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title: "I just joined your group today and I’m a little disappointed. I have…"
description: "I just joined your group today and I’m a little disappointed. I have been taking pictures of plants that are definitely sick. And yet AI is telling me that…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/0gebI8YWY6qeZ8dKjrxaCI"
community: "Show your plants"
author: "Martha"
published: "2026-03-16T15:40:45.888351Z"
language: "en"
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# I just joined your group today and I’m a little disappointed. I have…

_Posted by Martha on 2026-03-16_

I just joined your group today and I’m a little disappointed. I have been taking pictures of plants that are definitely sick. And yet AI is telling me that they are healthy. What am I doing wrong?

## 10 comments

### Sofia commented on 2026-03-16

Sometimes posting pictures of sick plants to the community helps more than AI! Give all important information in your post, put it in the right community, and members will probably be pretty helpful. AI doesn’t always catch everything so listing symptoms and providing clear pictures has helped me more when the right people see it! Good luck, I hope your plants recover soon!

#### Adrian replied on 2026-03-16

Hi, Martha. I’m sorry your plants aren’t doing well. In all honesty, I don’t use the AI features on this app. I try to avoid AI features in general both for the lack of accuracy and how its use elsewhere will likely lead to the loss of jobs and a general inability to do things for ourselves down the line. What makes this app great is the people on it, not the Dr. Planta features. I joined this app because you can learn much more accurate information from very sweet people that are happy to help and teach anyone new to houseplants. The people that answer on the groups have always been very sweet and polite, and I’ve learned a lot from them since jointing this app. I’m really sorry to hear you’re not enjoying the app so far, but I’d recommend taking Sofia’s advice and snapping some photos of your plants and posting them either in the “Anything about plants” or “pests, diseases, and problems” groups. Hope you start having a better experience here. ☀️

#### Martha replied on 2026-03-16

Thank you Sofia.

#### Martha replied on 2026-03-16

Thank you Adrian.

#### Belle replied on 2026-03-19

I so totally 💯 agree!!

### Phil commented on 2026-03-16

Martha something you can try with Dr Planta is disagreeing with the diagnosis. And make sure you tell Dr what you see is wrong, such as “the leaves are brown and crispy”. If Dr says all is good then say “that doesn’t make sense so why are the leaves brown then”. I have done this several times at it often leads to a better diagnosis.

#### Phil replied on 2026-03-16

I have gotten into a bit of an argument with the Dr by saying “no that is not correct”. Just talk back and forth like it’s a person.

#### Martha replied on 2026-03-16

That would probably be me Phil 😂

#### Phil replied on 2026-03-17

I have conversations with Alexa too. Just for the fun of it. But AI is not always correct and when you disagree it will seek a more logical answer.

#### Belle replied on 2026-03-19

I often disagree with them and will get more accurate diagnosis!!

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