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EasyBloom Plant Sensor | 
| Brand: PlantSense
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $58.30
You Save: $1.65 (3%)
New (10) Used (1) from $58.30
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 9
Autographed: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 1 x 11
MPN: 616367
Model: 1000
UPC: 895564002016
EAN: 0895564002016
ASIN: B001E5DF66
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Access the EasyBloom database of 5,000+ plants (developed with the largest growers of plants and flowers) | | • | Find plants to thrive in every area of your home and garden, based on algorithms developed by leading plant horticulturalists and botanists | | • | Diagnose ailing plants and bring them back to health | | • | Keep inventory of your own plants for one-click plant care | | • | End the discouraging cycle of trial-and-error planting. Saves you money and time! |
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Product Description
EasyBloom Plant Sensor helps you enjoy beautiful, flourishing plants--easily and without guesswork! It will recommend plants for specific locations, tell you why a plant is doing poorly and more. The EasyBloom Plant Sensor has environmental sensors to detect sunlight, shade and soil moisture levels, plus a USB plug to connect to your computer. EasyBloom can tell you what plants will thrive in a specific spot in your home or yard, what is wrong with an ailing plant and how to help it, and even whether a plant needs more water or not. It gives you access to a database with information on more than 5,000 plants--you can even create a personal plant database online, to help you monitor and care for all your plants, houseplants and outdoor plants alike. Best of all, EasyBloom is very easy to use. First, plug EasyBloom into a USB port on your computer and select Recommend' (to get plant recommendations for specific locations) or Monitor' (to help evaluate a weak plant). Second, place EasyBloom in the spot where you would like to grow a plant, or next to the plant that needs monitoring and leave it for 24 hours. Finally, plug EasyBloom back into a USB port--sensor data will upload to the EasyBloom website, which will use that data to either recommend plants or diagnose a plant's problem. Compatible with Windows Vista/XP and Mac OS 10.5+ (effective January 2009). Uses 1 AAA battery (included). 11 1/2" tall, 1 1/2" wideWhat EasyBloom can do for you Recommend plants for specific locations in your home or garden, based on sunlight, shade and soil conditions. Diagnose an ailing plant and suggest how to help it thrive. Tell you whether a plant needs to be watered. Help you create a personal plant database online with care, maintenance and planting info.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Mostly for beginning gardeners November 21, 2008
When I received the EasyBloom Plant Sensor, I was excited because I had been struggling to grow plants on my new property despite years of gardening experience. This product promised to recommend and monitor my plants to determine what was going wrong. Unfortunately, it measures nothing more than I could tell by sticking my own finger in the soil and watching the shadows for a day: moisture and light. Yes, it measures temperature and relative humidity, but those vary both daily and seasonally and can be figured out by walking out the door. It does not analyze the soil -- probably the most crucial information that cannot be intuitively known -- for type, fertility, toxicity, and acidity. You must discover and enter this yourself on the web site.
The monitor setting does basically the same thing, only over a longer time so you can see the moisture and light fluctuations over a longer period of time; again, it cannot diagnose over- or under-fertilization, incorrect acidity, compacted or too sandy soil, diseases, or pests, the most common reasons a plant dies. The EasyBloom can take a snapshot of the location for future reference.
Probably the best part of the device is the web interface that provides detailed information on recommended plants. Yes, this information can be found online or in a good plant book, but the site shows thumbnail photos of the plants that can then lead the user to a more detailed description, including care, known pests, height, growing zones, attractiveness to birds, shape, etc. I really would have liked a "deer resistant" option; maybe they will add that in the future. Strangely enough, the site does not recommend the plants that *are* thriving in my landscape.
Beginning gardeners will find this device much more useful than experienced ones since they may not yet know how to use light conditions (shade, partial shade, afternoon sun, etc.) and soil moisture content to select the proper plants for an area. Unfortunately, they are also the ones who might over-water or over-fertilize or select the wrong plant for the soil type.
Although the EasyBloom is not comprehensive enough for advanced help, it would make a good housewarming gift for someone's first home. I'll be the first in line when they upgrade the device to include soil testing and fertility.
-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann
 Finally... October 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was eager to see this product when I came across related news about a month ago, and I must say, I have not been disappointed. What an easy to use, intuitive gift this product is -- finally, I'm not playing hit or miss with my backyard and garden. Works great, and gives cogent advice for those of us who weren't born with what seems like the mystical ability to make plants grow. Thanks. Rest assured, several of my extended family will be receiving this for a (much welcome) holiday gift.
EasyBloom Launches Gardening into the 21st Century! October 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love my EasyBloom Plant sensor! This product is a dream come true for all the wanna-be gardeners. I can now finally say good-bye to killing almost all of my plants including several cacti. The sensor was easily activated by visiting [...]. I went straight to putting my EasyBloom on recommendation mode and then right into the soil in a small corner in my backyard. So many plants have not survived in this part of my garden. After 24 hours, I now have a clear plan on what to plant come this spring.
The EasyBloom Plant sensor works great with my Windows Vista. The Plantsense customer service representative I spoke with was very clear and informative when explaining the three different modes. BUY this product you will not be disappointed.
Very useful product October 28, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have found this product very easy to get started with and get useful data about my yard. I've got a lot of shade in the front and too much sun in the back all on top of California clay. Life has been a "hit or miss" set of plant experiments.
This product is now shedding some light on what works where and why. This is very useful and I will be shifting my strategy going into the spring for sure.
Very cool stuff.
Easy to use October 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just got mine, plugged it in and downloaded the software. It was super easy to use. I stuck it into different plants and it immediately told me if I needed to water. I just set into recommendation mode. I'll write more about it later.
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