How to Save a Dying Houseplant: A Step-by-Step Recovery Plan
A struggling houseplant can often be saved while its stems are green inside. How to check, find the cause, act today and nurse it back over the weeks after.
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Flamingo-Lily identified
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Monstera needs water
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34°C heat, protect your plants
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Features
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A single scan becomes an identification, a health check, an adaptive care plan, and a weather safety net.
Plant Scans
Scan a plant. Know it in seconds
Point your camera at any plant and Folly identifies it from its leaves, stems, and flowers, across 30,000+ species. Then it turns the result into real care context.
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Plant Doctor
Diagnosis, then a recovery plan
Scan a struggling plant and Plant Doctor reads the visible symptoms and names the most likely cause and what to do first, free. On Folly Pro, a recovery plan then takes it through treatment day by day, with check-ins and reminders.
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Smart Care
Adaptive smart care schedules
Smart Care schedules adapt each plant's watering to its room, pot, light, season, and your local weather.
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Weather Alerts
Know before the weather hits
Plant by plant alerts when frost, heat or storms hit, with a quick checklist to protect what's at risk.
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Everything Folly does
Everything you need to grow
Daily tools plus the Folly Pro layer that keeps every plant thriving, all in one app.
Discover
Find your next favourite plant, with picks matched to your space and what you grow.
Care reminders
Reminders for every plant, and a care log for watering, feeding and repotting, due or not.
My Garden
Every plant you save, organised across up to 5 growing sites and their rooms.
Plant Doctor
Diagnoses 500+ diseases and pests from a photo, with the likely cause and what to do first.
More plant ID & health scans
A bigger monthly scan allowance for IDs and health checks.
Recovery plans
A step-by-step plan for a sick plant, with check-ins.
Smart Care schedules
Watering that adapts to weather, pot, light and season.
Adaptive weather alerts
Plant by plant alerts when frost, heat or storms hit.
Monthly care guides
Seasonal guides written for your plants and climate.
From the blog
Straight answers to the plant problems people search for most.
Why Is My Plant Drooping After Repotting?
Drooping after repotting is usually shock and passes in days to weeks. Here is how to tell it from overwatering or a pot that is too big, and what to do.
Why Does My Spider Plant Have Brown Tips?
Brown tips on a spider plant are almost always salts in the compost or very dry air. How to tell which, what to change, and how to trim them tidily.
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