Leafy
Watering schedules that actually match your plant
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Watering schedules that actually match your plant
12 followers
Leafy builds a personalized care schedule for every plant — light, pot, season and all — instead of a generic "water weekly" rule. Snap a photo to identify a species, chat with an AI botanist, and track growth over time.
Generic watering reminders always felt too rigid to me — every plant's actual needs are different. How does Leafy figure out the right schedule per plant — is it based on species data, or does it also factor in things like light exposure and season?
@ark_y_k Great question! It starts from a species-level baseline, then layers on light exposure, pot material/drainage, and the current season (different multipliers for winter vs. summer) to adjust the interval. So two plants of the same species can end up on completely different schedules depending on where they're actually sitting in your home.
Finally an app that doesn't just tell me to water everything on Sunday. Snapped a pic of my fiddle leaf fig and the light recommendations actually matched where it's been thriving in my apartment.
@batuhanycecjqy That's exactly the reaction I was hoping for 😄 the light meter reads the actual light level through your camera instead of asking you to guess between "bright indirect" and "low light" — really glad it matched what you'd already learned works for your fiddle leaf!
One thing I'd love to see is a humidity and temperature tracker built in, even just pulling from your phone's local weather data. Right now the schedule feels smart about light and season, but most of my plants die from dry winter air, and having the app nudge me to mist or move things away from a cold window would make it feel even more personal.
@sudenuriskr5xt Really good callout — and honestly the reason most of my own plants struggle too. Right now Leafy already pulls local weather/season data to adjust the schedule, but it's not tracking indoor humidity specifically yet. A dedicated humidity nudge (even using local weather as a proxy for dry winter air) is genuinely on my list for a future update — appreciate you spelling out exactly why it matters.
Have been wanting something like this for my fiddle leaf fig that keeps dropping leaves. One idea: add a humidity meter reading using the phone's microphone or a quick ambient check, since dry winter air indoors is usually the missing piece these apps ignore.
@kayraskq5 Sorry to hear about the fiddle leaf dropping leaves — dry winter air is such an underrated killer. The microphone-based ambient check is a clever idea, hadn't thought of that approach specifically. I don't have humidity sensing in the app yet, but it's come up a couple of times today already, so it's moving up my list. Appreciate the suggestion!