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Bigone

(Pls help)question about self watering So I bought a china doll plant from Loweā€™s and itā€™s self watering with a string. (Iā€™m very new to plants) so for now I made a setup where the string dangles in a few inches of water but the whole string isnā€™t covered. anyways, the top of the soil is very wet already but the plant looks healthy, I just feel like itā€™s way overwatered and I feel like Iā€™m gonna mess up the ā€œself wateringā€ thing. Is there any specifics Iā€™m missing? Is the soil supposed to be this wet when self watering? Do I always keep the string in water? ATP I just wanna repot it and water it normally unless anyone can give me advicešŸ˜Ŗ

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  1. Darcy

    I always repot them because Iā€™ve barely gotten regular watering down and am not up for a new method. Recently, Iā€™ve found death plugs (balls of cloth/plastic) wrapped around the roots of Home Depot plants, so repotting to check for those alone is worth it imo

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  2. Wolfen šŸŗ

    Ypu don't have to fill the reservoir. On a few of my self watering pots, I just water like normal, they stay a little wetter as they resort up the water drains out, but nothing crazy. But if you hate it, just repot it, or pull out the wick

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  3. Lgroener

    I have a fiddly fig that in a self-watering pot from either Loweā€™s or Home Depot and itā€™s done really well! I just keep the string moist with water in the bottom and thatā€™s it. I mist every few days, but no topsoil watering. So far, so good. And itā€™s a fiddly plant šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø I do kind of remember it being rather wet when I brought it home and I chalked it up to being at a store where people probably watered it without knowing it was self-watering. Idk if that could line up to your timeline or not. In my experience the moisture balanced out in maybe a week. Good luck either way!

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    • Bigone

      I did just get it yesterday, and I didnā€™t think about people watering it without knowing, thatā€™s probably the case. Iā€™m gonna see if it gets a lil better by the end of the week šŸ˜†thank you

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