--- title: "I last watered this ZZ on 3/16/25 and keep checking the soil with a…" description: "I last watered this ZZ on 3/16/25 and keep checking the soil with a moisture meter which says it’s mid-moist towards the bottom of the pot. How is it not bone…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/gE3uGcgTFxVDh0qMea1VLU?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Ambermarie83" published: "2025-04-22T01:14:42.947951Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ql4poay3YWoH1SCCZ4ecHOPBFT1HwVqVZBwydsbvVeg/iGi9K7vNQQuoPMFu7P7QjQ.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # I last watered this ZZ on 3/16/25 and keep checking the soil with a… _Ambermarie83님이 2025-04-22에 게시함_ I last watered this ZZ on 3/16/25 and keep checking the soil with a moisture meter which says it’s mid-moist towards the bottom of the pot. How is it not bone dry by now?! It doesn’t usually sit so close to the window….usually about 2 ft to the side of the window getting bright indirect light. It’s been 5 weeks……why doesn’t it need water yet?! ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ql4poay3YWoH1SCCZ4ecHOPBFT1HwVqVZBwydsbvVeg/iGi9K7vNQQuoPMFu7P7QjQ.webp?size=large) ## 8개의 댓글 ### Jess님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. They have rhizomes in their root system which hold water, so they don’t need to be watered as often as other plants would need. ### c.cat님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. try a wooden skewer or chopstick as well - the moisture meters arent always accurate! stick whatever you choose all the way to the bottom of the pot, and let it sit in there for about 5 minutes. when you take it out, grab the stick at the soils level, so you know how much was in the soil. if any dirt sticks to the wood, the soil is still wet, and you know you can wait to water! ### Phil님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. Moisture meters don’t give accurate results with very gritty soil, which you may have in your ZZ. #### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵님이 2025-04-22에 답변했습니다. Yeah they don't read Sandy or gritty soil🤷‍♀️ ### Yolanda님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. The rhizome stores water.. I would suggest 💧 the plant only when the meter say so. You also can cause that rhizome to rot. I was told at the nursery when the soil meter reads between 4 and 5 to give the plant a drink then #### Ambermarie83님이 2025-04-22에 답변했습니다. That’s about where it’s sitting right now…..4-5 in the moist category. I always wait until it’s in the red to water because I’m paranoid! So you think it’s okay to water now even though the meter still shows green? ### Yolanda님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. If it’s in between 4 and 5 it’s ok ### Yolanda님이 2025-04-22에 댓글을 남겼어요. I also was told you could water only in the dry spots of the plant, but do not put this plant on a schedule for watering. I personally did not want to deal with all of that so I have both of my plants in a self watering pot --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_