diff --git a/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Botany/PlantAttributes/BasePlantAdjustAttributeEntityEffect.cs b/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Botany/PlantAttributes/BasePlantAdjustAttributeEntityEffect.cs
index 9b235e68d4..a1b36c8599 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Botany/PlantAttributes/BasePlantAdjustAttributeEntityEffect.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/EntityEffects/Effects/Botany/PlantAttributes/BasePlantAdjustAttributeEntityEffect.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ public abstract partial class BasePlantAdjustAttribute<T> : EntityEffectBase<T>
         Loc.GetString("entity-effect-guidebook-plant-attribute",
         ("attribute", Loc.GetString(GuidebookAttributeName)),
         ("amount", Amount.ToString("0.00")),
-        ("positive", GuidebookIsAttributePositive),
+        ("positive", GuidebookIsAttributePositive == Amount > 0f),
         ("chance", Probability));
 }
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/guidebook/entity-effects/effects.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/guidebook/entity-effects/effects.ftl
index 6186281080..ed6451e916 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/guidebook/entity-effects/effects.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/guidebook/entity-effects/effects.ftl
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ entity-effect-guidebook-plant-attribute =
         [1] Adjusts
         *[other] adjust
     } {$attribute} by {$positive ->
-    [true] [color=red]{$amount}[/color]
-    *[false] [color=green]{$amount}[/color]
+    [false] [color=red]{$amount}[/color]
+    *[true] [color=green]{$amount}[/color]
     }
 
 entity-effect-guidebook-plant-cryoxadone =