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title: "This is kind of a dumb question but when adding plants and it asks…"
description: "This is kind of a dumb question but when adding plants and it asks how big they are am I measuring from soil up like height or the width of it? This has really…"
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author: "Judy french"
published: "2024-06-13T18:48:07.171468Z"
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# This is kind of a dumb question but when adding plants and it asks…

_Publicado por Judy french el 2024-06-13_

This is kind of a dumb question but when adding plants and it asks how big they are am I measuring from soil up like height or the width of it? This has really been bothering me lol

## 5 comentarios

### send\_nodes comentó el 2024-06-13

Haha I feel this. I’ve been doing it soil-up, and the height of the plant. So basically the length of the stems/leaves. But yeah I’m just guessing lol

### Jae comentó el 2024-06-13

I think personal preference, I like to measure soil up so I can measure growth thru the plant progress updates

### Judy french comentó el 2024-06-13

Cool I guess I was also kind of wondering for potting reasons also

### Josie comentó el 2024-06-13

I’ve had the same struggle 😂 I measure soil up and if it’s more of a short plant that rounds or shrubs I measure width. Luckily with the new algorithm they added the size doesn’t matter as much anymore because if you skip a watering or water early it’ll ask why and help adjust the schedule.

### Ava comentó el 2024-06-13

I usually measure the soil up but with hanging plants I measure from the soil down to the end of the vine.

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