I created my first Plant Sim today with one of the pre-made sims in Freetime, Julien Cooke. He has a mustache and goatee, but wears a green skirt and leotards I guess. See picture below.

To achieve plantsimism, I planted 13 fruit trees and sprayed them whenever they needed it. I began in the middle of the summer and he became a plant sim in the middle of autumn. It didn’t seem like he had sprayed that much, but as I understand, Sims become plant sims when they spray for bugs a certain number of times. He earned a bronze Gardening talent badge while tending the trees, and when he became a Plant Sim it must have jumped to a Gold badge! Now he can talk to the trees (which need it since most were sick). Since Julien’s hobby is cooking, I’ll have him cook with all the fruit that he’s grown!

Not only is it fun to grow your own fruit and vegetables and use them to make healthy meals and juices, but each of the juices has a special effect! Here’s the list:

• Apple Juice: 3 apples; faster homework
• Beauty Cocktail: 2 oranges, 2 cucumbers; love potion
• Eggplant Juice: 2 eggplants; random skill point
• Lemonade: 6 lemons; cools Sims down
• Orange Juice: 6 oranges; cures cold
• Orangeade: 4 oranges, 2 lemons; random badge
• Pepper Punch: 2 pepper, 1 pole bean, 1 apple; energy boost
• Pureed Boot: 1 boot; sim acts nutty
• Strawberry Juice: 3 strawberries; less furious
• Strawberry Lemonade: 2 lemons, 2 strawberries; platinum mood
• Tomato Juice: 6 tomatoes; warms Sims up
• Vegetable Cocktail: 1 tomato, 1 cucumber, 1 pepper, 1 pole bean; build skills faster

Source: CompSimGames.About.com

I would assume tasty and mouthwatering fruits and vegetables have a greater effect than bland ones. When you have produce in your inventory, click on the Juicer or Fridge to stock. You can also remove produce from each appliance.