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title: "How do you water your house plants? I was putting them under the…"
description: "How do you water your house plants? I was putting them under the faucet, filling and then letting drain before putting them back in the window, but I think…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Amelia L"
published: "2023-06-12T18:57:10.028Z"
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# How do you water your house plants? I was putting them under the…

_Posted by Amelia L on 2023-06-12_

How do you water your house plants? I was putting them under the faucet, filling and then letting drain before putting them back in the window, but I think this is water-logging them. The soil will stay damp for 2 weeks sometimes. Do I give less water? Add more holes? Both?

## 6 comments

### Danika commented on 2023-06-12

Give the plants more light. Grow lights if you need to. If it isn’t getting enough food (light/photosynthesis), the roots will become to weak to absorb the water.

#### Amelia L replied on 2023-06-13

It’s directly in a west facing window. It gets a lot of sun in the afternoon.

### Amelia L commented on 2023-06-13

Ok, I added some perlite to the soil and repotted it. I hope that doesn’t kill it 😬

### Amelia L commented on 2023-06-13

This is how my poor plant looks right now. I hope it’s not too late.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZLBkU9CyT-lOrxrBt1pDo6f8BhIdOOgmnDRyBkRQxHc/6bad8c43edd048cc8181c32c7c264cc7.webp?size=large)

### Amelia L commented on 2023-06-21

Been using a grow light and monitoring this plant closely. It is looking much better already!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZLBkU9CyT-lOrxrBt1pDo6f8BhIdOOgmnDRyBkRQxHc/7111c7d1b15f40118b357817733e02d9.webp?size=large)

### Amelia L commented on 2023-07-25

This plant is getting sooo much better. Grow light for the win!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZLBkU9CyT-lOrxrBt1pDo6f8BhIdOOgmnDRyBkRQxHc/b77b1efb3a124c778dbc30505fc5e23b.webp?size=large)

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