LeafyPod

pros and cons

Pros

Adjusts watering to its surroundings

Learns how to maintain each plant

Long battery life

Cons

Bridge required

Costs add up with each planter

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As a stereotypical plant-hoarding, book-loving, socially anxious millennial who writes about smart home tech for a living, I live for inventions like the LeafyPod . This smart planter lets you repot your own plant (as long as it fits) with your own potting soil, and then it basically takes care of it for you.

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I've had a Dieffenbachia in my LeafyPod for almost two months and am just now getting around to refilling its water reservoir for the first time. This, combined with app support and several months of battery on one charge make for a complete package for your plants.

If this all makes you think, why would my planters need Wi-Fi?…