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Photograph what looks wrong and get the symptom named, the likely causes ranked, and the gentlest fix suggested first. Then talk it through if you need to.

Show it what is wrong
Pl. II · Diagnosis result
Free

Show it what is wrong

Yellowing, brown tips, spots, wilt, leggy growth, pests. Take a photo of the problem and optionally one of the whole plant for context, and Pocket Botanist names the symptom it can see rather than guessing at a diagnosis you did not ask about. Open a step-by-step guide for a symptom like yellow leaves, then check your own plant with a photo when you reach the end. You can also browse problems by the part of the plant that looks wrong, or by plant, and tap any condition in a diagnosis to read its guide.

  • Reads yellowing, spots, wilt, leggy growth, and pests
  • A second photo adds context if you want
  • Works on indoor and outdoor plants
  • Shares your daily allowance: 10 on day one, then 3 or 5 free
Causes ranked, gentlest fix first
Pl. III · Treatment plan
Free and Premium

Causes ranked, gentlest fix first

Plant problems usually have more than one plausible cause, so you get them ranked rather than a single verdict. Each condition carries a severity, how likely it is to spread, and both an organic and a chemical treatment. The smallest correction comes first on purpose. You see the first treatment step free, and Premium lays out the whole dated, step-by-step plan you can tick off as you go.

  • Conditions ranked by likelihood, with severity
  • Spread risk flagged where it matters
  • Organic and chemical treatment for each
  • Water less before you reach for a fungicide
Talk it through
Pl. IV · Guided diagnosis
Free and Premium

Talk it through

A photo cannot answer follow-up questions. The guided diagnosis chat asks what it needs to know, narrows things down with you, and stays on the thread until you have a plan. A free account gets three turns a day to try it, and Premium raises that to twenty.

  • Asks the questions a photo cannot
  • Its own thread, separate from plant chat
  • Suggested openers so you are not staring at a box
  • Three turns a day free, twenty a day on Premium
Turn the fix into a routine
Pl. V · Care plan updated
Free

Turn the fix into a routine

A diagnosis that ends at advice is easy to forget by the weekend. Set a reminder straight from the result, and if the plant is in your collection the care plan adjusts to suit what you just found. Prevention notes come with it so the same thing does not come back.

  • Set a reminder straight from a diagnosis
  • Care plan adjusts to what was found
  • Prevention notes for next season
  • Apply the suggested changes or skip them
Check back in a month
Pl. VI · Care journal
Free and Premium

Check back in a month

Every diagnosis is filed against the plant with the date it was made, sitting above the log of what you have actually done for it. So when the black spot fades or spreads, you can see which way it went, and run the check again from the same screen.

  • Every diagnosis saved with the date it was made
  • Re-check a plant and compare it with last time
  • Care history logs what you watered, pruned, and fed
  • Add your own notes with Premium
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