Add some type of surfactant including a tiny tiny tiny drop of liquid dishwashing detergent to your water to defeat dry peat. You’re describing a setup for overwatering.
If you’re doing it to get rid of salts/hot medium you will need to do it multiple times until the water is clear.
It’s to make sure the soil is well saturated without any dry pockets.
Agree 100%. Further suggest cultivating the top few inches at least BEFORE watering. Every single time. I go further penetrating all the way THROUGH the roots and all the way to the bottom of the medium. Use a long screwdriver or bamboo bbq skewer.
Ive been afraid to use my long soil moisture/ph meter for this very reason. Good to know.
I poke a hundred holes at a time at least. I don’t skip the hardened root mass directly under the plants. If they’re in flower or close to it you’ll smell them quickly after you start piercing. Mine never skip a beat. It allows water to actually get into that mass of roots instead of flowing around it.
Slowly is professional advice.
Yes my practise is usually to space out the waterings several times.
