Windowsills · 2 min read
Water until it drains, then stop
Stay with a houseplant in a pot with a hole. Water until it drains, then stop. The rest of the bed can wait.
Do it in order
Do this: water thoroughly and empty the cachepot. Do it in the cool part of the day when you can.
The usual miss
Avoid a splash every day that never drains. That habit makes a healthy plant look like a project.
The sign to stop is simple: the cachepot is empty and the soil is evenly wet. Write the date if you changed water, cut, or place.
A note in "Windowsills" should still make sense in another month. Keep the plant's name and the condition, and leave the mood out.
A garden note, not a promise that a plant will thrive. Look again in a week.