Gardening has never been easier than it is now. There’s no need to call in the experts anymore. Today, even a beginner with a smartphone can do expert-level gardening. The rise in urban populations and lifestyles has shrunk living spaces for everyone. Most houses don’t have big gardens anymore. But there is nothing to worry about. You can start gardening with whatever space you got. The only thing you will need is passion. Also, you should have a smartphone. Why? Well, you know, there is an app for everything these days. Even providers have their own applications where you can find important information, such as the Cox bill pay number. Similarly, there are certain apps that you can download to help you start with gardening.
What You Need to Know About Gardening
Gardening requires good planning and knowledge of soil types. You should also be aware of the amount of sunlight available, types of plants, and information about their life cycle. In addition, you should know which plant requires how much space to grow. But that’s not all! You should also be familiar with the diseases or pest attacks that the plants are prone to.
It’s certainly a lot of information to digest and can seem quite overwhelming at first. But the good news is that there are apps now which can help people become an expert at gardening. Some of these apps are free while some are paid. These apps are designed to act as a step-by-step guide for all their users. Some of them even allow you to virtually plan your garden according to the spaces available and the choice of plants. They will also help you determine the types of plant diseases. Let’s take a look at some of these apps:
1. Garden Answers
This app is primarily a plant identifier. You can impress your friends, by becoming a walking encyclopedia with the help of Garden Answers. It will instantly tell you the name of the plant if you upload its picture.
The app has a database of 20,000 plant species, but most of them are British varieties. It can also help in identifying plant diseases or pest attacks. All you have to do is upload its picture and the app will do its magic.
2. Smartplant App
This is a really helpful App. It not only identifies plants but also allows a “Digital Care Calendar”. This app helps you remind the time of the year your chosen plants should be cultivated. It also gives you a wealth of information about plants and their requirements such as soil quality, water, and nourishment needed.
3. Garden Planner
This gardening app by Artifact Interactive is available for Windows and OSX computers. With Garden Planner, you can use virtual space to plan your garden and add flowers, vegetables, and herbs. You can also create a two-dimensional virtual garden and have a birds-ey view of what you have created.
The mapping tool allows you to create gardens of different shapes and sizes. It further allows you to create pathways, add fences, grass or gravel, and much more. This is a paid app. However, Garden Planner does give you a 15-day free trial period.
4. My Space
Developed by Green Space Solutions Inc, this app is available for both iOS and Android devices. This free app is designed to plan vegetables and herbs’ gardens and is based on square foot gardening practice. Once you have entered the dimensions and the direction of the sunlight along with the location, it will divide your space into small square feet patches and will offer options from vegetables and herbs for you to choose from.
Once all decisions are made and entered, it will give you a two-dimensional view of your garden. You can then choose the number of crops you want and adjust the quantities by using the sliders available.
5. Garden
Developed for Android and iOS devices, it is a free app. It has received a lot of positive reviews from users. Garden allows each user to enter information about plants of their own choice, you can also organize those plants in the plant list. What this does not offer is a Garden Planner. Thus you can’t plan and see a two-dimensional model on this app. However, what this app does offer is a social network. You can search and follow other gardeners.
6. Garden Planner Pro
This app is developed by Growing Active Ltd. It’s a paid app designed for iOS devices. The app allows you to design gardens by picking and dropping objects from its menu. It also allows resizing shapes and drawing lines. This app gives information about 200 species of vegetables and herbs.
