If you want to put your best gardening foot forward, it is important to take your first steps in the right direction. Decisions you make have enormous impact on the health and appearance of your garden later. To help you plant smart, we've compiled a list of 10 tech gadgets that can make your thumb a little greener. These tools use the latest technology and science to help you analyze, monitor, and tend to your plants. Check out this collection of smart tech, from pollen extractors to weather forecasters, that can help make this year's garden your best ever.
1. Gardener's Handbook App for Android
Cabbage patch got you stumped? This free Android app is like having a pro gardener at your side 24/7. Armed with 10 chapters chock-full of do-it-yourself gardening tips, landscaping ideas, and useful information, you will be well on your way to creating the garden of your dreams.
2. Parrot Flower Power Plant Monitor
Want to be completely tuned in to your plant's needs? Invest in Parrot Flower Power, a wireless sensor that monitors your plant's moisture, temperature, light, and fertilizer levels, and then relays this info to your smartphone or other device via Bluetooth technology so you'll always know just what your plant needs.
3. Garden Cam
See how your flowers grow - or see what critters may be causing them not to - with the Brinno GardenWatchCam. This 1.3 megapixel time-lapse digital camera can be set to snap photos at intervals from 1 minute to every 24 hours. Just stick the camera in your garden and watch your garden grow.
4. Bosch Isio
Trim your hedges and shrubs with ease with the Isio shrub shear, a handheld multi-tool from Bosch. The lightweight design incorporates a lithium-ion battery that allows almost an hour of work on one charge - plenty of time, given the tool's efficiency and simple operation. A reciprocating motion lets the tool keep cutting through where others would stall.
5. Garden Plan Pro iPad
Having trouble plotting your plot? The Garden Plan Pro app acts as a visual aid in laying out your patches before you pick up a spade. It also provides weather station data, gives advice on the best plants for your region, and offers information on more than 140 different species of flowers and vegetables.
6. Flymo 1200R Robotic Lawn Mower
Let this clever robot tend to your lawn so you will have more time to tend to the rest of your garden. Simply lay a boundary wire, and the Flymo 1200R will cut the grass for you. Programmable settings let you determine mowing times or days, and when the battery is low, this accommodating mower will take itself to the charging station.
7. Infragram
A DIY camera for your DIY garden, Infragram uses infrared technology to analyze the health of your plants and garden. Fun for kids and adults, novices or pros, this tool educates while illuminating the secret life of your garden.
8. Cordless Pole Saw
Go greener with the rechargeable battery–powered G-Max pole saw from GreenWorks. Its cordless design features an eight-inch bar and chain for easy branch trimming. The lithium-ion battery retains memory after power is depleted, so you don't have to program it twice. A collapsible shaft extends from five to eight feet to reach a variety of trimming heights.
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9. VegiBee
Here's the go-to gadget for gardening connoisseurs looking to fine-tune their craft. The VegiBee imitates the high-frequency vibrations of a bee’s wings during pollination. The vibrations release pollen onto a spoon, which the gardener can then use to hand-pollinate other plants. The reward? A 30 percent increase in crop yield and the satisfaction of giving Mother Nature a helping hand.
10. Illuminated Planters
Light up your landscape with solar-powered LED planters. By day, they appear frosted white; at night, the 16 LEDs inside glow for six to eight hours on a full charge. The solar collector panel is mounted on a 10-foot cord, so you have the freedom to position the collector where it receives the best sun, and the planter where it best suits your landscape.
11. Netatmo Weather Station
This personal weather station stands above the rest by monitoring the indoor environment as well as the outdoor weather. Among other features, the Netatmo Weather Station measures indoor CO2 concentration and provides the local Air Quality Index report in real time. Netatmo links to your smartphone, keeping track of what is best for you, your plants, and your garden.
12. Garden Owl
This realistic-looking Garden Defense Electronic Owl takes the original stationary garden decoy a big step further by adding movement and sound. Not only does it look like a great horned owl, but when its sensors detect that garden pests are near, it will turn its head in that direction and hoot, scaring the critters away.
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