Android beta: now inviting testers
Grow at home. Trade with growers near you.
GrowMate helps Filipinos grow plants and food at home, with care advice made for Philippine weather. It also connects home growers and small nurseries with buyers nearby.
How testing works
GrowMate is in pre-beta on Android. Testers use the app before anyone else and tell us what to fix.
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Leave your email
Use the Gmail or Google account you sign in to Google Play with. Google Play only lets that account join the test.
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Accept the invite
When your spot is ready, we email you the testing link. Open it on your phone, join the test, then install GrowMate from Google Play.
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Use it, tell us
Scan a plant, set up My Garden, look around the Market. Send anything that breaks or confuses you to support@plantita.online.
- What you need. An Android phone and a Google account.
- Free to test. There's nothing to pay to join.
- Sample listings. Some Market listings are samples while we test.
- Leave any time. Ask us to remove your email at support@plantita.online.
The problem we're solving
Lots of Filipinos want to grow plants and food at home, and lots of small growers have plants to sell. Four things get in the way.
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Advice that ignores our weather
Much plant-care advice is written for four-season climates. Here, growers deal with wet and dry seasons, typhoons and strong heat, and plants pay the price.
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Know-how is scattered
What to plant, when to plant it and how to keep it alive is spread across posts, chats and word of mouth. It's hard to know what to trust.
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Small growers are hard to find
Backyard growers and small nurseries often depend on walk-ins and word of mouth to reach buyers, even ones who live a few streets away.
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Buying from strangers is a gamble
Paying ahead for a plant from someone you've never met is risky, so many people never try.
One app for the whole growing life
GrowMate puts learning, growing, sharing and trading in one place, so each step leads to the next.
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Learn
The Plant Library has 148 plants you can grow in the Philippines, with local names like pechay, sitaw and malunggay, and the months they’re good to plant.
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Grow
My Garden keeps every plant you own in one place: watering, weather risks, notes and how each one is growing.
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Share
Make your garden public and other growers can visit it in Discover.
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Trade
Buy and sell live plants, seeds and garden supplies with growers near you, paid in cash on delivery.
The GrowMate Marketplace
A plant market in your pocket, stocked by home growers and small nurseries. Find it, ask about it, order it, and pay when it arrives.
- All
- Plants
- Supplies
- Farm Products
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Search and filter
Search plants, seeds and pots, filter by category and plant type, and sort by newest or by price.
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Know who you're buying from
Every listing shows the seller and where the plant ships from. Verified sellers carry a badge.
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Chat with the seller
Ask about size, care or condition before you order, right inside the app.
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Cart and saved listings
Save listings you like and keep plants in your cart until you're ready to order.
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The fee before you order
Checkout shows the plant price and the delivery fee for your distance before you confirm.
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Track every order
Follow each order from the seller to your door, and ask for a refund in the app if something is wrong.
Digital agriculture for home growers
The tools farmers rely on, sized for a balcony, a backyard or a small plot.
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Weather-aware care
Care tips follow the weather where you are, so you know when heat, rain or a storm puts a plant at risk.
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A planting calendar
Plants show the months they're good to plant, so you sow at the right time of year.
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Food you can grow
61 of the plants in the library are edible, from leafy greens to vegetables and herbs.
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Scan and records
Identify a plant with your camera, then log watering and growth so your next decision is based on what happened.
Plant Clinic Coming soon
Book a video call with a plant specialist when a plant is struggling. Show them the plant on camera and get written advice for your conditions.
Plant Clinic is still being set up. Specialists, prices and booking open in the app when it launches.
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Choose a specialist
Horticulturists for ornamentals and houseplants, agronomists for crops and food plants.
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Pick a time
Choose an open slot and add the session to your phone calendar.
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Share the plant
Attach the plant from My Garden so the specialist sees its details before the call.
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Look at it together
On the video call, show the leaves, stems, roots and soil on camera.
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Get notes after
The specialist leaves written care steps in My sessions.
Keeping the plant economy local
GrowMate is built for buying and selling close to home, so the earning stays with local people.
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Growers become sellers
Home growers and small nurseries can sell live plants, seeds and garden supplies from their phone, through the Seller Center.
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Closer costs less
Delivery is priced by distance, so buying from a grower near you is the cheaper choice.
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Local people do the earning
The seller earns from the sale, and a GrowMate rider earns the delivery fee.
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Trust is built in
Verified sellers carry a badge, you pay only when the plant arrives, and every delivery ends with a photo.
Who it helps
GrowMate is built so that everyone around a plant gains something from it.
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Home growers
Grow plants and food with confidence, even if it's your first plant, with advice made for the weather where you live.
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Local sellers & nurseries
A shop on the phones of buyers nearby. No cash to chase from riders: GrowMate pays you after delivery.
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Communities & environment
More food and greenery grown close to home, plants that travel shorter distances, and gardens that pass know-how from neighbour to neighbour.
For sellers
List it, hand it over, get paid. You never have to collect cash from a rider.
List your plants
Add photos and a price from the Seller Center in the app.
Hand it to the rider
When an order comes in, a GrowMate rider comes to pick it up. Give them your pickup PIN.
Get paid by GrowMate
GrowMate pays you after the plant is delivered. The delivery fee is paid by the buyer and goes to the rider.
How buying works
Every plant you buy travels the same route, from the seller to your door, and you pay only when it arrives.
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Seller
Packs your plant and hands it to the rider with a pickup PIN. Only the seller can see the PIN.
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Rider
A GrowMate rider picks the plant up and brings it straight to your address.
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Buyer
You pay the rider in cash: the plant price plus the delivery fee. The rider takes a photo as proof of delivery.
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Seller paid
GrowMate pays the seller after delivery. If something is wrong with your plant, you can ask for a refund in the app.
You pay the rider
₱1,078
- Plant price
- ₱1,000
- Delivery fee, kept by the rider
- ₱78
An estimate. The app shows your exact fee at checkout, before you place the order.
- Cash on delivery only. Online payment isn't available yet.
- GrowMate riders deliver. Pickup and seller delivery are off for now.
- Photo proof. Every delivery is completed with a camera photo from the rider.
- Refunds. If something is wrong with your plant, ask in the app and GrowMate reviews it. A refund covers the plant price; the delivery fee stays with the rider.
Tara, magtanim. Let's grow together.
Be one of the first to test GrowMate on Android. We'll email your Google Play invite.
Partners & recognition
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PartnerDepartment of AgricultureRepublic of the Philippines
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WinnerYoung Farmers Challenge 2026Department of Agriculture