How to Write Plant Product Descriptions Using AI | GrowerDirect's AI Generation Feature and 4 Points to Verify

The safest and fastest way to write a plant listing is to use AI to "input facts and have it draft a readable description, then review and revise it yourself." This article covers how GrowerDirect's AI generation feature works, what information to provide to AI, what must be verified after generation, and expressions you should not use.

Summary

• AI can only create "a readable draft of the facts you input." Growers are responsible for inputting and verifying the facts themselves—variety, origin, root development status, warranty conditions, and so on.
• In GrowerDirect's listing screen, after registering photos, you can press "AI Generate" to create a draft description based on your title, category, and entered information. It can also suggest title options.
• After generation, verify factual accuracy, remove assertive language, and check mandatory legal requirements (such as registered variety display) before publishing.
• Remove expressions like "absolutely," "guaranteed," "we promise," "lowest price," and so on, even if AI generates them.

What GrowerDirect's AI Generation Feature Can Do

Register photos in the listing form, enter your title, category (subcategory), and information such as cultivation environment or parent plant in the free-text field, then press "AI Generate." The system creates a draft description reflecting your input. It is designed to integrate the facts you provide naturally into the text, not as a mere list like "Variety: ~ / Size: ~." It can also suggest multiple title options based on your input. There is a limit to the number of generations per hour; during peak times, there may be a short wait. Photos must be registered before generation is possible.

Information to Provide to AI (Blank sections won't be filled without this)

AI should not invent facts you haven't provided, so fewer inputs result in more generic content. Enter the following as bullet points in the free-text field.

• Variety name (scientific name or horticultural variety name), and if it is a registered variety, "registered variety" with the registration number
• Origin: seedling, tissue culture (micropropagation), air layer, division, or imported specimen—which one. If a seedling, the sowing date; if imported, the import date
• Information about the parent plant (variegation pattern, form, whether photos exist)
• Current size (plant width, height, pot size, number of leaves) and how it was measured
• Root development status (not yet rooted / already rooted), timing of the most recent repotting, and soil used
• Cultivation environment (greenhouse, outdoors, indoors; light level; temperature; watering frequency)
• Pest and disease status and any pesticides used, and the duration of quarantine
• Warranty conditions (dead-on-arrival guarantee period and response)
• Delivery method (in-person pickup or shipped), temperature control during shipping, and weather conditions that would delay shipment
• What is included in the price (with pot and soil, or bareroot; shipping cost)
• Date the photos were taken

4 Points You Must Always Verify After Generation

1. Factual accuracy: Verify that variety name, size, origin, and dates match your input. While AI is designed not to output numbers not in your input, final verification is the grower's responsibility.
2. Assertiveness and exaggeration: Remove statements like "will always root," "disease-free," "premium grade," and so on. Describe the current condition as "current state."
3. Mandatory legal display: If a registered variety, keep the display "registered variety (Plant Variety Protection No. ○○)." If an imported specimen, note that it has passed import inspection. For details on the Seed and Seedling Act and Plant Protection Act, see The Law When Selling Plants.
4. Transaction terms: Verify that price, warranty, delivery method, and payment method (agreed between the parties) do not conflict between the description and form fields.

Expressions You Must Not Use

• "Absolutely," "guaranteed," "100%," "we promise" (except where specified as a warranty condition)
• "Largest in Japan," "No. 1," "lowest price," and other comparisons without basis
• Reusing photos or text from other plants or other shops
• Phrases like "discount if purchased immediately" that invite price negotiation (price negotiation is prohibited on GrowerDirect)
• Contact information such as LINE or phone numbers that direct users outside the messaging system
• Describing wild-collected imports as if they were seedlings or domestically-grown plants. Be accurate about origin.

Template for Good Listings (A guide for refining AI output)

1. One sentence summing up the plant's characteristics (variety, origin, size)
2. Current condition (root development, leaf condition, recent care)
3. Parent plant and cultivation environment
4. Warranty, delivery, and payment conditions
5. Requests for the buyer (acclimatization after arrival, preparing the placement location, what you'd like them to tell you in inquiries)

400–800 characters is a readable length. Let photos convey what they can; use text for facts that photos cannot show (origin, rooting, care, conditions).

Responsibility for AI-Generated Text

Even if you publish AI's draft as-is, you remain responsible for the content. The Seed and Seedling Act display requirements, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (prohibition of exaggeration), and GrowerDirect's terms of use all apply to you as the grower. Use AI as a "tool to organize facts," and always handle fact input and final verification yourself.

Related pages: The Law When Selling Plants / Choosing a Plant Sales Platform (Comparison) / About Fees / Grower Verification Process / Grower Registration (Free)