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title: "My first plant in my house. Need help! The soil feel dry after…"
description: "My first plant in my house. Need help! The soil feel dry after watering with 2 ice cubes Saturday. I feel like I should water it again but from what I’ve read…"
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# My first plant in my house. Need help! The soil feel dry after…

_Publié par Matt le 2025-03-18_

My first plant in my house. Need help! The soil feel dry after watering with 2 ice cubes Saturday. I feel like I should water it again but from what I’ve read on the money tree it should be 7-10 days between watering? Any advice for a beginner would be greatly appreciated! The plants in the East window in the picture.

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## 10 commentaires

### Matilda a commenté le 2025-03-18

Don’t water with ice cubes. When you water you should get it thoroughly wet and let the excess water drain out properly. No plant in nature is watered with ice cubes

#### Matt ha respondido el 2025-03-18

That makes complete sense after you put it that way, why would the tag say just add ice? It sounds like a hack on the tag lol

#### Matilda ha respondido el 2025-03-18

It’s the same attention to detail as all plants being labelled ‘assorted foliage’ lol

#### fuey ha respondido el 2025-03-18

It can also be to do with that plants shouldn’t be watered with cold water. They are typically from a hot climate (i wish there was hot ice cubes but there’s not).  
I entirely ignore the tags the “big box stores” (Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe’s, etc) give me. They’re usually full of 💩.

### monster\_maniac a commenté le 2025-03-18

i agree. when u water. do so w filtered or rain water bc tap has chemicals and let the water drain out from the bottom. so its thoroughly watered

#### Matt ha respondido el 2025-03-18

So should I get this in a different pot and thoroughly water shortly?

#### monster\_maniac ha respondido el 2025-03-18

yea i think so. the only pots that font have holes in it(that i use) are for bottom watering, hudroponics, and succulents

### Magneticgarden\_ a commenté le 2025-03-18

I would also remove the sphagnum moss that's on top of the soil. It's really only there esthetically.

### 🌱 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 🌱 a commenté le 2025-03-19

It doesn’t need the moss on top for that type of plant so you can remove that ! Someone already noted not watering with ice cubes as well. You’ve got this!

#### Matt ha respondido el 2025-03-19

Thanks! I’m going to pick up a different pot for it on my way home tonight

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