That must have been such a relief for her after watching them struggle. I totally get the worry though, those apps seem great when plants are small but bigger plants have different needs and the camera can't always tell what's going on under the soil. My aunt had something similar happen where it worked fine for weeks and then started telling her to water way too much once the roots filled the pot. Maybe she should keep using it but double check with her own finger in the dirt every so often.

Wait, four out of nine callbacks just from brooming? That would've made me lose my mind.

How many tarps did you lose to that wind? I've watched a whole stack of them sail across a pasture like kites while the rain just laughed at us. 340 pieces in one morning is a great day though, even if the storm stole the rest of it. My own rain log is mostly just me writing "rained out again" in the margins, but it did show me that April and May keep costing us weeks every single year. Nothing worse than muddy screens and boots that won't dry. Hang in there, that scatter will still be there when the field dries out.