By diann Mills @DiAnnMills
August can be brutal to our plants, not only the ones in our yards suffering in the three-digit heat but also the ones inside the house. How can we save our plants?
Last week I grabbed my phone for one of my favorite apps: Picture This. The app has helped me keep my plants alive and healthy. If you’ve never used it, here’s my enthusiastic recommendation and why.
Picture This uses artificial intelligence to identify plants, flowers, weeds, bushes, and trees through a camera. One features is, it provides the scientific name along with the more common name. But the app’s information doesn’t stop there! A scan states if the plant or tree is healthy or unhealthy and how to keep it healthy or nurse it back to health. In addition, the app gives you pruning advice and propagation tips.
The app identifies diseases and how to treat them. Until I started using the app to its full potential, I had no idea some growing beauties can benefit from a filtered water, a treatment of aspirin and water, soda and water, cinnamon water, sugar and water, and Epsom salts and water to transform a plant from “This plant looks sick” to “This plant looks healthy.”
Concerned about toxic plants? Picture This shares that information too. Let’s keep our children and pets safe.
Another feature allows the user to save the plant’s details. We become an instant botanist with a phone app.
What about season specific care? The app will help you keep your plants looking good year-round.
If you are a writer conducting research, Picture This provides credibility for your manuscript. I’ve snapped pics from all over the country and used the information to add fresh details.
How about you? How do you care for your plants in all seasons?
