HI Debbie- We sent you a customer support email. Thanks Edith

Hi Brian- What sort of information are you interested in? Thanks Edith

HI Davide Currently, we capture in 15 minutes intervals. We use the data for our algorithms. This is an interesting idea, how would you like to utilize the data differently? Thanks Edith

Hi Bud- I think our customer support already wrote you, but as another reply--make sure you're waiting over 24 hours so we can get a full days "plant view". Edith

What would you want to monitor about your compost pile? What are you interested in?

HI- 1) If you're monitoring an edible plant (like lettuce), the light/water/temperature needs are fairly constant across culitvars. We provide different cultivars as a convenience. So even if we don't have your exact cultivar, you can monitor a similar variety. 2) We're constantly adding plants--orchids are particularly tricky as they are NOT similar across the species. 3) This is good feedback about what our users want...we're listening. Thanks Edith Harbaugh, Product Manager, EasyBloom

You can read a much longer article about hardiness zones and why the National Arboretum map wasn't adopted here: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-backyard The issue of zones is one our botanists closely monitor--for now, we shade on the side of caution, as we want to make sure we're not advising risky plants.

In other words, I know people who try to keep lemon trees in Dublin, CA (zone 8b), even though they know lemon is a zone 9a plant. But if it's a cool night, they pull the lemon tree inside. The EasyBloom is calibrated to show plants that won't just survive (ie, barely make it through the winter), but thrive and do well.

HI Aimee- Sorry for the holiday delay in responding. We use the "official" USDA map, which was released in 1990 and can be seen at the National Gardens Association site. The link you cite was released by the National Arboretum, but never formally adopted by the USDA. Why wasn't the National Arboretum map adopted? Some felt that the 2003 version skewed too warm. Basically, the hardiness zones are used to show what plants will survive over a winter--ie, are "hardy". Sometimes we gamble on a warm winter, and a plant WILL make it. But a hardiness zone is meant to show what plants are guaranteed to make it.

HI Aimee- We use the same zones as the National Gardens Association. You can see them here http://www.garden.org/zipzone/ What zipcode are you in? ---Edith