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Re: Show HN: Plant Subscription Service

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Post by akcreek »

I love this... wish I was in the delivery area (about 2,000 miles away in Louisville, KY) as my wife and I have been wanting to expand our selection of plants, but neither of us have the knowledge off hand nor the time to invest in learning right now. Lots of things to learn higher up on the list still. This certainly solves a problem we have.

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Post by Bjorkbat »

Great idea. As a former horticulture major who dropped out, became an organic farmer, and then somehow found myself studying computer science, I often marveled at how so many people had really awful black thumbs.

The concept of plant nutrition eluded most people. Water made sense, sunlight made sense, nitrogen didn't.

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Post by tvladeck »

(Just one data point, so take it how you like)

I'm a customer for 1/3 to 1/2 the price. I would sacrifice quality along with a lower price. My profile is:

-wants plants

-knows nothing about plants

-doesn't have any plants

-values having any plants much more highly than having the right plants

Re: Show HN: Plant Subscription Service

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Post by saurik »

joubert wrote: post #8

neat. what happens when my plant dies?

I had "hoped" the reason it was a "subscription service" is that, clearly if you send someone like me a plant it will die, so the only real solution is to "subscribe" to receiving new plants every month; it sounded like a genius idea.
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