@veryboringname.
"I had some time off work over the holidays and I was sitting around bored... so I decided to do some work!" This must be like a second job to you with nearly 100k subs!
@tasomaniac
I was happy to see the title. We have very similar setup. For the alerts on the home screen, I used auto-entities. This puts them automatically without the need of an extra helper. Plus, I can read the name of the problematic plant.
- card:
type: custom:mushroom-chips-card
card_param: chips
filter:
include:
- state: /problem/
integration: plant
options:
content_info: name
type: entity
@gedgicat2063
Your timing is spot on as we killed yet another plant over Christmas 😢. Time to make sure no more plants are harmed 🎉
@josh430316
Thank you for all your videos. I avoided home assistant for years as it felt too intimidating but now I’m all in!
@dkickelbick
Thanks for the great video. The Flower Card has now a UI integration 😃
@gatoxgatoxgato
I hardly ever comment on Youtube videos but yours are just too good to let the opportunity pass. I love your humour and I really learn something from you every single time. Once again I'll have to spend a couple of Swiss Francs on those Xiaomi sensors because this looks too tempting (just like the water softener video which inspired me a lot).
@yuso08yusoworld4
Again you make me spend money! Let’s hope this saves my wife’s plants! Thanks as always!
@emeraldzen
Don't get me wrong, it's been painful, but I'm glad it's now setup! 😂 to add insult to injury, I couldn't find the first plant I added, so I had to figure out what was the closest. M5Stack was a godsend too!
@mvmhughes
The mention of human names took me back 40 years, when I visited a work colleagues home. He introduced me to Robert (Plant) and Kate (Bush). When I met my wife to be, I bought her a rubber plant. In the evenings, whilst watching TV, out of the corner of our eyes, we could watch leaf after leaf drop off until there was none left. We've never had a plant since (except artificial ones).
@Mr_Gadge
Thanks again! 😊
@lidbergtech
Haha excellent timing on this video. I had two miflora laying around that I've been meaning to connect. Set them up via BLproxy a week or two ago, but didnt know about the plantDB. Looks way nicer now. Thanks!
@clairerovic
Thankyou, as always an enjoyable adventure. As I already had this implemented, I thought I would give you another Binary sensor that I use, just for watering as I often ignore the other issues on a daily basis
{{ states.plant
| selectattr("state","eq","problem")
| selectattr('attributes.moisture_status', '!=', 'ok')
| map(attribute="entity_id")
| list
| count > 0
}}
Just for fun I use a popup Bubble card under a Mushroom template chip with the Binary sensor changing the icon color. The basic card is then stored separately using the DeClutter card which I use for all my volume products like Shutters, Sprinklers, Plants & AirCons.
@Mr_Gadge
Thanks. I got this done yesterday with two I thought I’d try out. My study is upstairs from the plant and couldn’t reach. Whilst waiting for esp32s for a proxy, I thought I’d just try esp32c super mini, even though esp home says it’s not for that, and it worked lol. I’ll replace it with the 32s for range. Thing that integrations have been added and improved it was a lot simpler to add things like the app and the flower card, but I’m finding the light level sensor a bit ridiculous as it’s meant to be near the stem of the plant and it’s obviously always in the shade 😂 I will see how the battery life goes , if I get grief off them, I’ll just convert them to USB with a bit of silicone on the wire entry. Thanks again I watched four different videos on this which were a nightmare. The rest seem to presume you are a Home Assistant engineer 😂
@KentSmith
Nice video. My success rate with plants is so bad I've moved to Lego versions instead. But I love this integration with HA and having the extra knowledge about what a specific plant needs. May give me the confidence to pick up a couple of these and try a couple of plants again. Thanks.
@ArielLifer
Thanks!
@anpc86
This is pretty cool, didnt know about the open plant book database. Was considering the Apollo plant sensors, i want to do the BLE presence with these devices too. Bermuda i thikk you mentioned helps HA know where you are in the home. Great video
@NnordrumIF
You should make the LED strips in the plants, if they have them, pulse brighter/darker when they need attention :)
@EsotericArctos
Been using these for a while. I prefer the White coloured ones, which are the international version, but the green coloured ones seem to work fine via BLE with Home Assistant as well. The only issue I had was the green ones I had initially (three of them) all had the light sensor fail within 6 months. White ones I replaced them with (plus a few extra) have been running well for over 2 years with no faillure of the light sensors. I use OpenPlantBook in Home Assistant, plus the custom plant card (Think this is the Flower Card in HACS), and this works pretty well for me. Given these devices only have basic data, nothing personal not even location, I have no issue with the BLE being unsecured. It's only got a range of about 10 metres. I've found the conductance is not a very good indication of soil fertility, so I tend to completely ignore that one and turn any alerts off for that. I also find, for indoor plants, the light level will always be a bit low, so I tend to ignore that on indoor plants too, so I really only monitor water as an alert.
@derbybOyzZ
Now that you know what they require generally, you should consider hooking them up to one of those pumps that pumps water from a vase/bucket into the plant pots automatically. Have it trigger when the plants require it or on a schedule.
@veryboringname.