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title: "Newbie question: When asked by the app to enter the height of my…"
description: "Newbie question: When asked by the app to enter the height of my plant, am I measuring from the bottom of the pot or the top of the soil?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Bri"
published: "2023-09-30T20:39:40.433Z"
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# Newbie question: When asked by the app to enter the height of my…

_Posted by Bri on 2023-09-30_

Newbie question: When asked by the app to enter the height of my plant, am I measuring from the bottom of the pot or the top of the soil?

## 2 comments

### Tellie commented on 2023-09-30

I measure from top of the soil.  
But most times I just make my best guess.

### Rachelle commented on 2023-09-30

Same here I don’t actually measure. I think it’s just to get an idea of the size. But I don’t include the pot height

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