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My friend's 'just water it' advice versus my new moisture meter

I overwatered my fiddle leaf fig for a year based on his guess, but the $15 meter showed the soil was still wet from the last time. Anyone else find a tool that saved a plant you were killing with kindness?
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nelson.vera
What brand of meter did you get, and how far down do you usually check? I've seen some cheap ones give weird readings if you hit a patch of fertilizer.
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hayes.casey
My neighbor did the same thing with her peace lily, watering it every week. A cheap meter proved the soil was still soaked a full inch down.
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jamieb80
jamieb801d ago
A whole inch down still wet? That's wild.
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kim_ramirez3
Exactly. Those meters are lifesavers for overwaterers.
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