Team Horizon 2's Smart Pot to maximise house plants

Leonard's Horizon 2 outline their Smart Pot planter system for this year's Apprentice Automation Challenge.

The Problem

It can really dampen your mood when coming back from holiday to a dead or soon to be dead plant. Of course, you can ask a family member or friend to plant sit, but not everyone has that luxury.

In addition, a lot of the times we are just too busy (or forget) to water our plant.

Team Horizon is creating a plant pot that will be able to water itself and check the PH Level of the soil. The user will enter how often their plant needs to be watered (e.g. every 3 hours, every 24 hours) on a digital screen or an app, where the PH level of the soil will also be displayed.

This product allows customers to enjoy their holiday with no worries!

This innovative creation is ‘The Smart Pot’.

The Concept

Our concept is to have a flowerpot on top of a thick base. The base creates the significant difference. As a customer is no longer buying a plant pot, they are buying a Smart Pot.

Inside the base of the flowerpot will be the water tank, pump, battery and thermistor.
On the outside, there will be a screen to display information of the plant to the user. For example, the PH Level of the plant and duration until the plant will be watered again.