Updates, launches, plant stories, and behind-the-scenes from the Raychis team.https://raychis.app/en-gbhttps://raychis.app/stories/watering-guide/https://raychis.app/stories/watering-guide/How to tell overwatering from underwatering, why a wet plant wilts, and how to water houseplants and garden plants well. Check the soil before you water.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/lawn-care/https://raychis.app/stories/lawn-care/How to care for a lawn in any climate. Choosing cool- or warm-season grass, mowing height, deep watering, feeding, and fixing moss and weeds.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/companion-planting/https://raychis.app/stories/companion-planting/How companion planting works, from the three sisters and flowers for useful insects to trap crops and carrots grown with onions, and where the evidence is weak.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/drought-tolerant-gardening/https://raychis.app/stories/drought-tolerant-gardening/Drought-tolerant gardening needs more than tough plants. Build soil that holds water, mulch to reduce evaporation, water deeply while plants establish, capture rainfall and choose plants that survive dry spells.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-2-0/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-2-0/A feature update on top of 1.1.2. Send a plain care list that anyone can read without Raychis, and pause your own reminders while you are away so your care streak stays safe.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/fertilisers-explained/https://raychis.app/stories/fertilisers-explained/What nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium do for a plant, how to read the NPK numbers on the bag, and how organic and mineral feeds differ.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/gardening-for-extreme-heat/https://raychis.app/stories/gardening-for-extreme-heat/Heat stress is a separate problem from drought. How high temperatures scorch leaves, stop fruit setting and cook roots in pots, and how shade, deep watering, mulch and the right plants keep a garden through a heatwave.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-2/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-2/A feature-and-fix update on top of 1.1.1. Care reminders are easier to set up and start from your last care, you can set your own default reminder time, and an identification can be double-checked with a quick web search.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/how-to-make-compost-at-home/https://raychis.app/stories/how-to-make-compost-at-home/Compost is rotted plant waste turned into a soil improver. How to balance greens and browns, keep a heap damp and airy, and choose hot or cold composting.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/how-climate-zones-are-changing/https://raychis.app/stories/how-climate-zones-are-changing/Hardiness zones are thirty-year averages of winter cold, and those averages are rising. How the USDA and RHS maps have moved, how much is warming and how much comes from better data, and what a shifting zone tells you.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/how-to-make-a-wildflower-meadow/https://raychis.app/stories/how-to-make-a-wildflower-meadow/A wildflower meadow needs poor soil, weak grass and one cut a year. How to lower fertility, sow or plug the flowers, use yellow rattle and start at any size.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/succession-planting/https://raychis.app/stories/succession-planting/Succession planting means staggering your sowings and following one crop with another so harvests arrive in sequence and no ground sits bare. How it works, the botany behind the timing, and worked examples for salad, roots and beans.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-1/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-1/A reliability patch on top of 1.1.0. Care reminders are added to older plants, the first health check is saved accurately, and the camera and results screen are more reliable.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/gardening-in-a-changing-climate/https://raychis.app/stories/gardening-in-a-changing-climate/Winter lows are rising, hardiness zones are shifting, and gardens now face more heat, drought, flooding and overwintering pests. Plan for the full range your garden has to survive.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/chillies-and-peppers/https://raychis.app/stories/chillies-and-peppers/Chilli and pepper are common names for five separate Capsicum species. Their flowers, seeds and climate needs separate them more clearly than heat.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-0/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-1-0/The first feature update. Each plant's full care guide now lives on its own page, any species reads in full from Explore, and care checks are set up automatically when you add a plant.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/climate-zones-and-what-to-grow/https://raychis.app/stories/climate-zones-and-what-to-grow/Hardiness zones measure winter lows only. Use USDA and RHS zones for cold, heat zones for summer stress, Koppen climate types for rainfall and season shape, and cultivar notes for day length and winter chill.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/plants-for-low-light/https://raychis.app/stories/plants-for-low-light/Houseplants for dim rooms, grouped by how little light they tolerate and whether they need damp air. How to test a corner, why shade leaves survive on very low light, and the signs that a room is too dark.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/encouraging-natural-predators/https://raychis.app/stories/encouraging-natural-predators/The predators and parasitoids that control common garden pests, which ones you are likely to see in different regions, and the flowers and shelter that keep them in the garden.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/stories/huitlacoche/https://raychis.app/stories/huitlacoche/Corn smut can ruin a sweetcorn crop, but young galls are also huitlacoche, a valued Mexican ingredient. Edibility depends on timing, correct identification and how the crop is being grown.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/the-guides-move-to-the-web/https://raychis.app/news/the-guides-move-to-the-web/We are copying the care content inside Raychis across to the website and publishing it as guides, a wave at a time. Early users have also asked for changes in the app.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-0-1/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-0-1/The first update since launch. A stability and reliability patch, with clearer identification results and a few things that were more awkward than they needed to be.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/raychis-is-live/https://raychis.app/news/raychis-is-live/Raychis is out. Download it free on the App Store and Google Play, and put a plant in front of it.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/version-1-0-0/https://raychis.app/news/version-1-0-0/What ships in the first release of Raychis, and what the free tier and Plus each include.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/launch-is-coming/https://raychis.app/news/launch-is-coming/Raychis has a release date. It ships on Wednesday 29 July 2026, with the build already through review at both stores.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/the-beta-is-open/https://raychis.app/news/the-beta-is-open/We're looking for gardeners to test Raychis before it launches. Early builds, a direct line to the team, and a say in what ships.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://raychis.app/news/the-name/https://raychis.app/news/the-name/The rachis is the central stem of a compound leaf, the axis its leaflets branch from. What the word means, how to say Raychis, and why we chose it.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT