i have a tip if you want to here it,i tell new folks all the time,take a pot same size as your gonna use,take that pot and fill with your soil,weight it,dry weight ,then document it,then take the pot and completly drench it,drain it off and when it done draining ,weight it,document it,okay so you have wet and dry weight,divide it in half,document it,when you get to the number you came up with ,water your plant,that is the 50% moisture level you want in soil,once you get tired of weighting them pots,and will happen quick,you can then lean the same pots toward you,both wet and dry,do this in your other test with wet and dry empty pot,feel what the weight is when you are at the 50% moisture,by leaning tem towards you ,you train yourself when you need to water,that or,you can buy a moisture meter,dont bother with the cheap one on amazon for 9 bucks ,tells moisture ,ph ,and light,dont bother,get a good moisture probe,stick the probe half way in pot and when your at 50% water that simple,you will find that sticking a finger in the soil really doesnt work well unless your in shallow pots,if you in a 3 gallon pot all the feeder roots are gonna be at the least 3inches deep and will wrap roots all around that pot,half way down is were it at ,no over or under watering,half way down half moisture,dig what im saying hahahah