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title: "I thought it was cool the first time I caught my princess “crying”;…"
description: "I thought it was cool the first time I caught my princess “crying”; when a few drips of water come out the tips of her leaves. She’s relatively new, and I’m…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/6WjlL_2rTSS00GnYx8UA_g/64f10d5307a9e29b79793e31"
community: "Philodendron Parents"
author: "Evil Plant Dad"
published: "2023-08-31T21:59:47.711Z"
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# I thought it was cool the first time I caught my princess “crying”;…

_Posted by Evil Plant Dad on 2023-08-31_

I thought it was cool the first time I caught my princess “crying”; when a few drips of water come out the tips of her leaves.

She’s relatively new, and I’m still learning. What wasn’t cool was finding her overloaded with water exploding out the side of her leaves rupturing the cells I’m sure and the leaf turns to mush.

Obviously I gave her too much to drink.. but I’m wondering how dry do I let her go? My hygrometer hit at a 3 when planta told me to water, it’s the highest “dry” rating you can get before it’s moist. I decided, sure sounds good.. and here we are.

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## 2 comments

### Anya commented on 2023-08-31

That’s transpiration! It’s totally normal and nothing to worry about. For my philos, I wait until 1.5-2 on the water meter so you could always wait a bit longer.

#### Evil Plant Dad replied on 2023-08-31

Duly noted, thanks!

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