the water I irrigate flows immediately from the bottom

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420foreverQQ

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although I pour water slowly, the water I pour immediately flows from the sides. i poured 3 liters of water into a 7-liter pot, and despite it, no water flowed from under it. I dig the soil, I add new soil to it, but the same problem persists. how do I fix this?
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Adding a wetting agent like yucca or a drop of plant safe soap per gallon will usually help. Sounds like the soils hydrophobic or compacted. Using a skewer to aerate it like BK suggested is another great idea. Just take your time and use care as you go. You can feel when you hit stuff you need to go around. Some damage is fine, they heal back really fast, you just want to avoid being too aggressive.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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420foreverQQ said:
although I pour water slowly, the water I pour immediately flows from the sides. i poured 3 liters of water into a 7-liter pot, and despite it, no water flowed from under it. I dig the soil, I add new soil to it, but the same problem persists. how do I fix this?
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Sounds like peat that has become hydrophobic like a couple people said. I use yucca.

FirstCavApache64 said:
Adding a wetting agent like yucca or a drop of plant safe soap per gallon will usually help. Sounds like the soils hydrophobic or compacted. Using a skewer to aerate it like BK suggested is another great idea. Just take your time and use care as you go. You can feel when you hit stuff you need to go around. Some damage is fine, they heal back really fast, you just want to avoid being too aggressive.
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Ya, but it sounds like they've already dug around in the soil. I prefer to just use a wetting agent though anyways. Watering slow helps, but they're already doing that too.
 
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420foreverQQ

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if I drill a hole in the soil 30-40 times and water it from the bottom, will my problem improve? most likely, in the lower parts, the soil got stuck and became hard
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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Take your time rehydrating it, water it to runoff several times over a 15 min period. Once a pot gets very dry, it doesn't matter if you're using peat based or coco, it's very hard to get it rehydrated again. You can pour water through it and the pot stays almost just as light as before. Taking your time to rehydrate it, plus the yucca or soap, will help fix this. You'll know it's rehydrated by the weight of the pot. Try not to ever let them get bone dry, or you'll have to fuss with rehydrating them constantly.
 
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