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Two watering myths crossed out: ice cubes on soil and misting a plant
Leafwise

Ice cubes, misting, and other plant watering myths that quietly hurt your plants

Some of the most repeated plant care advice online is quietly working against you. Here are the watering myths worth unlearning, and what actually works.

Aug 13, 20266 min read
Plant leaves showing symptoms: healthy, yellowing, brown tips, drooping
Leafwise

Yellow leaves, brown tips, drooping stems: a real guide to reading your plants

Your plant is trying to tell you something, but Google gives you ten conflicting answers. Here's how to figure out what's actually wrong.

Aug 6, 20266 min read
A root-bound plant being moved to a larger pot with room to grow
Leafwise

How to know when your plant actually needs repotting (and what changes after you do)

Do it too often and you stress the plant; wait too long and it strangles itself. Here's how to read the signs, and why your watering routine has to change after.

Jul 30, 20266 min read
An overwatered plant sitting in a puddle while a watering can pours in more water
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Why your plant app keeps telling you to water at the wrong time

You followed the schedule, did everything right, and your monstera still drooped. The problem isn't you. Most plant apps ignore weather, light, and context.

Jul 23, 20265 min read
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Studio Leafwise

We just launched our first app. Here's what Leafwise does differently.

Leafwise is live. A plant care app that checks the weather before telling you to water, remembers your care history, and has an AI companion that knows your garden.

Jul 20, 20265 min read
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Leafwise launches July 20

We have a date. Leafwise, our first Superapp, arrives free on the iOS App Store on July 20. Here's what's coming, and how to be ready on day one.

Jul 16, 20263 min read
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The third Superapp: the need behind Stocked

A forgotten bag of spinach, a duplicate jar, a "what's for dinner" with no good answer. The quiet, weekly waste in the back of the fridge is the need behind Stocked.

Jul 9, 20265 min read
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The second Superapp: the need behind Unhidden

The gap between what people say and what they mean. Here's the need that led us to Unhidden, and why it's the most careful thing we've tried to build.

Jul 2, 20265 min read
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The first Superapp: why we built Leafwise

Every Superapp starts with a need we couldn't shake. For Leafwise it was simple and a little embarrassing: we kept killing plants we genuinely cared about.

Jun 25, 20265 min read
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Why we're building small, focused apps in a world of super-apps

Most apps try to do everything and end up doing nothing well. We're taking the opposite approach: single-purpose tools built with depth, not breadth.

Jun 18, 20265 min read
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