Soil and water · 2 min read
Group pots by thirst
Group pots by thirst. Start with pots that dry at different speeds. Look at the plant, the soil, and the light before you look for a tool.
Do it in order
Then put the thirsty ones where you will see them. One change at a time. A garden records every extra change whether you meant to or not.
The usual miss
The common mix-up is one watering can emptied evenly over every pot. Undo that, or stop, before you add water, feed, or a second plant.
You can leave it when the dry pots got water and the wet ones did not. Tomorrow's look matters more than today's perfect photograph.
This is a "Soil and water" note. Pots that dry at different speeds will tell you next week whether the note was right.
A garden note, not a promise that a plant will thrive. Look again in a week.