how to fix an OVERWATERED houseplant quick and easy 

WOW! Keep the amazing ideas coming in the comments! It is great that we can all work together and share ideas.

My pro tip (been doing it for about 5 years). Toss a couple of bunched up microfibre cloths under the pot and on top of the soil as well. Within a few hours your rags will be wet but not dripping and you can switch them out and let those ones air dry. Works great. I grabbed the ugly vibrant color cheap microfiber billion pack from the dollar store. It hasn't failed me yet! I don't bother washing between unless they seem to need it, I just hang them up and let them dry for the next time I oopsie (different soils I forget sometimes and get heavy handed). I used to basically panic and do a repot but now I literally just lift the pot and toss the microfibre under, often times right inside the decorative pot. Normal towels don't wick away the moisture the same way, paper towel doesn't either unless maybe you used an entire pack!

I keep a few water bottle caps under the pot in the drip tray, that way there is a little air getting to the bottom soil also elevating the pot encourages the water to evaporate quickly.

Any time I buy a plant from a big box store, they are so overwatered. I just lift the plant out and set it inside a Terra cotta pot. The pot pulls out the moisture pretty quickly. That’s my go to solution 😀

I’ve overwatered several times 🙁. What I’ve done when that happens is fold a small towel and place it in the saucer. It works great, the towel wicks the moisture out of the soil very quickly. I switch out the towel when it gets wet. Works like a charm. Looks like your method works just as well.

Great tips. I used to constantly overwater until I learned more about how to tell if they need water.

If there are draining holes, I just put a dry rag or layers of paper towels underneath the pot to let it soak up moisture fast. It seems to work pretty well and then I reassess to see if I need to change up the potting mix.

I bought an overwatered rescue plant (dischidia which should not ever get too wet) in the past and ended up squeezing a bit, setting on paper towels, aerating, setting in front of a fan and ultimately when the soil was still moist after a few days, I repotted. Oh, and tampons don’t really soak up moisture from the soil😂.

I use paper towels folded just right over the soil. Works perfect

Great timing, just bought an overwatered plant this morning!!

I’ve had my plants so long that I just know when one needs to be watered. I guess the central air conditioning in my apartment helps with ventilation. I love your collection. 👍🏽💚💚💚

I put a wooden crate upside down over a heat register and a large plastic tray to protect the more sensitive leaves from the hot airflow. I keep a few plants on there full time, but it's also handy for the odd cases of overwatering. Kind of acts like a seed mat would.

Wow superbra tips ...jag jobbar med min övervattning hela tiden. Så glad för dina fina tips och idéer 😊🙏❣stort tack

Hi , I watched the Swedish plant guys who take the plant out of the pot and wrap the plant ball in paper or a towel . Not sure if it works but as someone who’s killed many a plant through overwatering I now use a moisture meter and keep my fingers crossed 🤞

One thing I do is with most things plastic pot, especially grower pot and lighter, thin plastic pot is squeeze it around the bottom you can actually squeeze water out. Quite a bit in fact

All the tips are amazing. I was wondering though, does poking holes really help? I mean sure, you're creating avenues for the air to reach in, but at the same time, you are compacting the rest of the soil. Isn't that what we don't want?

I just got a similar syngonium, I'm not sure if its a wendlandii or rayii but it's been really tough for me to read its cues for needing water because the leaves are so thin. I have a syngonium frosted heart that gets very obviously droopy when it needs water, but I can't really tell on the wendlandii. I'm going to have to go on pot weight and switch to a clear pot+cache pot when its time to repot, I think. Thank you always for the tips!

You're quickly becoming my favorite plant You Tuber!

This hack I’ve used myself,I know it sounds Icky, cheap “ new” tampons,I know right!, I heard it somewhere on the net,stick couple in and they absorb so much of the excess water,as well as old kitchen sponges that I sit the pot on and what Jeff has already said,air movement.Desperate times call for desperate measures 😅 it saved my plant! I don’t have that problem now as I use well draining soil!

Great tips! I need to do this with my alo frydek since it’s beginning to yellow

Hi Jeff, many thanks for another great video! So many good tips and good information. Very enjoyable to watch. My kind of video! Take care. 👌🪴🥰

It is now April 19, 2024 and last week I potted a rooted plumeria I had ordered from J&J Plumerias (a 'Teresa Wilder' cultivar), into an appropriately sized terra cotta pot. I guess I got lucky, as they sent me a 3-4' tall plant with that had already branched 3 times with a few small leaves. (I have to assume these leaves were small due to the plant coming out of winter hibernation). I used some Fertilome cactus/succulent mix with a bit of added perlite for extra drainage. Yesterday I may inadvertently watered it a bit too much. It's not even hot outside yet (to aid evaporation) and I don't have access to a fan, so I used the identification marker, which has a thin, approximently 1/4 inch wide x 6 inch long plastic projection (used to stick into the soil) to poke deep holes in the soil around the trunk to expose more soil and to help it air out. Hopes this works. Thanks for posting. 🪴🌴🌵

dont be afraid to show us the pot plants! LOL great work buddy very nice plants

Hi Jeff! Great video! Love your merch graphic rich colors so cute...love it! One thing it is missing your pencil, lol 😊

Hi I love your plant videos! I was wondering if you could do a video on affordable plant grow lights that actually work? I really don’t want to invest $200 in a grow light…. Hoping for expert ideas!

Good video as usual Jeff and good tips in the comments too. 👌🏽

i went to walmart into the plant area found an aloe baby, he had no dirt in a tiny pot his roots were bone dry his leaves were dying and crusty and i waterded him had this issue too so this helped

Thank you so much for these tips 🙌🪴💚

Thank you Jeff. Very good tips! 🌷💚🙃

Alot of useful information once again thanks for sharing bro!!!

Very helpful, thank you!

What about running the ceiling fan in a particular area to circulate air

For how long should the soil stay wet?

Thank you for the great tips!🤩😍

Great video. My monstera is not dripping water from the drainage holes as your did in the video. Could I be overwatering?

Ummmm….i keep a box of tampons for overwatered plants. They work great. Weird but affective😊

I had that humidifier. Junked. Kicks off when not at the setpoint (no where near). Over humidified my tent. 90 plus percent when set at 65. Maybe mine was a defect but company wouldn't replace.

I like using the finger method alot with my watering: poke the soil with my finger to feel if its moist or dry to determine if its time to water the plant. Is there anything wrong with that approach?

Great advice I love your videos so helpful!

Awesome video

Is it ok to just give them a splash of water

I just brought home a ficus shivereana today. It's soil was dripping wet 😵‍💫 and the pot it was in was way too big for the size of its root mass. What a mess 🤦‍♀️

If I used the fan method the soil would blow everywhere!!!!!

isnt it also a good idea to just water the top of the pot so water only enters the first 2-3 inches of soil and then stop watering. and repeat this everytime you need to water until the lower half of the pot dried to the desiered level and then water it all the way to the bottom?

Can you make a video on monstera care please? I’ve been waiting a long time for a video that like!

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What kind of lights do you use

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