Startup Idea: Automated Plant Watering Management Software

Startup idea to develop a software that helps quantify the optimal amount of water required by plants based on various factors such as their type, size, stage of development, weather, humidity, etc. The software will use data from various devices like soil test tools, temperature gauges or integrated weather data sources. Advanced features like reminders and quantity recommendations can also be included. The business model could be based on periodic subscriptions.

I work in the engineering field, but am not an engineer.

The biggest issue I have right now in my daily work is remembering or quantifying the amount of water that my plants and garden should receive. I am fairly analytical, so I ponder this a lot. Plants require a select amount of water based on their size, shape, development, type, etc. and on the weather, humidity, etc. In pondering this, I know there's an engineering solution to this. Through software, one could use a series of devices to analyze the amount of water plants should be receiving. This may require a soil tests (could this be automated), a temperature gauge (tied in?) or a software solution that I could simply plug in weather data (or tie to a website that has historical weather data), and what type of plant I'm growing, when it was planted, etc. and it could give me a quantity to water. Bonus features could include reminders and whatnot else.

I would absolutely pay for software to solve this. However, it has to be economical. If it were done on a mass scale, I think you could charge per growing season or year or something - and incrementally.

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