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By Long Tran 05/28/2008

Plants Tell You What They Want

Growing plants would be a lot easier if plants could express what it is they need from you. Fret not because that’s what the Pet Plant by Junyi Heo does. The very sleek looking pot measures soil conditions, temperature, humidity, and water – calculates those variables based on the need of said plant, and expresses its condition via a series of pictograms on an LCD display.

It’s also smart enough to know if you’ve over watered and will systematically drain itself into a water vessel. All this high tech goodness does mean it needs power but a simple USB interface does double duty by charging and transmitting pertinent information to and from computer software.

Designer: Junyi Heo

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Smart Herb Garden

 - $79

The younger sibling of the Click & Grow, this is almost eerily prescient, always one step ahead of you. This newer version comes equipped with a grow light, and like the original, it has a refillable water reservoir and a plant cartridge with seeds and a super-vitamin for soil.

Tucked inside the pot are electronic sensors and software that measure the plant’s needs, releasing precise amounts of fertilizer, air and water.

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Erbizia - EUR 39

Another cool personal gardener for you, Erbiza's unassuming herb box is more than meets the eye. It's filled with organic potting soil and seeds, and comes with a special code that enables registration on the retail site. Plus, the site doles out daily advice to ensure your chives, thyme, oregano and parsley flourish.

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Rugiada

Italian designers combined their backgrounds in building, landscape and graphic design to create this multitasking irrigation device. Based on air and soil humidity measurements and type and quantity of vegetables, the Rugiada figures out the amount and type of water your garden needs.

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Parrot Flower Power

Parrot's Flower Power will do most of the plant care work for you. It's an irrigation device equipped with a wireless sensor that measures sunlight, soil moisture, temperature and fertilizer. Be on the lookout for its release later this year.

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Sprout Robot - $24.99

"Kind of like having a gardening robot boyfriend" is how Sprout Robot describes its service. It answers the question on every new gardener’s lips: Where do I begin? Simply input your zip code, and Sprout Robot will craft an easy-to-follow gardening plan based on your location and climate.

They'll also send you seeds in the mail just in time for planting season, or you can opt to receive seasonal reminder emails to keep your garden on track.

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Pocket Garden iPhone/iPad App - $0.99

You can't beat the price: For just 99 cents, Pocket Garden is a mobile growing guide that covers an impressive range of gardening questions and concerns: everything from seed type, to germination and harvest times, to general planting suggestions about soil depth and plant spacing.

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VegiBee Garden Pollinator - $29.99

VegiBee garden pollinators are sonic, handheld electric pollinators that can be used in home gardens and greenhouses and claim to increase crop yield by 30 percent annually. Battery-operated and rechargeable versions are available.

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Crystal Planters

Covered with a crystalized fertilizer, Maria Bujalska's Crystal Planter not only is beautiful, but helps nourish plants over time as well. The plant's roots grow into the felted fibers and feed themselves with the slowly dissolving fertilizer that's released from the crystals with each watering. The plant eventually fuses with the planter to become one constantly growing system.

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Black & Decker PCS10 PlantSmart Digital Plant Care Sensor - $44.25

This plant sensor has been hanging out with computers for a while, but it remains a great tool. It shows exactly what kind of plants will grow anywhere, inside or out. And it has step-by-step tips for thousands of different plants.

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Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor

In addition to its sleek design, the Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor does a lot for you. After measuring soil moisture, temperature and light intensity, it determines the needs of your plant and sends you updates through its free smart phone app.

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Singing Bird Plant Pal - $10.99

A little birdie told me about this one! The Plant Pal moisture-sensing probe measures moisture at the root level, and when the plant needs watering, the bird sings! No worries at night, as a light sensor deactivates the bird sound when the room is dark so that you won't go nuts listening to continuous chirping.

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Greenbox - $219

Another garden-by-phone gadget, Greenbox is an iOS-controlled irrigation system that uses local weather data to determine and set customized watering programs and send them to you via your smart phone.

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Floating Garden

The Floating Garden concept by Benjamin Graindorge and Duende Studio uses a specialized aquaponics tank and filtration system to recycle the nutrients in fish waste to feed and irrigate plants.

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The Blue Green Box by Andrew de Melo

The Blue Green Box is an aquaponics plant-growing system for a 10-gallon freshwater aquarium. The box holds four plastic planter grow beds filled with gravel. Water floods the beds on timed intervals, allowing the plants to extract nutrients from fish waste and gravel (or other fertilizer) that holds the roots.

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Mi Garden

The Mi Garden is a plant growing system complete with an integrated grow light, automatic watering system and a micro-controller that handles all of the watering and lighting. Choose your type of plant and its status, and then the system handles all the rest for you. All you need to do is occasionally monitor water and nutrient levels.