The pot drying checklist

A pot that stays wet is a diagnosis problem, not a bad-luck problem. I keep the whole routine on one page: three quick reads to run on the pot, the four levers that actually move water out of a container, and a substrate quick reference so you know what drying speed is normal for your mix.

It condenses the mechanism from the perched water table article into something you can run through in two minutes, standing next to the plant.