Black & Decker PCS10 Plant Smart Digital Plant Care Sensor
Product Features
- Provides expert recommendations on what to grow, with easy-to-follow plant-care advice and immediate feedback for watering your plants
- Measures sunlight, temperature, moisture, soil conditions, and more
- Works indoors with potted plants or outside with flowers, vegetables, fruits, shrubs, grasses, trees
- Includes USB cable, one AAA battery, storage bag, and quick-start card
- 1-year warranty
Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
From the potted petunia in the living room to the tomato plants on the patio to the Elm tree in the yard, Black & Decker's Plant Smart sensor makes growing lush, healthy plants easy and fun. The compact digital sensor measures sunlight, temperature, moisture, soil conditions, and more by simply inserting the testing end into the ground for 24 hours. It then separates and the top part plugs into a computer to provide several types of customized growing feedback. In Recommend mode, the tool helps to find the right plant based on the present growing conditions; in Monitor mode, the tool makes suggestions to improve the health of an existing plant; in Water mode, the tool instantly measures soil moisture to see if a plant needs water. Additional online resources include a library of 6,000 plants and a My Plants personalized homepage. Sweetly designed with a big orange flower on top, the sensor makes a great gift for any home gardener. It includes USB cable, one AAA battery, storage bag, and quick start card; and it carries a one-year warranty.
Product Description
Advanced technology plus expert advice – in one simple solution. Measures sunlight, temperature, moisture, soil conditions and more. Provides expert recommendations on what to grow, easy to follow plant care advice and immediate feedback for watering your plants Works indoors with potted plants or outside in your lawn or garden. Works with flowers, vegetables, fruits, shrubs, grasses, trees and more. Works in 3 settings. In Recommend mode, our custom selection tool helps you find the right plant based on your unique growing conditions. In Monitor mode, analyze an existing plant and receive a custom report that provides clear guidance for improving your plant’s health. In Water mode, instantly measure soil moisture to see if your plant needs water. Takes the Guesswork out of Gardening. Includes USB cable, one AAA battery, storage bag, and quick start card.
Customer Reviews
Great idea for the gardening geek!, December 12, 2010
The whole process is very simple, my Windows 7 laptop connected to the device, recognized it, and installed it within a few minutes. The website offers some fairly good basic recommendations for each plant in your garden, but for uber-detailed fertilizer recommendations, there is an optional $25 annual subscription. I'll probably subscribe, since I'm still a new gardener, but I was very pleased at the level of advice that is included on the website for free.
The reason this product got four stars instead of five is that the "plant library" is not yet comprehensive. However, they claim that they will add plants as you recommend them, so that is a good compromise. All in all, it's a great way to get customized recommendations for each flower and each planting area in your yard, and I'd highly recommend it for the geeky gardener in your life.
