I thought it was cool the first time I caught my princess âcryingâ; when a few drips of water come out the tips of her leaves. Sheâs relatively new, and Iâm still learning. What wasnât cool was finding her overloaded with water exploding out the side of her leaves rupturing the cells Iâm sure and the leaf turns to mush. Obviously I gave her too much to drink.. but Iâm wondering how dry do I let her go? My hygrometer hit at a 3 when planta told me to water, itâs the highest âdryâ rating you can get before itâs moist. I decided, sure sounds good.. and here we are.