Another over watering question

I have just started my first grow and I have absolutely concluded that I have been overwatering my plant. Clearly, I do not plan on making the same mistake twice! However, I have a question and I have been unable to find where it has been answered before. So if this has been asked I apologize to everyone .

After over watering and getting a wilted plant how long does it take the leaves to perk back up? I purchased a water/ph meter and have gotten a good feel for what the pot should weigh when it is wet so should I wait until the plant perks back up to water or just monitor the soil?

a water/ph meter wont tell you the weight of the pot when wet, only a scale will do that.

Keep watching the soil till it dries out by itself.

Or try and find some Water-Gone, that will make the water disappear.

water when your meter tells you are getting dry (just moving into the red zone on my meter) That's at the main root ball (center of the pot).

it usually takes a day or two.

the thing about meters is its only reading in the area in which you poked the stick. That means in order to get an overall accurate reading you have to poke all over and that's never good for yoru roots. You should go based off weight and looks.

Just wait until the soil is bone dry and needing water. Pick it up and that's your dry weight. then water it until you get runoff then pick it up again. That's your wet weight. Rinse and repeat.

Its not a pin coushon you don't need to stick the plant more than once or twice, as above the first poke goes into the root ball and be gentle. That's it or if you feel you got to do it again do it on the edge to the bottom and make the call. I found that when I used pots I could pick them up and know right away what they needed. You can also see the leaves going soft when she is dry. You can also stick your finger in the side and feel if damp or not. Keep a small fan blowing lightly over the tops of the pot and this will help in drying out the top a faster than the rest of the plant, this helps keep fungus nats away.

the easiest fix is to add a lot (50-70%) perlite to your medium.
you'll need to water every second day or more, but you'll really need to work hard to overwater if you don't run an automated system.

Plants perk up after overwatering when the air gets to the medium again - depends on how porous you soil is.