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A woman checking the moisture of potting mix in a pot with her finger

The finger test: how to tell when a pot or bed needs water

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How to check a pot or a garden bed with your finger or a trowel, what dry, damp and wet mean at depth, and two quick checks that back the test up.
Hands lifting a young tomato seedling and its root ball out of a small pot above a larger terracotta pot

Potting on: when a seedling needs a bigger pot, and how to move it

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Tell when a seedling has outgrown its cell, then move it up one pot size without damaging the stem, so it keeps growing until the garden is ready for it.