EasyBloom Forum

I have planted my sensor in several different places and in different types of soil. Every reading says either Globe Amaranth or black eyed susans. Some soil was rocky clay and some was brand new fill dirt. I feel I can't trust the recommendations now.

Hi Roberta! Matt the Agricultural Engineer here. Since soil is easier to amend than sunlight or temperature, the recommendations do not take soil type into account. If you want to refine your recommendations by soil type, use the "Soil Type" refinement in All Recommendations. Let us know if that does the job for you or not. We are constantly improving our features based on feedback from users like you!

Hi Matt E. I don't understand your recommendation: "use the "Soil Type" refinement in All Recommendations." Where is this located and hoe do I access it? Dick W.

Hi Dick- When you look at your Reading, you see a tab on the top labelled "All Recommendations". Click on it, and you'll see all recommended plants. On the right side of the page, you'll see various options to filter your plants (bloom color, height, etc). Near the bottom, there's soil type. Pick the soil type you want to filter by, and we'll only show you matching plants. -Let me know if you need more help- Edith

When I filter my plant recommendations based on soil type, there is nothing that corresponds with the reading of "wet". Although I can amend the soil, other factors are still going to support this mostly wet condition. The filtering choices for soil type do not correspond with my knowledge about the soil. For instance, I do not know whether my soil is acidic or alkaline, although I do know that my soil is mostly clay. It would be helpful to design the page for recommendations in a way that required entering the soil type (using the same wording as the monitor results) before giving plant recommendations. I believe that the accuracy of using the results is critical in determnining the merits of owning an easybloom plant sensor.