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title: "I may have over watered it"
description: "I may have over watered it"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/CQDcNKuFT2eBWinfsTKHmQ/2a5D05UfdlrlnKyxiURsuI"
community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Preston"
published: "2025-07-27T20:01:32.265695Z"
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# I may have over watered it

_Posted by Preston on 2025-07-27_

I may have over watered it

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## 5 comments

### Ji11 commented on 2025-07-28

Are you using tap water? Was the soil 75% dry before it got watered again? Is it in a chunky soil or just out of the bag potting mix?  
There’s no such thing as over watering just too frequent of watering. If it’s in a good drainage soil you should be able too completely drench it with each watering then let it dry according to plant type and repeat.

#### Preston replied on 2025-07-28

Yes im using tap water, but its from a well and its double filtered, its in raised garden bed soil from miracle grow, thats kinda chunky buy i just bought this soil(the picture) and yeah the soil was pretty dry.

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#### Preston replied on 2025-07-28

Also, do you have a grow light you recommend because some of my plants dont have enough room as im running out of window space lol

#### Ji11 replied on 2025-07-29

I have this one and have had great results I used a light meter to test distance for some plants but they all seem to do well if you keep their specific lighting needs in mind when placing them. Example: my calathea and pothos are further away than my alocasia and raphidophora and I try not to have it shine directly on my BOP leaves that are really tall/close to it.

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#### Ji11 replied on 2025-07-29

That mix would work well, in the future it is cheaper to make a large amount of your own mix using reg pot soil and adding a chunky perlite/orchid bark mix about 1/2 \& 1/2  
I use this is almost all of my plants

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