The idea for Plantastic®, (the automatic houseplant watering device that REALLY WORKS!), took shape in the mid 90's as my parents, Chuck and Liz, prepared for retirement in
Savannah, GA. They wanted to be able to visit their far-flung children and grandchildren but Liz had a tremendous collection of houseplants that needed to be watered.
When returning from several weeks of travel she often found her plants to be
dead or highly-distressed. She tried everything--putting them all (all 37 of them!) in 3 bathtubs,
drip systems, pump and valve systems, reservoir systems, wick systems, gravity flow systems--you
name it, she tried it. We bought and tested dozens of products that claimed to solve this problem of automatically watering unattended houseplants while you're on vacation--
but none did.
Enter Chuck, who never met a problem he couldn't solve. As an engineer he led a rocket engine design team for the Apollo moon-landing program. So, although this isn't exactly rocket science, the rocket scientist set out to find a way to travel without having to rush home to water the plants.
Between golf games he developed the first prototypes for a houseplant waterer. He began testing in Spring of 1996, and applied for a patent in October. On April 27, 1999 the US Patent Office issued a patent, and later a trademark, for Plantastic!® Several other patents are pending. Today, after over 5000 tests, there are over 1,000,000 Plantastic!®s installed for happy houseplant owners in every state of the US and numerous foreign countries. Now you too can enjoy worry-free vacations and travel knowing that your plants and houseplants will be watered while you're away.
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