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edwmax · 05-12-2021, 10:29 AM

I'm cheap too. But your finger can not poke down to the middle or bottom of a pot. I use the Bupree moisture meter sold in the spring with their seeds from the big box stores. It's usually $10 or $12. .... I see on Amazon several from $9 to $15 and a few of those are 3-in-1 meters.

OH ... as a note ... You want and need a pot to dry out or at least be near dry before watering. This helps to kill any root rot that might be forming. The banana corm & pstem stores water for dry spells. So 1 or 2 days of dry soil will not hurt a banana plant (excluding very small TC plantlets).

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edwmax Location: Cairo, Ga Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 2,891 BananaBucks : 88,965 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,741 Times Was Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,095 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 414 Times	Re: Help, what signals are my plants sending me? I'm cheap too. But your finger can not poke down to the middle or bottom of a pot. I use the Bupree moisture meter sold in the spring with their seeds from the big box stores. It's usually $10 or $12. .... I see on Amazon several from $9 to $15 and a few of those are 3-in-1 meters. OH ... as a note ... You want and need a pot to dry out or at least be near dry before watering. This helps to kill any root rot that might be forming. The banana corm & pstem stores water for dry spells. So 1 or 2 days of dry soil will not hurt a banana plant (excluding very small TC plantlets). __________________ Last edited by edwmax : 05-12-2021 at 10:33 AM.