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Now your plants can Twitter too!

New Twitter app: Botanicalls, where your plants tweet to let you know how they are doing.

As it says on the website: "Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What's up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love. "

By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire

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