Not necessary

I don't even know what this means.

Will be sticking to the old ways..., insert finger into soil, add some H2O if dry.

Hi & welcome! Why would I not just look at them?

If one needs cyber technology to keep the plants alive, my suggestion is, go with plastic and silk.

So you could pay me to put a pothos in front of a camera and you can bring it up on screen whenever you want to view it and tell me how much water to give it????

Too expensive ? Price point plain and simple.

At what price per plant are they asking? Some would say @ five cents a year per plant is a complete waste of money.

Okay next concern is, as an example. Let's say someone does invest that dime. They get an email as to what day they should water and the next one suggest what day they should mist (and so on and so on) Then, one day comes along and the person who uses this thing called cyber technology service is on the road with one of them trusty technological note pads. Not only did the email suggest to water but they suggest to move it to a new location.

Pondering as often as folks use this site to help keep plants alive, isn't this forum considered to be cyber technology too ??

I can imagine this in a home, where a computer controls the house, the fridge writes the shopping list and orders grocery, and you water your plants by clicking on a can icon on your tablet.

I think watering would be quite handy for going on trips. With some of our collections though, you would need quite the setup!

Wish cost would come down, that would help adoption significantly.

I have several wireless plant sensors set up in my plants and connected to my server. For all but one, I can check moisture / sunlight / fertilizer / temperature with nearly live data. The last sensor is a bit far away so I have to sync manually.

To me, the big strength is logging and tending data, as well as quantification with correct / useful metrics. Overall, the big picture is most important.

Initially, I was hung up on live and instant data. Which honestly isn't that helpful if you don't really understand how to apply that knowledge to specific plants. Obviously plants don't respond instantly either.

You can keep a plant alive with automatic recommendations from software and devices, but to have them flourish you still need to master caring for them.

Here is some of my data for my rooftop plants in the order of moisture level, light PAR DLI, and temperature: