OMG my plants keep dying!!!!!!! How much to water???

Question

Ok i love plants and i got some deck plants and some that hang off of your deck. I water them everyday. But they keep dying i try not to over water them but then i start to underwater them!! How can i figure out when i am over and/or under watering my plants. Also,how much water should i give them?

Answer 1

don't know what type of plants yu have but a good rule of thumb is to water them until water seeps out the bottom, dump excess water in dish after couple of minutes.  Do this once a week and see how they respond, if they droop before this, then you need to do it more than once a week, but daily is too much

Answer 2

Hello Cutie1000...........You seem to be getting through a lot of plants, because you say they keep dying. You are probably buying plants which have been forced in a hot house/greenhouse, and as soon as you take them home they die days later. You can over/under water plants, so you need to know how much/how little. Here's how to check if your plants need water. stick a finger in the soil in the pot, if it feels moist, leave them do not water, if the soil sticks to your finger,it's wet enough. Water only if the plant needs it. One other posible omission might be that you do not feed the plants, and we all need to be fed to grow strong. So, Baby Bio, Miracle Grow, something like that one a week should help.

Answer 3

Have you got any water crystals? They are the best way to keep your plants happy. You can buy them loose in a container or even in sachets. The sachets can be planted alongside of the roots and when the plant needs moisture, it is absorbed from the water crystals in the sachet. The plant decides how much it needs. You just recharge the sachets by watering once a week and the crystals absorb enough water until the following week. If you are repotting, use the loose crystals by mixing into the soil and they recharge when you water too.