Telecharger.com has selected five applications to cultivate and maintain its vegetable garden.
With the beautiful days and the comeback of home-made, many people decide to grow their own flowers, fruits and vegetables. But whether you have a green thumb or not, market gardening is not a matter of chance. The growth of plants is subject to seasonal requirements and does not involve the same level of maintenance depending on the types of crops practiced. To help you plant and take care of your vegetable garden, Telecharger.com has selected five gardening apps for Android, iPhone and iPad.
My Vegetable & Garden
Mon Portager & Jardin offers herb gardeners valuable advice on how to cultivate a fruitful vegetable garden. We are looking for vegetables and aromatic herbs to grow in the available list, with the possibility of adding new ones thanks to the integrated editor. For each plant, Mon Potager & Jardin lists the dates of sowing, planting and harvesting, water and sun requirements, resistance to cold, the ideal type of soil, and favorable associations called “companionship” in botanical jargon.
Helping to anticipate the organization of the future vegetable garden, Mon Potager & Jardin provides a plot simulator. After defining the cultivable area, vegetables and herbs are added, taking care to check the affinities between each species.
The +:
+ Lots of information and advice on growing vegetables and aromatic herbs
+ Integrated vegetable and herb editor
+ Plot simulator
+ Planting planner with support for reminder notifications
+ Lunar calendar
+ Possibility of supplying seasonal seeds via the application
The – :
– Companion tips do not appear clearly in the plot simulator
– No fruit or fruit tree available
Download My Vegetable Garden & Garden for Android (Free)
My vegetable garden
Open to flowers and fruits, Mon Jardin Potager also supports vegetables and aromatic herbs. The list integrated into the application is more complete than that of Mon Potager & Jardin with the possibility of expanding it manually. By selecting a plant, you can access its identity sheet including the dates of sowing, planting, harvesting, technical advice on cultivation, tips, and examples of favorable and unfavorable associations.
Mon Jardin Potager has a plot simulator, offering the possibility of managing several cultivated areas simultaneously. A color code clearly displays the affinities between vegetables and herbs, guiding the organization of the vegetable garden: green for friendly plants, orange for enemies, white for neutrals.
The +:
+ Management of fruits and flowers in addition to vegetables and aromatic herbs
+ Integrated plant editor
+ Plot simulator allowing the simultaneous management of several vegetable gardens
+ Favorable and unfavorable associations clearly stated in the plot simulator
The – :
– No support for schedules and reminders
– Brief technical advice on cultivation
– Paid on iPhone and iPad
Download My Vegetable Garden for Android (Free)
Download My Vegetable Garden for iPhone / iPad (Paying)
Groww
Groww provides a great deal of general and personalized advice for cultivating a productive and green garden. Regularly updated articles offer tips or testify to botanical practices that may be of interest to you.
Groww embeds a substantial plant database. There are flowers, aromatic herbs, vegetables and fruits. The search is done by name with the possibility of filtering the results by categories, water requirements, resistance to cold, sowing periods, flowering, uses. Each plant benefits from its identity sheet and instructions for planting, pruning, watering, mulching and harvesting. All of these tasks are recorded in the Logbook as soon as you add a specimen to your personalized list.
The +:
+ Important plant database
+ Relevant and comprehensive instructions, advice, tips
+ Data synchronization when creating a user account (optional)
The – :
– No plot simulator
– Absent companionship
Download Groww for Android (Free)
Download Groww for iPhone / iPad (Free)
Moon & Garden
For many gardeners, working in harmony with the moon is imperative. Lune & Jardin provides green hands with a lunar calendar. We find there the ascending and descending phases of the moon according to the day and the month. For each condition, cultivation advice is provided, highlighting the actions to be taken or to be avoided in order to obtain a fruitful garden.
Lune & Jardin also acts as a weather application and notebook. It is possible to record there any comments or remarks concerning the observations made in the garden. In case of an event to follow closely, you can add photos and compare them from one day, week or month to month.
The +:
+ Detailed advice on gardening actions to do or to avoid depending on the phases of the moon
+ Possibility to program reminders
+ Spaces for notes, observations, comments and photos
The – :
– The search function does not list flowers
Download Moon & Garden for Android (Free)
Download Moon & Garden for iPhone / iPad (Free)
Compost Challenge
Slightly apart, Compost Challenge is a serious game oriented towards sustainable development. We manage a virtual garden while learning to sort our waste and to compost. Available: five bins for household waste, recyclables, glass, recycling center and organic waste. The more you sort, the more tools and upgrades you unlock for your home and workshop.
In addition to learning how to balance your compost, Compost Challenge explains the uses of such an approach. Respect for the environment, improved yields, galvanization of biodiversity, the benefits of composting are multiple and guarantee a garden as flourishing as it is productive. It only remains to move from theory to practice.
The +:
+ Learn to sort while having fun
+ Explains the basics of composting
+ Makes eco-responsibility attractive
The – :
– No detailed explanation of some obscure sorting rules
– Overly recurring survey questionnaires
Download Compost Challenge for Android (Free)
Download Compost Challenge for iPhone / iPad (Free)
Verdict
Because it stands out as the easiest to handle and the most complete in its functionalities, Mon Jardin Potager wins editorial support. The already substantial list of flowers, fruits, vegetables and aromatic herbs can be enriched thanks to the integrated editor, and we appreciate taking advantage of the very extensive planting and maintenance information specific to each plant entity. Mon Jardin Potager is also distinguished by the possibility of managing several vegetable gardens simultaneously with explicit advice on the subject of companionship.