I like the idea... save the guesswork and the footwork of me having to figure out why certain things work for me and others don't. Plus, sometimes I can't remember later on what I have or have not tried.

Thanks laracee.

I have a backyard full of empty clay pots and the ground still shows evidence of me digging around.

Save the guesswork...maybe it didn't grow because I had the wrong type of soil. Or maybe it's not meant to grow in Northern California. Or maybe it's facing the wrong way and it's not getting enough light??

Thanks for the comment.

Great idea.

check out design of experiments... http://en.wikipedia....esign_of_experiments

This is where you can experiment with different parameters and determine which are working for your green thumb experiments.

Thanks for the link, fish99.

cool... i like plants and flowers :)

A brown thumb is someone who sticks there thumb up there butt

Um random and to much info AlexUK

leese good idea

Stick to plastic plants. Some people just weren't meant to grow plants.

quite unique n sweeeet :)

i like the idea !

but a less brown name ;)

igreenhouse, planetplant, or something...

Good, but how much users it might have?

I'm not sure the application would worth the effort.

The reason most people kill plants... is time. They don't dedicate enough time to them.
The software would also demand a lot of time.
time + time = not enough time.

You could make this in excel to test your prototype.
Then ask someone to make a simple web interface for it.

But I thing time and not knowledge it the problem

Thanks for the comments, guys.

ByondByond, I agree about the name thing. Brown is soooo...uh...Zune.

Sajjadi335, it's definitely not gonna have a mySpace popularity but that's what makes it special instead "not another SNS..." It's niche-oriented.

Moogy, I agree, but maybe someone does have the time but not getting it right. Not enough sun, wrong soil, whatever. I'm thinking it's not going to be just about trying to keep things alive.

Do you have a lemon tree that just isn't bearing fruits?

Would you like bigger roses?

Or...you can even get all sophisticated and get started on hybrids. (My father-in-law is a plant breeder and works on different varieties of strawberries).

Or...how to deal with certain pests...that kind of thing.

And we'll add in the "import from Flickr" function so that people can show off their plants.

Gardening gadgets recommendations...blah blah blah...the possibilities are endless.

If the database was online, and you could see how many peoples plants grew under similar conditions to your home, then you may get some real value.

eg: you enter your climate, region and commitment to gardening, and get a list of the best and worst plants grown under those conditions, by anyone else in your area.

It would probably help a lot to include your soil type, and whether it is indoor, outdoor-in-pot or in the ground, if you put fertilizer on it, how often you watered it - all that sort of thing.

Sometimes I spend hours in the garden, sometimes I don't look at it for weeks at a time, but this sounds like a good idea.

gzep.

Uhm... it's an interesting idea for a niche market. How would you reach the market though? It doesn't seem like it would be a strong-enough impact for a viral spread...

..have you not tried existing Garden magazine to give this details for software availability?

anyway it ecologically sensible... wish you could be my Mom!