How do you tell if the soil in a flower pot is dry or moist? A simple method for beginners

A simple method for beginners to tell if the soil in a pot is dry or moist! Take a facial sponge used for facials in a beauty salon, cut off a strip, and tie the top firmly with thin wire to serve as a test strip. The making process is shown in the following series of photos:

1. Make a perforated plastic tube

2. When planting the orchid, bury it in the potting medium (at an appropriate depth) and insert the prepared test strip

3. Judging dryness and moisture (moist): top ---- wet; middle ---- moist; dry ---- bottom

4. When the moisture is relatively high, this strip is soft and droops noticeably

5. When moist (moisture level is suitable), this strip is soft and only droops slightly

6. When the potting medium is fairly dry (needs watering), this strip is fairly stiff and does not droop This method is simple, easy to do, economical and intuitive. You can also bury (2--4) perforated plastic tubes in the soil to increase air permeability inside the pot and to apply fertilizer and medicine. If everyone is interested, you might as well try it yourself; you will surely gain more and deeper understanding!

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