Wet muck at bottom of pot!

[brogro]

Hello,

This is the first year using this size pot. It's about 30% bigger than the 20 inch pots I normally use. I read some where that a large pot isn't always better. Despite the many extra holes I drilled the bottom third of soil is wet muck while the top 2/3 of soil is dry enough to cause wilting. This happens to be an eggplant but same goes for dope plants.

 

[ALPHA.GanjaGuy]

get rid of the bottom cap pieces and put it in a saucer if you need to catch the runoff.. that appears to be one of the pots that has a resevour at the bottom for bottom feeding.. they usually have a grate that goes on the bottom of the pot from the inside that holds the soil above that resevour.. I would bet that's where the much is from.. it can also lead to over watering/soil staying too wet for too long

 

[Billy the Mountain]

Hello,

This is the first year using this size pot. It's about 30% bigger than the 20 inch pots I normally use. I read some where that a large pot isn't always better. Despite the many extra holes I drilled the bottom third of soil is wet muck while the top 2/3 of soil is dry enough to cause wilting. This happens to be an eggplant but same goes for dope plants.

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The pot size is not the issue.
The problem is the medium.

 

[brogro]

get rid of the bottom cap pieces and put it in a saucer if you need to catch the runoff.. that appears to be one of the pots that has a resevour at the bottom for bottom feeding.. they usually have a grate that goes on the bottom of the pot from the inside that holds the soil above that resevour.. I would bet that's where the much is from.. it can also lead to over watering/soil staying too wet for too long

Hello my brother, good eye. This is the only plant that has the saucer under it because it's on the deck and I didn't want to get it stained. For everything else it's actually elevated on a grate.

 

[ALPHA.GanjaGuy]

Hello my brother, good eye. This is the only plant that has the saucer under it because it's on the deck and I didn't want to get it stained. For everything else it's actually elevated on a grate.

Totally reasonable, are the others mucking up as well?

 

[brogro]

Totally reasonable, are the others mucking up as well?

Yes

 

[brogro]

The pot size is not the issue.
The problem is the medium.

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