Plant Library
The plant library is a shared database of plant profiles — species-level knowledge that's used across all users and all features in MyPlot.
Plant profile vs planting
A plant profile is like a reference entry for a species: days to maturity, typical spacing, companion plants, common pests, harvest indicators. It's shared across all users and enriched over time.
A planting is your specific crop: this silverbeet, in this bed, sown on this date. Two gardeners can both grow silverbeet — they share the plant profile, but have their own planting records.
You never edit a plant profile directly (unless you're an admin). You create plantings that reference a profile.
How AI enrichment works
1
New plant profile created or requested
A new entry is added to the library — either by import, admin action, or a custom plant name from a planting.
2
AI enrichment job queued
Runs in the background — not triggered by user action.
3
AI populates fields
Days to maturity, recommended spacing, companion plants (good and bad), common pests and diseases, harvest indicators, growing notes.
4
Confidence score set (0.0 – 1.0)
High (> 0.85) → shown directly in the app. Low (< 0.70) → flagged for review, shown with caveat.
Confidence scores
Every AI-enriched field has a confidence score. A score of 0.9 means the AI is highly confident this data is accurate for the species. Lower scores are shown with a flag — treat them as a starting point, not gospel.
Human-curated data (imported from trusted horticultural sources) always takes precedence over AI data and is never overwritten by it.
Plant not in the library?
When adding a planting, if your plant doesn't appear in search, type a custom common name and save anyway. You can track harvests, events, and notes on any planting — with or without a matched profile. The custom plant name will be added to the enrichment queue for future use.
Tip: The more specific your plant search, the better the profile match. "Cherry tomato" will return a better-enriched profile than just "Tomato".
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