Pretty fun! I had a hard time catching water droplets though, seems like you have to get lucky and have one drop near your head. Fertilizer was really easy to get though... because I kept dying to the little rat creatures lol
A really neat idea though, I really like the idea of tending to the plant until you can use it to ascend. Very cool use of the theme, as well as the wildcard. Also, I really liked the animation on the Grandmother Spider sprite!