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title: "Hello everyone, so I have a beautiful bird of paradise but I keep…"
description: "Hello everyone, so I have a beautiful bird of paradise but I keep reading that you should wait for the dirt to dry out completely vs just the first 2-3 inches…"
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# Hello everyone, so I have a beautiful bird of paradise but I keep…

_Geplaatst door Cassius op 2024-09-28_

Hello everyone, so I have a beautiful bird of paradise but I keep reading that you should wait for the dirt to dry out completely vs just the first 2-3 inches of the soil. I use a moisture meter and at the very bottom it reads wet, any advice on which is the best way to water? Thank you!

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## 6 reacties

### Ji11 reageerde op 2024-09-28

I let the soil dry out 75% of the way not 100% lol if that helps.

#### Cassius antwoordde op 2024-09-28

I was thinking the same, she’s about half way now but pushing two more leaves out so figured a watering was due

### Sydnei reageerde op 2024-09-29

i’d wait until 75% too and do not water if it reads wet at all

### Matilda reageerde op 2024-09-29

For my BOP it does quite well watering every other time planta tells me to, usually when it’s more than 1/2 dry

### OliveOil reageerde op 2024-09-29

You can grow BOP indoors?

#### Cassius antwoordde op 2024-09-29

Yes you can, they are just less likely to bloom

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