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Lynda

OK, all ye stake people, what does this stake say to you? Am I saying DRY, or am I still not quite there? TIA!

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  1. Carter

    I think it's a little in the dry end, as the stick doesn't look like it's absorbed any water and the dirt is very small/crumbly rather than sticking to itself and the stick

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    • Carter

      Sometimes I just stick my finger in the pot as far from the base of the plant as the pot allows, can usually tell if it's wet 😂

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  2. Tiff

    Looks fairly dry, but it def has signs of light moisture. Maybe another day or so if you're trying to dry the soil out.

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  3. Sunny

    Let the stick sit in the soil a bit longer when in doubt. Remove after 15 minutes. It typically shows the water line mark if there is sufficient water still in the soil. It’s time to water if the stick is dry after 15 minutes.

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    • Lynda

      Oooohhhh… I only leave my stakes in for three minutes or so! Apparently, it’s not long enough to get an adequate measurement of soil dryness??? I’m guessing you must look at your watering chores to begin with, and then put stakes in all the plants that need to be really dry, before you water them? Hopefully, I’ll get this figured out sooner or later. A really good idea, or so it seems to me, would be to have a series of simple pictures, which would show what stakes should look like for each plant type, (you know, a picture for a plant that wants to be totally dry, a picture for plants that are medium moisture lovers, and whatever else you can think of.) This would be so helpful to me, and I’m sure, for many others, also; especially the newbies, like me! That’s a really big TIA!

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    • Lynda

      What do you think of a group for “newbies”, where the more educated in Planta could put helpful hints for those of us who aren’t quite there yet? I know we have groups for what seems like everything, but this would be a group just for basic info, for the as yet, uninformed, or misinformed people, like me. There’s just so much information out there, it’s frequently hard to go back and find something specific for your current need, if you know what I mean! TIA!

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    • Sunny

      I’m saying when you can’t tell, then, let it stay longer in the soil. I have raised plants for many years. So, I don’t need to use a stake for most of my 200 plants. I can look at the leaves and lift the pot or place my finger into chunky soil to determine if a plant needs water especially for my hoyas, pothos, arrowheads, spider plants and philodendrons. They droop when they need water. Hoya leaves get thin and soft.

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