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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…

_Matt님이 2025-03-18에 게시함_

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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## 10개의 댓글

### Matilda님이 2025-03-18에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Matt님이 2025-03-18에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Matilda님이 2025-03-18에 답변했습니다.

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

#### fuey님이 2025-03-18에 답변했습니다.

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\_maniac님이 2025-03-18에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Matt님이 2025-03-18에 답변했습니다.

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

#### monster\_maniac님이 2025-03-18에 답변했습니다.

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

### Magneticgarden\_님이 2025-03-18에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### 🌱 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 🌱님이 2025-03-19에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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!

#### Matt님이 2025-03-19에 답변했습니다.

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

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