Man, the old guy at the plant swap is the real MVP. I did the same thing with a fiddle leaf fig, watered it every Sunday like clockwork and it dropped leaves like it was getting paid for it. Turns out plants don't own calendars, who knew. Now I just stick a finger in the dirt and if it's dry, boom, water time. Sounds like that one tip saved you a whole lot of plant money. Did the old guy share any other tricks while he was at it?