Hello, it’s your plants calling... The phone rings. Who can it be now? The babysitter? The office? No, it’s your Scotch Moss plant. He’d like to be watered, please.

Graduate students at New York University are working on a telecommunications product that monitors soil moisture in house plants and calls you when they need a watering. Supplemented with a healthy dose of humor, the product, Botanicalls, is still under development.

Check out this video from Reuters to hear sample phone calls and a short interview with the inventors.