Of all the gardening gadgets that I’ve seen over the years this one may actually have some merit. We’ve reviewed the SunCalc – basically a thermometer to gauge where the sun shines in your garden, the SunStick – a variation on the same theme; and even chortled over the garden wedge.
But this product, if it lives up to the hype, could surpass all of them as the must-have gardening gadget.
Created by PlantSense, EasyBloom is a gardening tool that precisely monitors every garden variable from sunlight to temperature, humidity to soil condition. It stores this data in its memory banks and can then be hooked up to your computer via a USB port. The data is then read, and analysed, by the included software and then advises what problems may be happening with your plant.
If starting a veggie patch you could place the EasyBloom in situ for a few days and then link it to your PC. The analyser will give you a report of the prevailing conditions and then advise which vegetables might work in your garden’s conditions. Or, if you have a sick or struggling plant you can place the EasyBloom next to it and then have the data analysed to find solutions to remedy the plant’s problems. It will even alert you when your plants are being under or over watered.
The technology doesn’t detect airborne viruses or fungal diseases and it has no way of knowing if pests are your problem. However, if the issues are related to climatic conditions and soil variances then you should be able to obtain an accurate gauge of how your plants are growing and how they could grow better.
For those with indoor plants there is also a house plant monitor that works for them too.

Disclaimer: in these days of blog sponsorship deals I feel that I need to express the following;
1). – I have NOT been paid to write this post
2). – I did NOT receive a free version of the product to trial
3). – There are some links to Amazon that if you buy one from there I will earn a few bucks – but that’s your choice!