EasyBloom Forum

Hi there, I just recently set my easybloom to monitor mode and stuck it in with my sweet peppers. I watered thoroughly, then put in the easybloom. It has been over 5 days and I am still getting a flashing green light. No chirping or orange. My mom is having the same problem with her new easybloom, and she has had it in the ground with her gardenia for over a week. Should we just take it out of the ground now? Or do we need to wait until we someday see the orange light/chirping? By that time I'm afraid my growing season will be over! Thanks for your help!

Sholly- Monitor mode measures from when your soil is wet to when it's dry and time to water. When it's time to water, the light will turn orange and your EasyBloom will chirp. If you're impatient, go ahead and take it out. A week worth of data is enough to give you a Plants Eye View.

I just got my EasyBloom this week and put it in the tomato patch to see what it would give me in 24 hours. I had it in the recommended mode and in just 22 hours I had more data than I ever expected. The graphs in the plant view are going to be very usefull.

That's awesome, Jim! It's always a pleasure to see our product helping out a fellow EasyBloomer! Be sure to check in with us if you have any questions. Also, I hope those tomatoes taste good this year. :) Cheers...Dr. Robby

Good morning, If I put my monitor in next to one of my ferns after watering, and the plant is inside the next watering will be in a controled situ., But my plant is outsideand it has rained in the past week or so. The sensor is still in from 10/4/10, when I take it out how complete will the advice from the plant Dr. be? I know now it will not be orange when i take it out this afternoon. JimT. Mobile Al.

Hi Jim! Your sensor will continue to blink green until your plant needs another watering. This was designed to educate you on exactly when your plant needs water, to prevent both under- and overwatering. If you get tired of waiting, you can safely plug your sensor in after two weeks. Just bear in mind, if you opt to plug in your sensor while it is still blinking green in Monitor mode, your Plant Doctor results will likely indicate your soil is wet. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this or any other issue…

Hi Noam. Mabe i've just put the sensor in an area too full of plants which need watering more frequently than the fern I chose. Bordering it on three sides only 8in away are three selanginella pallescens who let me know their watering needs daily, no sensor needed. Boxing it in is one of five selaginella uncinata which love to creep and make themselves a home under any fern within half a yard, I have tried not to let the water get to the fern while giving the others the water they need. Oh and I forgot a large spike moss near by. water guzzelers all. Not counting the daily misting.(I cover the fern with newspaper durring mist time) But two weeks I will give it. Thank You Noam JimT.

Jim, the EasyBloom Plant Sensor (and the Plant Doctor page) will give you feedback based on the horticultural needs of the plant you've selected to monitor - not neighboring plants. Sorry of this was unclear! We may look into adding the ability to change plants for a given reading as a feature in a future release, as this has been requested by a number of users. Please do let us know how this goes for you! Cheers, Noam / EasyBloom Support

Hi Noam,Thank you for your reply. I guess I'm going to see the results of monitoring one plant while watering and misting the mosses so close to the activated sensor! Cheers to you being the guy in the know and stopping me removing the sensor only to get, Your plant is wet! Ha, now that would have been just a waste of waiting. You did say I can safely leave it in ground two weeks before removing it to see the data, Right? Thanks for your timely returns. JimT.

Hi Jim, Noam is out today, so I'll try to jump in for him. You can leave safely leave your EasyBloom with a plant for up to two weeks as long as you water whenever it makes the ascending tone. It sounds to me like you water this spot frequently, so it is unlikely that your EasyBloom will ever alert you to water your fern there. In this case where you are watering before your EasyBloom alerts, a "watering cycle" would be the amount of time between any two waterings. So it's safe to collect your data as long as you have left it out for one watering cycle (for the soil advice) and at least 24 hours (for the other sensors). We have heard a lot of user confusion about the definition of a watering cycle, so I will suggest that we update our instructions for monitor mode to clarify this point. Thanks for using our product, and keep the great questions coming! Matt