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title: "Could someone explain this to me? If the app says to water every 6th…"
description: "Could someone explain this to me? If the app says to water every 6th day and was last watered on the 17th....wouldn't that mean it should have been watered on…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/bhHAEIFgQipNs4S0DZMvES"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Mysti M"
published: "2026-06-26T01:09:00.792079Z"
language: "en"
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# Could someone explain this to me? If the app says to water every 6th…

_Posted by Mysti M on 2026-06-26_

Could someone explain this to me?

If the app says to water every 6th day and was last watered on the 17th....wouldn't that mean it should have been watered on the 23rd? It says not due for 4 days, which is the 29th.

The plant is doing ok. I got it May 4 and it has pushed out 3 leaves, while the leaves it had have died off or in process of.

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## 4 comments

### Phil commented on 2026-06-26

Did you miss a fertilizer task two days ago? That counts as watering.

#### Mysti M replied on 2026-06-26

That was it. I use fertilized water and missed turning off this alert.

### Nikiller commented on 2026-06-26

Phil is probably right, if you have your plant care set to liquid fertilizer instead of slow release it will have one of the watering every now and then be a “add liquid fertilizer” as you should be doing a full watering using a fertilized water mix

#### Mysti M replied on 2026-06-26

Yep. I use a fertilized water mix but missed turning the fertilizer alert off when I added this plant. That is on me. Thanks!

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