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Fertilizer calculator for iPhones now available

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How much fertilizer does your garden or lawn need?
Which plant nutrients does your lawn and garden need?
Download the fertilizer calculator to find out and to track your garden feedings

FEATURES

* Calculate how many pounds or kilograms of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus are in a bag of fertilizer
* Calculate how many square feet or square meters a bag of fertilizer will cover in your garden or on your lawn
* Learn what the different plant nutrients do for your plants
* Learn what plant symptoms relate to which plant nutrient
* Keep a record of dates fertilized
* Keep short notes on fertilizer dates
* The best lawn and garden tips

* US and Metric units

Download the Fertilizer Calculator for only $1.99

Written by Linda MacPhee-Cobb

September 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am

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3.0 of Plant Doctor now available!

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Never murder a house plant again

Do you know the number one killer of house plants? Starvation. There’s just not enough sunlight coming through the windows in the winter to feed your plants.

Do you know the number two killer of house plants? Lack of humidity. The average home is 67% drier than the Sahara Desert in the winter and most house plants come from humid tropical climates.

It can be frustrating trying to grow beautiful house plants. Let the doctor help you.

15 years of training and growing houseplants are combined with an intelligent expert system to instantly give you simple scientifically proven solutions.

- Simply scroll through a list of the 32 most common symptoms of plant distress and select the symptoms your plant is showing. The Doctor will do the rest.

- You will have healthier plants by using the proven plant doctor to accurately diagnose plant troubles.

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- In-depth detailed analysis along with a detailed solution
- A simple solution list is provided telling you to provide more or less: light, water, fertilizer, heat, and humidity

Rated by Consumer Reports to be one of the best home improvement Apps
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Written by Linda MacPhee-Cobb

January 2nd, 2010 at 5:00 am

Posted in Plant problems

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