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title: "Could someone please explain the Chopstick Method? I have kept…"
description: "Could someone please explain the Chopstick Method? I have kept houseplants for a while but I've never heard of it before!"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "stella ✨🌊⭐️"
published: "2023-05-27T04:16:26.832Z"
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# Could someone please explain the Chopstick Method? I have kept…

_Posted by stella ✨🌊⭐️ on 2023-05-27_

Could someone please explain the Chopstick Method? I have kept houseplants for a while but I've never heard of it before!

## 5 comments

### Holly 🌱 commented on 2023-05-27

Never heard of this but I stick a chopstick in my soil to prop up my tall plants to stop them from falling over 😂

### xoana commented on 2023-05-27

Basically to check the moistness of your soil

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-05-27

It’s basically a low tech moisture meter. Place a chopstick in the soil, pushing it all the way to the bottom, and leave it there. Leaving it in the soil will allow it to absorb some of the water. Periodical you can remove the chopstick to check soil moisture. As the soil dries out so will the chopstick.

#### Fern \<3 replied on 2023-05-27

I actually never knew this, and I thought it was a way to actually give it water 🤣😂😅

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-05-27

It’s a great way to check plants that like to dry out mostly.

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