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First of all, you can jab your finger into the topsoil and feel if it's wet or not, that will give you an idea. You can also weight the pot by lifting it up slighly and if it's watered properly, it'll be heavy as a mudfugger :biggrin:
If you want to get scientific (and maybe it will ease your mind) you can get soil hydrometer, you stick it into your soil, keep it there, and it will show you how watered it is.

There is a low tech hydrometer of sorts out there that looks interesting, but I've yet to find 'em in a store or anyone that's actually tried them. Neat idea, though...little terracotta worm. Since it's that reddish clay stuff, it will absorb some moisture and change color to be more reddish when it's moist. So the idea is you can watch the color of the worm and supposedly tell when to water from that...

Wormie the water sensor:
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Morning AFN... Just two more days of work, then off for 5 days. I cant remember when I last had 2 days off in a row , let alone 5! Gonna try to hide the "honey do" list. and prep soil for next year garden . also, tear down 125g aquarium (another hobby of mine) and move it across the house to the bed room..

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Africans I presume !! :thumbsup:
 
Hey there! :welcome: The techniques are really simple, no matter the size of the pots. There are bunch of ways how to figure out when to water and how much, and I know it can be nerve wracking, thinking that you are potentially screwing it up:shrug:!

First of all, you can jab your finger into the topsoil and feel if it's wet or not, that will give you an idea. You can also weight the pot by lifting it up slighly and if it's watered properly, it'll be heavy as a mudfugger :biggrin:
If you want to get scientific (and maybe it will ease your mind) you can get soil hydrometer, you stick it into your soil, keep it there, and it will show you how watered it is.

It's important to know that underwatering is better than overwatering! Plants naturally go through multiple cycles of wet/dry soil and they don't mind, but if you keep watering too much too often, it can create problem such as water logging the roots which prevents oxigen from getting to the roots, up to serious problems, such as mold or root rot, fungus gnats, etc. :nono:

By how much, younger plants don't need a lot, most enjoy frequent watering in smaller amounts, but as the plant gets bigger, it drinks more, and you'll see this because the pot will be dry more often.
Keep on growing! :vibe:
I wish someone had of told me that !! :thumbsup:
 
Complicated subject! :D ... makes my mind spin enough to wanna roll up!!

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I just find it sickening .........i predicted exactly this in the summer when i heard it was being floated.......maybe we could create our own bean currency on here .......to try and simplify just say $1 = 1 bitcoin ........so u buy one......price doubles over the next day$2 to buy 1 bitcoin .......the dollar invested earlier is now only worth half a bitcoin ......so when u go to purchase ur seeds u aint got enough...........i smell shite in the air [emoji111]

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I just find it sickening .........i predicted exactly this in the summer when i heard it was being floated.......maybe we could create our own bean currency on here .......to try and simplify just say $1 = 1 bitcoin ........so u buy one......price doubles over the next day$2 to buy 1 bitcoin .......the dollar invested earlier is now only worth half a bitcoin ......so when u go to purchase ur seeds u aint got enough...........i smell shite in the air [emoji111]

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I always thought bitcoins were farmed .. and you just kept them until a time like now comes ... or a more sinister time came when they all just turned into what they started as. ^_^
 
I just find it sickening .........i predicted exactly this in the summer when i heard it was being floated.......maybe we could create our own bean currency on here .......to try and simplify just say $1 = 1 bitcoin ........so u buy one......price doubles over the next day$2 to buy 1 bitcoin .......the dollar invested earlier is now only worth half a bitcoin ......so when u go to purchase ur seeds u aint got enough...........i smell shite in the air [emoji111]

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Never had the urge to engage in bitcoin smelt like shite right from the start . :biggrin:
 
Never had the urge to engage in bitcoin smelt like shite right from the start . :biggrin:

IKR .. Like the origins of it aren't shady enough .... invented by who ... where ... what?!? ... Chinese Proffessor ....Disappeared .... (with billions) .... Re-appeared (as an english man!?!)

I'm interested ... but so confused lol ... Like more than when i got an amazon firestick!! :rofl:
 
Morning AFN... Just two more days of work, then off for 5 days. I cant remember when I last had 2 days off in a row , let alone 5! Gonna try to hide the "honey do" list. and prep soil for next year garden . also, tear down 125g aquarium (another hobby of mine) and move it across the house to the bed room..

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Shell dwellers . :biggrin:
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