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Q.What Should Moisture Meter Read For Pieris?

Zone 60618 | Anonymous added on June 1, 2022 | Answered

I have a Japanese Pieris Insterstella. What should my moisture meter read and at what depth? I grow in 12×12 container.

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GKH_Susan
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Answered on June 8, 2022

That isn't a very big container unless your Pieris is very young. The soil needs to be kept moist but it must be well drained. If using a moisture meter, water when the meter's gauge is right between moist and dry. You don't want to keep it saturated, but you don't want to let it dry out, either.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/japanese-andromeda/grow-japanese-andromeda.htm

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