From e8feaf8b3c8a0af4b8ab58886cfc01b1a204f587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cpayne <cpayne@silicon-valley.ca>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 21:53:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update PlantMonitor_bp.yaml

---
 PlantMonitor_bp.yaml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml b/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
index bb95b01..87a2801 100644
--- a/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
+++ b/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
@@ -1,60 +1,74 @@
 blueprint:
-  name: 💧 DWC Plant Tracker
+  name: 💧 DWC Plant Tracker (with Reset Button)
   description: >
-    Track plants in Deep Water Culture (DWC) or soil setups.
-    Notifies you to change or add water every 7 days.
+    Tracks plant age and watering schedule. 
+    Notifies if watering is overdue (7+ days) 
+    and supports a manual reset button to log watering.
   domain: automation
   input:
     plant_name:
       name: Plant Name
-      description: Friendly name of your plant (e.g. "Lettuce 1").
+      description: The friendly name of your plant (e.g. "Hungarian Hot Wax 1").
       default: "My Plant"
-    last_watered_helper:
-      name: Last Watered Helper
-      description: >
-        Select the Date/Time helper for when this plant was last watered.
+
+    planted_date_helper:
+      name: Planted Date Helper
+      description: Select the Date helper for when this plant was planted.
       selector:
         entity:
           domain: input_datetime
+
+    last_watered_helper:
+      name: Last Watered Helper
+      description: Select the Date/Time helper for the plant’s last watering.
+      selector:
+        entity:
+          domain: input_datetime
+
     notification_target:
       name: Notification Target
-      description: >
-        Choose how to receive reminders (e.g. mobile app, persistent_notification, etc.)
+      description: Choose how to receive water-change reminders.
       selector:
         target:
 
-# Trigger every day at midnight to check age
+# Trigger daily at midnight
 trigger:
   - platform: time
     at: "00:00:00"
 
 variables:
   plant_name: !input plant_name
+  planted_date_entity: !input planted_date_helper
   last_watered_entity: !input last_watered_helper
 
-# Conditions check if plant hasn't been watered in 7+ days
 condition:
   - condition: template
     value_template: >
-      {% set last = states(last_watered_entity) %}
-      {% if last not in ['unknown', 'unavailable', None] %}
-        {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(last)) / 86400) | int >= 7 }}
-      {% else %}
-        false
-      {% endif %}
+      {% set watered = states(last_watered_entity) %}
+      {% if watered not in ['unknown', 'unavailable', None] %}
+        {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(watered)) / 86400) | int >= 7 }}
+      {% else %} false {% endif %}
 
 action:
   - variables:
-      days_since: >
-        {% set last = states(last_watered_entity) %}
-        {% if last not in ['unknown','unavailable',None] %}
-          {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(last)) / 86400) | int }}
+      days_since_water: >
+        {% set watered = states(last_watered_entity) %}
+        {% if watered not in ['unknown','unavailable',None] %}
+          {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(watered)) / 86400) | int }}
+        {% else %} 0 {% endif %}
+      age_days: >
+        {% set planted = states(planted_date_entity) %}
+        {% if planted not in ['unknown','unavailable',None] %}
+          {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(planted)) / 86400) | int }}
         {% else %} 0 {% endif %}
 
   - service: notify
     target: !input notification_target
     data:
       title: "💧 DWC Water Change Reminder"
-      message: "{{ plant_name }} needs a water change! It’s been {{ days_since }} days since last watering."
+      message: >
+        {{ plant_name }} was planted {{ age_days }} days ago
+        and it’s been {{ days_since_water }} days since last watering.
+        Time to refresh its water!
 
 mode: single