Moisture meters can be a great tool for new plant parents. Note that your plants should always reach a certain level of dryness before you water them.⠀ ⠀ If you're using a meter for succulents, stick it all the way down and make sure it's showing "dry" before watering. For most of my succulents, fiddle leaf figs, string of pearls...I wait for level 1 before watering.⠀ ⠀ If you're using a meter for tropicals, you will want the meter to show "moist" (levels between 4 and 6) before watering. A lot

How to check if it's time to water - There are multiple ways of checking whether your plants need to be watered - finger in the soil, lifting the pot/feeling the weight, chopstick, moisture meter... Each method has its pros and cons, so if anyone tells you you shouldn't be using that method, don't listen ☺️ You just need to know the correct way to use each one. In this video I only focused on moisture meters and chopsticks. Moisture meters don't actually measure the amount of moisture in the soi