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title: "My fishbone cacti don’t look too happy, they’ve been looking like…"
description: "My fishbone cacti don’t look too happy, they’ve been looking like this for quite a while. I’ve been following the planta custom schedule to the letter, what am…"
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author: "Mjhub325"
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# My fishbone cacti don’t look too happy, they’ve been looking like…

_Mjhub325님이 2023-10-15에 게시함_

My fishbone cacti don’t look too happy, they’ve been looking like this for quite a while. I’ve been following the planta custom schedule to the letter, what am I doing wrong?

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pz4iFpNQljQHxfvZ2F7v-ZE4VnMJSryTomhiDkNzuHU/650257e27f584919aae63977b11fb72d.webp?size=large)

## 9개의 댓글

### Lindsay in PA님이 2023-10-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I have all my plants plugged in for watering too. Planta tells me to water them when it’s not needed. When Planta alerts me to water a plant, I check it with my moisture meter first.

#### Mjhub325님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

Thanks so much! I’ll look into investing in a moisture meter

#### Lindsay in PA님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

I got mine on Amazon.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/LAin9rR0inhnkViP8ZBN_M-ZITfb9tPARpKO-QdSRno/8f0045fd7b7f4247a2f3be515d4ec169.webp?size=large)

#### Lindsay in PA님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

The box tells you where a variety of plants should fall on the meter. I’ve researched my other plants and determined where they should fall on the meter.

### Sunny님이 2023-10-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Insufficient lighting seems to be the problem based on the quantity of thin spindly growths that have not taken on the flat wide ric rac shape. I recommend cutting off the thin pieces and getting more light and/or more hours of daylight to the plant.

#### Plant Father님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

definitely agree it needs more light. also looks a bit over watered to me, which is probably from the lack of light. these plants really appreciate their soil drying out fast and more sunlight will help with that

#### Mjhub325님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

Got it, I just got a grow light I’ll make sure to set that up! My dorm this year in school doesn’t have as much light, my room last year was so sunny that they started to turn red at the tips

### Tigerlilly님이 2023-10-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Yeah Planta’s water schedule is definitely not accurate. Everyone’s own environment will play a part in when a plant needs to be watered. Be careful still with a moisture meter. I had one when I first started my plant journey and if I followed it, I would’ve killed all my plants due to overwatering. It was NEVER accurate (and I spent money on a good one). I use a chopstick now and it’s free and easy and always accurate ☺️.

#### Plant Father님이 2023-10-15에 답변했습니다.

moisture meters actually don’t measure the level of moisture in the soil, hence their unreliability. even nicer moisture meters only measure the level of conductivity in the soil, which is increased when it’s wetter, but there are lots of other factors these meters don’t consider, like the amount of air in the soil, level of certain conductive minerals, etc

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