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Hi, I'm Sprout! 🌱

Your AI-powered garden expert, built into Gromitron. Tell me where your garden grows and I'll guide every seed, every day.

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Where Is Your Garden?

Your garden location can differ from where you live — a gardener in Canada can manage their Florida backyard!

📍 GPS
🔢 ZIP / Postal
🌍 City Name
9b
Citrus Springs, FL
USDA Hardiness Zone 9b · Subtropical · Avg annual low: 25–30°F
🌡️ Avg High 84°F 💧 54"/yr rain ☀️ 265 sunny days ❄️ Light frost possible
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How Do You Grow?
🏡 Outdoor Garden
🪴 Indoor / Pots
🌿 Raised Beds
🏠 Indoor + Outdoor
🌿 AI Plant Expert · Claude Haiku 4.5

Identify any plant,
grow anything

Point your camera at any plant. Sprout identifies it instantly with expert care instructions tuned to your Zone, and maps companion plants that will help it thrive.

🔬 97% Accuracy
🌡️ Zone-Aware
🤝 Companion Match
💬 Per-Plant Chat
🏆 Earn XP
Plant Scanner Live
Sprout scanning
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Tap to identify
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New plant identified! XP earned
+25 XP
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Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
96%
☀️ Sunlight
Full Sun 6–8h
💧 Water
Daily, deep
🌡️ Temp
65–85°F
🪴 Soil pH
6.0–6.8
📅 Season
Spring–Summer
🌱 Level
Beginner
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Best Companion Plants
Thrives with basil, carrots & marigolds. Avoid fennel and brassicas.
🌿 Basil🥕 Carrots🌼 Marigolds
Sprout
🌿 Sprout says · Zone 9b · Feb 28
Your Cherry Tomato will love Zone 9b's February warmth! Soil temps are right around 65°F — perfect for transplanting seedlings now. Water deeply at the base every 2 days. Pair with basil nearby to deter aphids naturally. You're about 6 weeks from first harvest! 🍅

Zone 9b · Citrus Springs, FLMy Garden

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Plants
5
Healthy
3
Guilds
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78°F
Citrus Springs, FL
USDA Zone 9b · Sat Feb 28
🌱 Perfect planting day. Water before 9am. Great day for new transplants.
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Sweet Basil — Overwatering detected · Tap to chat with Sprout
Yellow leaves spotted in yesterday's photo check. Skip watering, check drainage. Fix this to earn the "Plant Doctor" badge — +50 XP!
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Thriving 💚
💧 Water tomorrow
+5 XP/day
🤝 Italian Trio
Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
📍 Zone fitPerfect ✅
📅 DayDay 45
🤝 GuildItalian Trio
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Needs Help ⚠️
🚫 Skip watering
Alert!
🤝 Italian Trio
Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
📍 Zone fitGreat ✅
📅 DayDay 30
🤝 GuildItalian Trio
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Thriving 💚
✂️ Harvest ready!
+5 XP/day
Butterhead Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
📍 Zone fitPerfect ✅
📅 DayDay 28
🤝 GuildSalad Garden
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Healthy 🌿
🌹 2 buds forming
+5 XP/day
🤝 Rose Guild
Garden Rose
Rosa 'Double Delight'
📍 Zone fitGood ✅
📅 DayDay 60
🤝 GuildRose + Garlic
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Companion Planting

Plants have friendships too! Companion planting boosts yields, deters pests naturally, and creates thriving plant guilds — all tuned to your Zone 9b growing conditions.

🌿 Guild Planner

Build companion guilds. Sprout checks compatibility and flags conflicts instantly.

