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Originally Posted by edwmax
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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Moisture meter ordered.
This is definitely my default position with potted, especially indoor, plants until I am familiar with them and their particular needs. I just got very confused with these guys and how to interpret what I was seeing with them.
I will chalk it up to a good learning experience, still in progress of course, and plan on doing things a little differently next winter.
Thank you very much for your help.