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title: "My new favorite tool!! 🌿"
description: "My new favorite tool!! 🌿"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "J-Mo"
published: "2024-07-12T14:11:00.538614Z"
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# My new favorite tool!! 🌿

_J-Moさんが2024-07-12に投稿しました_

My new favorite tool!! 🌿

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## 12件のコメント

### Moriahさんが2024-07-12にコメントしました

People will trash these in here but I’m OBSESSED with mine and it works pretty damn well cause all my plants are thriving! 💁🏻‍♀️

#### MummaDebさんが2024-07-12に返信しました

Ditto

### J-Moさんが2024-07-12にコメントしました

Well I love mine too and to each their own! So haters, never mind! ✋🏼

#### Moriahさんが2024-07-12に返信しました

Preach

### MummaDebさんが2024-07-12にコメントしました

I won't water a plant without one. I've been using them for years. One word of advice, when you're checking whether or not the plant needs water make sure the meter is set to set to moisture. I didn't check mine and it was on light and I killed a 15-year-old Christmas cactus by overwatering it. Hard lesson learned but I look at that thing every time I use it now. ☹️

#### J-Moさんが2024-07-12に返信しました

Sound advice!

I have only had my meter a couple weeks but I actually did that this morning 🙄 it’s the first time I played with the light meter on it. I had watered 2 plants before I realized what I did.

So definitely check your settings!!! ✅

### Myrさんが2024-07-12にコメントしました

This might be a dumb question but I’ll post it anyway. When using the finger technique to see if a plant needs water the recommendation is to go up to about the second knuckle which is approximately 2”. So does that mean that the meter should be inserted only about 2” as well?

#### GreenLeafさんが2024-07-12に返信しました

The meter should always be inserted to basically the bottom of your pot.

I hate the finger test 😂

Personally, I started with that moisture meter and quickly found wooden skewers much easier and quicker to use. You can get them at the dollar store and the pack will last forever. You can also put a bunch out to be checking multiple plants at one time.

But thats 100% just my personal preference. I absolutely do not have a hate on for moisture meters! Lol

#### Debbieさんが2024-07-13に返信しました

How exactly do you use the skewers?

### Mirandaさんが2024-07-13にコメントしました

Where did you get this?

#### J-Moさんが2024-07-13に返信しました

I got this at my local garden center

### Rayさんが2024-07-14にコメントしました

During botany class these were LIFE savers for testing my plant health overall. It’s so much better than a finger test, you’ll question yourself and it leads to overwatering SOOO MUCH. I bought one and am sitting here waiting for it to be shipped😭

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