Managing a garden with multiple plants is a little difficult, especially if you’re just starting out. Using a gardening app for Android will ease out your management needs and guide you in proper plant maintenance. If you’re looking to completely eliminate processed foods from your diet and go organic, gardening your own fruits and vegetables is the best way to ensure that your food doesn’t contain any chemical contamination. Note: the best gardening apps for Android were tested on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone. I consulted a real life gardener about the accuracy of the information provided in these apps. All of them provide accurate and easy to understand information about plants and gardens. Some of the apps may require an Internet connection to provide full features.
1. Garden Tags – Plants & gardens
The app offers a rapidly growing community of gardening lovers and they are quite active. If you want to receive advice from fellow gardeners about a certain plant, Garden Tags is your first choice. There’s a high chance that most of your questions are already answered and you just need to search for them by using this search forum. The best thing about Garden Tags is its ability to let you know about the plants you are taking care of. The app will inform you when your plants need attention and help you in maximizing the growing success. It’s a perfect combination of plant inspiration, photo sharing, and gardening enthusiasts. Free Version
2. Gardroid – Vegetable Garden
The app has a very simple interface and lists all the popular vegetables right of the main screen. The app helps you in harvesting your own home grown vegetables by providing incredibly useful tips and information. It also guide you towards the cultivation methods of various vegetables. With Gardroid – Vegetable Garden by your side you’ll have no trouble in knowing suitable sowing and harvesting periods, best temperatures, row distance, and perfect planting spaces. Free Version
3. Home Gardening Tips – Ideas – Videos
If you like reading as well as gardening, then Home Gardening Tips is the best choice for you. It makes a perfect read right before bed and provides invaluable information about growing your own plants. With just a little bit of light reading, you’ll be able to take care of your garden with ease. That’s not all though, if you’re looking for inspiration about your outdoor garden, there are a lot of great ideas for you to adapt. The do-it-yourself nature of this app provides great inspiration for aspiring gardeners. Free Version
4. Sowing Calendar – Gardening
All you need to do is tap on the vegetable or fruit you want to cultivate and you’ll be presented with a detailed calendar. You can also add your own personal notes to the calendar customize it somewhat to your personal needs. Sowing Calendar also provides you with information on how you can sow, harvest and keep your garden healthy. The app also informs you about the weather forecast for the next 7 days and gives you notifications about the right time to sow and harvest. You also get important information and tips regarding planting depth, soil temperature, days to mature, seed spacing, seeds per row, and sunlight level. Free Version
5. PictureThis – Plant Identification
A simple stroll in the park can yield some new plants that you can decorate your garden with. PictureThis – Plant Identification makes it easier to identify the plant and gain information about it on the go. All you need to do is take a picture of the plant you want to identify and that’s about it. The app will then send the information to their servers and give you the name of the plant. However, it is not perfect, some of the results we got were totally wrong but most of them were correct. I suggest that you do a quick Google search to know more information about the plant you just scanned. You also need an active Internet connection to get accurate identifications. Free Version
Last Harvest
These were some of the best gardening apps for Android that will help you make the ultimate garden yourself. I had a lot of fun testing out these apps and learned a lot during my research. Gardening is truly a wonderful hobby and can benefit our environment a lot. So, what kind of plants are you planning on decorating your garden with? Do tell us your choices in the comments below, we would love to her your master plan(t)s. Feature Image Credits
