Fiddle Leaf Fig Soil Meter

Great at showing me when I need more light and water

I highly recommend this company’s product. I had a question about it and their customer service was very responsive as well.

I bought this in order to evaluate when to water my fiddle leaf fig, which is a 7-ft tall well-established plant. In the past, I have watered it regularly every 8 days, but this resulted in spots in the middle of new leaves and malformed leaves, which is a symptom of overwatering. So I bought this meter in order to better match its needs. When it reaches the lower end of "moist" and starts to dip into "dry", I water my tree. I have now noticed my tree's water needs change very irregularly depending upon how many new leaves and branches it is trying to grow at once. So this water meter has been great in order to make sure that it only gets the water it needs and not too much. So far, this has led to very strong growth and very few spots on the leaves from overwatering, which was something that I was having trouble with before. I don't think the light sensor works that well, as it says that it is good light in really bright direct sun, which I know fiddle leaf figs dislike. The ph sensor works, but I haven't had any difficulty with ph, so it's hard for me to say whether it would be accurate in diagnosing a problem with my fiddle leaf. 4/5 stars: it does what I needed it to do and helped me regulate my watering to match the irregular needs of my fiddle leaf. I'm not sure that it would help diagnose a light or ph problem, but for me that's not an issue.

This meter has three functions that monitor PH light and moisture for the which makes it an excellent buy so you can know if your fig tree is getting enough sunlight, water, acidity to help it grow strong.

I'm returning this item for the second and last time. The first one I received a few days ago came with the moisture dial pre-set between 3 and 4. Returned it for a replacement. The one I received today, not only is the moisture meter set on 2 but it doesn't register anything correctly. I stuck it in a plant, the dial moved slightly. Watered the plant thoroughly, the dial didn't move. Then the light meter registered as poor. I stuck it in a dwarf fiddleleaf and took it outside under the 81° Georgia sun, waited a minute or two, no movement on the dial. I got this after it was recommended on YouTube but I'm returning it for a refund and going back to the chopstick method!

On paper seemed to be perfect for my needs, but clearly they need to go back to the drawing board. Moisture readings appear to be relatively on target as put up against my old but tried & true Dr Meter S10. But the light readings are ridiculously WAY off - that is to say the light meter absolutely doesn’t work. As you can see from the attached pics, I have an insanely bright room in which all my plants are thriving nicely. Yet the meter will not budge beyond the Dark reading. I can’t verify the pH readings. And while I’d like to think that the stagnant “Alkaline” reading on every plant I have is a good thing (I use bottled distilled water for all my indoor plants tho I have no idea if that affects pH level or not), how can I trust it in view of the obvious Light meter defect? Overall would not recommend this meter and will be returning it for a refund and buying the updated version of the Dr Meter S10.

It works.

Very pleased with this purchase, it works very well!

Takes the guess work out of caring for my plant. I’m so glad I found this!

Does not look at all like the image advertised. Intended to gift this to someone obsessed with fiddle leaf figs. Should I have known the product was going to be generic, I wouldn’t have purchased. Extremely disappointing.

I’m sure you can find better. The light sensor does not appear to work. It doesn’t change even when covering the sensor entirely, to moving it to full light or shining a light directly on it. Makes me question whether the moisture reading is accurate or not. ph also doesn’t move and seems to be in the same spot as the light level reading no matter what.