Pilot program 2026Designed in St. John's, NL

Catch the thirsty plant before your client does.

Grovasense sensors read soil moisture, air temperature, humidity and light around the clock. Our AI plant assistant identifies each plant and sets the right alert limits for it, so your team hears about trouble earlier, and only makes the trips that matter. We're building it with Newfoundland interior landscapers and greenhouse growers, and we're looking for pilot partners for 2026.

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4 readingsfrom one prototype sensor

Wi-Fino hub to install

Bluetooth setuppaired from the app

AI plant assistantsets alerts for you

R&D stageprototypes in testing

Downtown office · client site3 sensors · updated 2 min ago

Example data

Lobby · fiddle-leaf figSoil moisture

22%Thirsty

Floor 3 · monsteraSoil moisture

47%In range

Boardroom · snake plantSoil moisture

39%In range

Lobby fig, last 24 htarget 30%

Lobby fig dropped below 30% at 6:10 am. Added to today's route.

The problem

Most problems show up between walk-throughs.

A heater fails overnight, a corner of the greenhouse runs hot, a client's lobby plant goes three days without water. By the time someone sees it, the damage is done.

Hours

Checks are periodic

Manual rounds catch what's wrong at that moment. Conditions change between rounds, and nights and weekends go unwatched.

Sites

Your plants are spread out

Bays, rooms and client buildings across town. Nobody can be everywhere, and travel time is the most expensive part of a check.

Cost

Pro systems are built for big farms

Industrial monitoring needs gateways, installers and contracts. Smaller operations end up with a clipboard and a thermometer.

Who it's for

Built first for people who grow for a living.

Today's sensors measure soil, air and light, so the pilot is for people who grow in soil. Hydroponics and home gardens come later.

Pilot focus

Interior landscapers

Water on need, not on schedule. See which client plants actually need a visit this week, skip the trips that don't, and stop finding out from the client.

Soil moisture and light for each plant
The plant assistant sets each plant's targets, so a fig and a cactus get different alerts
A name and location for every sensor, so the crew knows where to go
Alerts to your phone when a plant drops below its target
Multi-site view and team accounts In development
Care reports to share with clients Planned

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Pilot focus

Soil-based greenhouses and nurseries

Know when a bed, bench or tunnel gets too dry, too hot or too damp, including overnight.

Soil moisture per bed, bench or pot
Air temperature, humidity and light in each zone
Recommended ranges for each crop from the plant assistant
Day, week and season history

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Later

Hydroponics, and home and garden

Hydroponic growers need water-quality sensors (pH, EC, dissolved oxygen, water level), which are on the roadmap. A hub-free home kit, bought once with no subscription, comes after that.

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How it works

Set up from your phone, no installer needed.

No gateway, no wiring and no installer. Each sensor talks to your existing Wi-Fi.

Place it

Push the probe into the soil next to the plant. The same sensor measures the air and light around it. It runs on a rechargeable battery.

Pair it

The Grovasense app finds the sensor over Bluetooth. Give it a name, choose your Wi-Fi network, and it starts reporting.

Identify the plant

The plant assistant works out what the plant is and recommends its moisture, light, temperature and humidity ranges. It sets the alert limits from them.

Get alerted early

Readings and history are in the app. You're notified when a reading goes out of range, often before the plant shows it.

AI plant assistant · working now

Every plant gets its own alerts, without the homework.

A snake plant wants to dry out; a fern doesn't. Instead of looking up each species and typing in limits, tell the assistant what you're looking at. It identifies the plant, recommends the conditions it needs, and sets the alerts for you.

Identifies: Works out the species with you, so the targets fit the actual plant.
Recommends: Soil moisture, light, temperature and humidity ranges for that plant, explained in plain language.
Sets alerts: Turns those ranges into alert limits on the plant's sensor. You can adjust any of them.
Saves trips: Your crew visits the plants that need it, instead of every plant on a fixed schedule.

Plant assistantExample

Lobby plant on the Water St. account. Tall, big violin-shaped leaves, next to the front window.

That sounds like a fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). It likes bright, indirect light and hates cold drafts, so keep an eye on that door.

Soil moisture*30–50 %

Light10–20k lx

Temperature16–27 °C

Humidity40–60 %

Alerts set for Lobby figMoisture below 30 % · temperature below 16 °C · light under 10k lx for 3 days* on the sensor's relative scale

Available now · prototype sensor

The four conditions behind most plant stress.

Water, light, temperature and humidity cause most of the stress indoor plants go through. Today's prototype sensor reports all four. Pests, disease and nutrients still need a person's eye.

42%

Soil moisture

How wet the soil is around the probe, so you water on need rather than on a schedule.

Relative %, on the sensor's own scale

21.4°C

Air temperature

Catch cold drafts, heat build-up and failed heaters early.

Degrees Celsius

64%RH

Humidity

Spot the damp conditions that lead to mould and disease.

Relative humidity, %

12,400lx

Light

Check whether a spot is bright enough for the plant in it, through the day.

Illuminance, lux

Connectivity: Wi-FiSetup: Bluetooth pairing from the appPower: rechargeable batteryApp: live readings, history charts, alerts and the plant assistant

This is our prototype hardware. The next generation (V3) adds calibrated soil moisture, light measured the way plants use it, and water sensors. See the roadmap.

Roadmap

What's working, what's next, and where we're headed.

We'd rather show you an honest plan than a long feature list. Pilot partners help decide the order.

Now

Prototype

Working sensors, app and plant assistant, in testing.

WorkingPrototype sensor: moisture, temperature, humidity and light
WorkingBluetooth setup and Wi-Fi reporting
WorkingMobile app with live readings, charts and alerts
WorkingAI plant assistant: identifies plants and sets their alert limits

2026

Pilot program

Sensors in real operations, with interior landscapers and greenhouse growers in Newfoundland.

In developmentMulti-site dashboard with team accounts and roles
In developmentPredicted watering times from each plant's history
PlannedCare reports to share with clients

V3 sensors

Better soil and light sensing, and the water sensors that open Grovasense up to hydroponic growers.

PlannedCalibrated soil moisture, as true water content
PlannedLight measured as plant-usable light (PAR), for grow lamps too
PlannedWater sensors: pH, EC, dissolved oxygen and tank level