Even when I felt my soil was dry, I guess it was not. The best thing to do is wait till the go a little limp like when you grow tomatoes and after a few days in the sun the leaves wilt and the plant looks bad, once you water the plant perks up in 1/2 hour. Wait till your plant wilts a little then water all the top soil evenly till water comes out the bottom. Do not water untill it goes limp; this is a sure way to stop over watering and giving the plants water only when they need it. If you are like me, you check your ladies 523 times a day to see how they are doing. Doing so will allow you to catch the plant right when it starts to wilt and this will insure no damage from lack of water happened.

It has been a week or more that I last watered and the soil is still damp and probably will be another week before I water.

IMO only