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✅ Great Companions
🍅 Tomato + 🌿 Basil: Basil repels aphids, spider mites & whiteflies. Also improves tomato flavor — a classic Italian garden trio!
✅ Pest Defense Layer
🌼 Marigolds: Root secretions repel nematodes. Flowers attract pollinators and deter whiteflies. Plant a border row around your tomatoes.
📚 Companion Guide · Zone 9b
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Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
💚 Loves
🌿 Basil🥕 Carrot🌼 Marigold🧅 Chives🥬 Lettuce
❌ Avoid
🌱 Fennel🥦 Brassicas🌽 Corn
In Zone 9b's heat, plant basil as a living mulch around tomatoes — it cools roots and doubles as pest control. Water both together!
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Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
💚 Loves
🍅 Tomato🌶️ Pepper🍆 Eggplant🌸 Chamomile
❌ Avoid
🌿 Sage🌱 Thyme
Pinch flower heads to keep leaves productive through Zone 9b's long season. Plant every 12–18" between tomatoes.
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Marigold
Tagetes spp.
💚 Universal Companion
🍅 Tomato🌶️ Pepper🥕 Carrot🥬 Lettuce🥒 Cucumber
❌ Avoid
🫘 Beans
Mexican marigold (T. minuta) is especially potent against nematodes — a real problem in Zone 9b's sandy soils. Plant a full border!
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Carrot
Daucus carota
💚 Loves
🍅 Tomato🥬 Lettuce🧅 Onion🌿 Rosemary
❌ Avoid
🌿 Dill🥬 Parsnip
Carrots loosen soil for tomato roots. Tomatoes shade carrots from Zone 9b's intense afternoon sun — a mutual win all winter!
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Rose
Rosa spp.
💚 Loves
🧄 Garlic🧅 Chives🌿 Parsley🌸 Lavender
❌ Avoid
🌱 Fennel🥦 Brassicas
Garlic at rose bases deters aphids and black spot fungus — both major issues in Zone 9b's humidity. Plant chives as a backup!
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Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
💚 Loves
🫘 Beans🌻 Sunflower🌼 Marigold🌿 Dill
❌ Avoid
🌿 Sage🍅 Tomato
Sunflowers act as a natural trellis while shading cucumbers from Zone 9b's summer heat. Plant dill nearby for beneficial wasps.
Your Plants
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Cherry Tomato
Outdoor · Day 45
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Sweet Basil
Indoor · ⚠️ Alert
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Butterhead Lettuce
Outdoor · Day 28
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Garden Rose
Outdoor · Day 60
AI Model
⚡ Claude Haiku 4.5
Fast, vision-capable. Built for plant conversations.
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Cherry Tomato
Outdoor · Zone 9b · Day 45 · Thriving 💚
⚡ Claude Haiku 4.5
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78°F
Citrus Springs, FL
USDA Zone 9b · Feb 28, 2026
🌱 Perfect planting weather. Water early. Frost risk: 0%. Great for transplants.
📋 Today's Tasks Complete for XP!
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Water Cherry Tomatoes
2L deep at base · Before 9am
Today!
+10 XP
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Daily photo — Sweet Basil
Monitor yellow leaf recovery · Bonus XP if improving
Important
+15 XP
✓
☀️
Move Basil to indirect light
Done at 8:12am
Done ✅
+5 XP
✂️
Harvest Butterhead Lettuce
Outer leaves ready · Leave crown to regrow
This week
+20 XP
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Plant Marigolds around Tomatoes
Companion planting — pest defense guild
This week
+8 XP
🗓️ February in Zone 9b

🌴 Prime Season — Warm-Crop Window Open

February is excellent for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, and beans. Temps (60–82°F) are ideal. Watch for early aphid populations as it warms. Herbs thrive now. Avoid overwatering in subtropical humidity — root rot is the #1 February issue. Add compost before spring heat hits. Plant marigold borders now for natural season-long pest control!

Sprout
Sprout
Your Garden Expert · Always here
Morning! 🌱 Perfect growing day in Zone 9b — sunny & 78°F. Your tomatoes look incredible in yesterday's photo — 3 new flower clusters spotted. How can I help today?
My basil still looks sad 😞
Yellow basil almost always means overwatering! 💛 Skip the next 2 waterings entirely. Check that drainage holes aren't blocked. New vibrant growth should appear within 5 days. Fixing this earns you the "Plant Doctor" badge — 50 XP! 🏆
Sprout thrilled
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GardenPro_FL
Level 7 Grower
🌿 "The Herb Whisperer"
Progress to Level 83,240 / 4,000 XP
760 XP to next level · Keep growing! 🌱
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Plants
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Badges
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14
Day Streak!
Check in tomorrow for 2× XP bonus!
🏅 Badges
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First Sprout
Added your first plant
+50 XP
Earned ✓
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Daily Snapper
7-day photo streak
+100 XP
Earned ✓
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Guild Master
First companion guild
+150 XP
Earned ✓
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On Fire
14-day check-in streak
+200 XP
Earned ✓
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Zone Expert
5 zone-fit plants grown
+75 XP
Earned ✓
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Plant Doctor
Nurse a sick plant to health
+50 XP
Basil alert in progress…
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First Harvest
Harvest your first crop
+250 XP
Lettuce almost ready!
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Herb Wizard
Grow 5 different herbs
+300 XP
2 of 5 herbs grown
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Global Grower
Garden from another country
+500 XP
Set home + garden zones
🎯 Milestones
✓
First Scan
Identify your first plant with AI
Complete!
+25 XP
✓
Plant Your Garden
Add 5 plants to your garden
7/5 ✓
+100 XP
30-Day Grower
Maintain a 30-day check-in streak
14/30
+500 XP
Companion Planter
Create 3 companion planting guilds
3/3 🎉
+200 XP
Master Harvester
Log 10 successful harvests
0/10
+1000 XP
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SunflowerSue
8,420 XP
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HerbGarden_Mike
6,180 XP
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TomatoQueen
5,440 XP
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GardenPro_FL (you)
3,240 XP
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RoseGrower99
3,100 XP
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🌱 Done!