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title: "My new favorite tool!! 🌿"
description: "My new favorite tool!! 🌿"
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published: "2024-07-12T14:11:00.538614Z"
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# My new favorite tool!! 🌿

_J-Mo님이 2024-07-12에 게시함_

My new favorite tool!! 🌿

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/TWrHcAsR9SqL_7cyg1AvUhdDJc5KoET1DO58fkXVslQ/GAxy5Zc1QxueMYWMfYi5Vw.webp?size=large)

## 12개의 댓글

### Moriah님이 2024-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### MummaDeb님이 2024-07-12에 답변했습니다.

Ditto

### J-Mo님이 2024-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Moriah님이 2024-07-12에 답변했습니다.

Preach

### MummaDeb님이 2024-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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-Mo님이 2024-07-12에 답변했습니다.

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!!! ✅

### Myr님이 2024-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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?

#### GreenLeaf님이 2024-07-12에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Debbie님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다.

How exactly do you use the skewers?

### Miranda님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Where did you get this?

#### J-Mo님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다.

I got this at my local garden center

### Ray님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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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