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Woo hoo!!!

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Right now over 32% of our customers are subscribing to our fertilizer service - which is excellent!!! The good news is that it has allowed us to get some interesting information that I would like to share with you. Did you know that almost 70% of your plants are under fertilized! So if you want some good tomatoes this year - you might think about fertilizing a bit more often.

Over fertilizing isn’t such a problem - less than 10% of plants are actually over fertilized.

One of the key elements that we have noticed is the ability of plants to absorb fertilizer. Accessibility is ruled by moisture and pH. Right now if you need a pH reading we recommend you use a third party test device.

So… if you look at what changes in your soil here goes:

1) moisture - changes rapidly.
2) Fertilizer - Changes about every three weeks
3) pH probably once or twice a year it needs to be modified.

Hope that helps.

Matt

Getting excited about the future

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Hi everyone,
I woke up relatively early (California time) thinking about all of the good stuff going on at PlantSense. Our user base continues to grow, and as it grows we get more and more feedback about plants.

For instance, did you know that 68% of the plants in America are under fertilized? When you think about all of the plants out there - its pretty obvious that they could be flourishing a bit more.

We also noticed that in May 33% of the Tomatoes out there were over watered. But that is actually a bit better than last year when 36% of the Tomatoes were overwatered.

Want to know what plant most people own? Gardenias. Want to know the plant that most people would like to add to their Garden? Black Eyed Susans.

We’re going to be adding new features that will give you more information on what’s going on in your neck of the woods. This will let you know what plants other people near you are having luck with, and what plants people aren’t having luck with.

If you have any ideas, let us know - we love hearing from you.

Happy Gardening.

Matt

Survey Time!

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

It’s always survey time at PlantSense. We love hearing from customers, and one way we get customer feedback is through surveying our customers. If you ever used an EasyBloom, you’ve gotten a survey from us. And if you ask us for help, I’ll write back, which surprised Gene

“Hi Edith, Thanks for the info. I`m going to give it a try this weekend. I apreciate that you answered me back. I didn’t really think anybody looked at surveys but the companies hired for the survey. Thanks Again Gene”

Yes! We usually get between 20-30% response for each survey, and Matt Glenn (our CEO) and I read every response. One of our most frequent requests has always been “Soil Fertility”, which led us to produce the EasyBloom Plus. Other requests from customers have been
email reminders when a reading is ready
clearer graphs
More plants, more plants, more plants!

We’re happy our customers let us know what you want, and we’re here to listen!