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Mjhub325

My fishbone cacti donā€™t look too happy, theyā€™ve been looking like this for quite a while. Iā€™ve been following the planta custom schedule to the letter, what am I doing wrong?

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  1. Lindsay in PA

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

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    • Mjhub325

      Thanks so much! Iā€™ll look into investing in a moisture meter

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    • Lindsay in PA

      I got mine on Amazon.

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    • Lindsay in PA

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

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  2. Sunny

    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.

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    • Plant Father

      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

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    • Mjhub325

      Got it, I just got a grow light Iā€™ll make sure to set that up! My dorm this year in school doesnā€™t have as much light, my room last year was so sunny that they started to turn red at the tips

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  3. Tigerlilly

    Yeah Plantaā€™s water schedule is definitely not accurate. Everyoneā€™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 wouldā€™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 itā€™s free and easy and always accurate ā˜ŗļø.

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    • Plant Father

      moisture meters actually donā€™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 itā€™s wetter, but there are lots of other factors these meters donā€™t consider, like the amount of air in the soil, level of certain conductive minerals, etc

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