Ok, so I haven't posted in a few days, I was having issues with my plants and got frustrated, so this got set aside, though I realize i probably should've just kept posting and I could have gotten input. here is what happened tho. My lemon skunk is still having issues with the twisted leaves and now some tips are turning. I wanted to flush, but I was having extremely slow drainage. I could only water it every 4 days, whereas the stinky's went dry every 2, SO I was hesitant to flush, I thought the roots maybe could use some o2,and perhaps the slow drainage was contributing their poor condition. I was bummed, but atleast the stinky's were thriving.
THENNNNN, suddenly my stinky's looked bad, like droopy, almost showing signs of overwater, but I knew this wasn't the case b/c it drank really fast and I just wasnt overwatering. So my newest theory is that both stinky's and the lemon skunks were root bound. I SHOULD have taken pictures of the root balls to get your opinions, but I wasn't even thinking about it.
So last night I transfered all 4 plants into bigger pots (from 3qt pots to 7qt pots). In addition, I put about an inch or 2 of perlite in the bottom of the pots to help with drainage.
After the transplant last night, my stinky's are finally starting to perk up a little bit today, hopefully this is an exponential recovery. I still want to flush the Lemon skunks, but I want to wait for the roots to fill out more of the new container, b/c I dont want to saturate tons of soil that is vacant of roots to be left wet for longer than it needs to.
as usual, please give any feedback you have
I will post new pics within the hour
