True

I do the same

Right? I water every Saturday 😂😂😂

Yes, I have lost too many leaves over upgrading the pot size too fast.

I belong to India ,so temperature veri high

That’s a great idea for some of my larger snakes and such. Thanks! Such big plants and puts the finger just doesn’t go deep enough

Because water roots and soil roots are different - you can google the diffs..

Water has dissolved oxygen in it. If the water becomes stagnant (low oxygen) then the plant rots. This is why you have to change out the water regularly.

Fish die without oxygen and 50 percent of oxygen on this earth comes from water 😂 aka oceans and seas

You can use a moisture meter or use a stick and either keep it there and only take it up to see if its moist. Or put it in your medium quite far down for at least 15 minutes or so. This also works for other medium than soil in comparison to the moisture meter.

Thank you! I do use a moisture meter, but one part of the pot could be wet and another part, dry. It seems it can be 2 months sometimes before a plant needs watering even though the soil is well-draining. I am talking about pots that are 14” in diameter and maybe 12” deep.

@@bethjeffrey6626 That is completely normal. The larger the pot is, the longer it takes to dry out. That’s why it’s really important not to up pot your plants too much. Don’t put them in massive pots, or that pot will just hold too much water and take too long to dry out. Not many plants will like that. Or, if you are using a massive pot, terra-cotta and clay dries out much faster. It’s also important to remember to not use a pot much bigger than the root ball of the plant, for that very reason. I do use a moisture meter for most of my plants… Especially the big ones. Because it is so easy to overwater large pots. Hope I am making sense. Another thing, you said part of the plant could be wet, while another part could be dry. For most plants, you want to let all the soil get dry. Many people will tell you to not just stick the moisture meter down in the soil one time, but to take three or four readings throughout the pot. Especially large pots. So if one part of the soil is dry, but on the other side of the pot it’s still moist or wet, you can leave that plant alone for another day or two and then check again. Again, that is only for plants that really really really like to dry out. There are some plants that like to stay consistently moist, so you want to keep that in mind.

Thank you Ava. These are very large plants in large pots. I don’t believe they are over-potted. One is a large Schefflera, a majesty palm, huge alocasia, a Bird of Paradise and a Ficus Lyrata. The Ficus and Schefflera are very difficult to tell when they need watered. My moisture meter can change drastically depending on where I stick it. They are all in well-draining soil with lots of perlite. I even keep track of the dates they were last watered to try to get an idea of how often they need it.

@@avamarshall1209 thank you for more details, even i am confused with large pots , but now i understood big pots are sometimes very tough to manage , plant selection according to the size of s plant is equally imp

Thanks for the explanation.🙏 I have this urge to water my plants because I feel like I’m mothering them that way. I’m always fighting it because I know not to water much. So it’s good to hear that I nurture them with oxygen when they dry out. It’s just finding this balance. 😘

@@drifamagnusdottir2170 You can also mothering them with cleaning the leaves off dust for example.. I know that feeling, I want to mother them all the time, but they don't need it :D

Genus and species please....

@@barblester826 Hi, it's Bambusa Ventricosa

a moisture meter :) you can buy them for $10 at gardening centers, amazon, etc

Epipremnum Aureum is really fast. Your question is difficult to answer as well beacuse it depends on the specific environment. Buy a few different vining plants and do an experiment. The philodendron Hederaceum/Scandens is also relatively fast.

@@MorganaDevina80 thanks mate :)

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