Forget the ice cube thing.....it will never provide sufficient water. When you do water, you need to water thoroughly, so the water fully hydrates the soil media and then runs freely from the drainage holes. This will flush the soil so you do not experience any fertilizer salts build up.

Can't tell you how often to water......that depends on the plant, the container size, the soil media and your environment. Just don't water to any set schedule. Water when the plants need it and the soil feels dry. You will soon get a sense of how frequently that needs to be.

Why did you repot? Repotting isn’t necessary very often and can be detrimental to your plant. Especially if you just brought it home.

I doubt the repotting is much of a concern. I repot every new houseplant I acquire. They are seldom in a pot sufficiently sized for future growth and almost always planted in a very inferior potting media. and overwatered. So I go up a size or two with the container and replace all the soil with a superior textural but fast draining potting soil mix.

Just don't use the stupid ice cubes to water!! They don't work. 😆

You could try watering with 6 oz of water a week and see if that's what your plant is happy with- you might need to water more or less, and/or more or less frequently. But 6 oz isn't bad to start with. An average ice cube is an ounce. However, ice water probably isn't the best to water with since it can be a bit of a thermal shock for some plants.

If you are more concerned about slow watering, there are things like ollas and wicking pots. Works better than trying to rely on the slow melt of ice.

i hope you moistened the media before repotting... and then watered the plant to settle the media ...

if so...it might not need water for a month or more...

learn how to water a plant when it needs water.. not on some random schedule recommended by a third party.... who doesnt know the plant variables in your home...

ken

Watering piecemeal, in dribs and drabs like 6 ounces at a time and to any sort of schedule, is never recommended. When you water, water thoroughly, fully soaking the soil mix and allowing the water to run freely from the pot's drainage holes. When my plants are indoors, I tend to water in the kitchen sink, which facilitates this approach. Then allow the pot to drain well, tipping it to the side a couple of times, before replacing the plant back in its normal position. Don't water again until you can determine that soil has mostly dried. How often that may be will depend on a number of variables, as Ken has indicated. But don't rely on the calendar or any set schedule.....pots don't dry out according to a schedule :-)

the only place or time ive heard of using ice .. was in frozen solid dormant pots in my pole barn ... and it was suggested to put ice cubes or snowballs on the pots.. so if there was some mid winter thaw ... they would slowly melt and add just enough moisture to the media... so that it retained some moisture for the dormant roots.. without such.. there was a possibility they could freezer burn.. like chicken in the freezer too long ...

that is the only time i even heard of using frozen water .. and for sure never with houseplants ...

ken