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🗓️ 19 February 2018
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Here's a quick re-run of my favorite episode on watering - specifically overwatering. There are many signs to look for, but these 5 are key!
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0:00.0 | What's up epic gardeners? Welcome back to your digital garden over here at epic gardening.com. My name's Kevin. |
0:07.0 | We are going to talk about one of the most common problems that people run into when they're starting gardening. |
0:13.0 | It's something that I've done plenty of times and especially as I get into houseplants, |
0:17.5 | which is not something I've grown before. |
0:19.5 | I run into this more often than I want to admit. Let's be honest here. |
0:24.0 | Just put all my cards on the table. This is overwatering. How do we know when we're |
0:28.4 | overwatering our plants and we're not dealing with some other problem, maybe lack of light, maybe a disease, maybe a pest. |
0:37.0 | So today we'll look at five different signs of overwatering and what they might signal for your plant. |
0:45.0 | So let's get right into it. |
0:46.2 | First of all, number one, is your plant wet and wilting? |
0:50.8 | This is a very obvious tip. |
0:52.4 | If your plant is green, well watered, and still struggling, |
0:58.4 | you might have overwatered it. The most common problem is this guys if your plant is looking healthy, but it's just very droopy |
1:08.1 | The most likely cause is that you watered it too much and another reason might be that you're using soil that |
1:15.0 | retains too much water, so although you didn't necessarily water it too much, the |
1:19.6 | soil is holding too much water and is causing the same symptom. |
1:23.4 | So that's another reason why your plant might be wet and wilting. |
1:27.6 | Number two, are the leaves turning brown and wilting. So number one was just a |
1:34.2 | wilting plant. Number two is if the leaves are turning brown and |
1:37.4 | wilting. This is where it gets a little harder to say oh yeah it's |
1:41.8 | overwatering. A lot of people might think this is a |
1:44.4 | nutrient burn issue or the plant is getting too much sun and it's drying out, but there are some |
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