all the important things, except for two - watering the flowers and taking out the trash. If you also suffer from similar forgetfulness, then this article is for you. From it you will learn how to build relationships with the green inhabitants of your windowsill.
Caring for indoor plants is not as easy as it might seem to the uninitiated. If you think that it is enough just to pour the leftovers of your tea or coffee into the pot a few times, then your pets with yellow leaves will quickly make it clear that this is not so. Watering flowers correctly is quite difficult, because each of them requires a certain amount of water and its own watering regime.
Identifying plants
First of all, to determine the correct grooming strategy, you should identify the greens you have. To do this, the easiest way is to use one of the special applications that can determine the name of the plant from a photograph. They all work in approximately the same way: you photograph a flower or leaf, and then the program compares the resulting image with those in its database and gives the result.
PlantNet Plant Identification positioned as a serious scientific product, in any case, it was created with the participation of scientists from four French research organizations with financial support from the Agropolis Foundation. First, you need to specify your location to narrow down the possible options, and then upload a photo of the plant. A clever algorithm will compare it with those in the database and give the result.
LikeThat works in the same way. Although this app does not boast advanced degrees from its creators, it seemed to me that it works even more reliably than the previous one. In addition to the name, in the application you can find basic information about the plant you are interested in, however, in English.
If the previous programs turned out to be powerless, then you can try to find out the name of your green pet using Flowerchecker … It uses real living botanists to identify plants, not computer algorithms. The uploaded photo is carefully examined by specialists, and after a while they will send you their opinion. One identification can be done for free, for the rest you will have to pay $ 1. What can you do out of love for nature!
Making a watering schedule
Once you've learned the names of your indoor plants, it's not hard to find information on how to properly care for them. First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the requirements for the frequency and abundance of watering. In order not to get confused and not to forget who, when and how much, use one of the following applications.
Waterbot is a free application that must be present on your smartphone if you always forget to water the flowers in your house. It can track several pets at once, reminds you of the need to water them according to an individual schedule and has a pleasant, simple interface. In order not to get confused by the plants, each of them can be assigned an avatar in the form of a photo.
Plant diary is a more complex application that will be useful to those people who have already got a taste. It knows how to remind not only about watering, but also about other actions: for example, applying top dressing or pruning leaves. In addition, the program has the ability to keep a plant growth diary.
Garten Manager, or "Garden Manager", is no longer just a reminder of the need to water the flowers, but a serious tool for an amateur gardener. If you are so carried away by caring for and observing plants that you are already wondering whether a bed of onions and lettuce will fit on the windowsill, then pay attention to this utility. In it, you can set alerts for literally any action, keep a growth diary, take pictures of your pets and share the results on social networks.
What do you grow on the windowsill?
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