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title: "Is there a way to pause progress updates for outdoor until next year?…"
description: "Is there a way to pause progress updates for outdoor until next year? Many plants in my garden are now going dormant and keeping an update journal seems…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Marc"
published: "2026-09-08T14:36:09.053391Z"
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# Is there a way to pause progress updates for outdoor until next year?…

_Posted by Marc on 2026-09-08_

Is there a way to pause progress updates for outdoor until next year? Many plants in my garden are now going dormant and keeping an update journal seems pointless.

## 4 comments

### Mel 🌸 🪴 commented on 2026-09-08

The only thing that I have found is to click on the plant leaves in the very bottom menu. Then click on settings, which is the spoke wheel. There, you will see an option to pause progress updates. Hope this helps.

### John G Amero commented on 2026-09-08

Hello Mr. Marc,

Unfortunately, no. We cannot tell the app when we want to perform a Progress Update next per plant.

I live in Philadelphia and it is absolutely silly. My Hosta dies back, it’s in a pot, and goes dormant every year. I found that I just ignore the Planta suggestion.  
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Every December through March…

Planta: Hello. Progress Update Day. How is your Hosta? Your Boxwood Shrub? Your bearded iris’es?

Me: Gee let me go dig them all up, shake the dirt off them, slap them awake, and then ask them “How you doing? Sleeping well?”

Planta: Thank you.

Me: Dumb app.  
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#### Celesta replied on 2026-09-08

This cracked me up 😆 yeah, this app definitely targets fussy indoor plants. RIP us outdoor gardeners 🫠

#### Marc replied on 2026-10-04

It would be helpful for the developers of this app to build in some intelligence what outdoor plants are concerned. The app knows when it rained and suggests to mark outdoor plants as watered! Can’t be that hard, can it?

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