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Leon1111

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watering is a skill that some people dont think about.
You need to water thoroughly and evenly and try to maintain the consistency of a moist cake that sways from a little bit too moist to a little bit too dry.

and yes you should water the soil totally when doing a transplant or something so you dont have dry spots that justs channel the water to the bottom. Then leave it alone till you get to that cake moistness and try and maintain that.
I agree but for me watering in the centre of root system is useless. I speak from my experience. Maybe there is a better way. I would say is also dangerous for root rot and if the center of root system is overwatered can hold the moist for over 10 days and the plant shows overwatering symptoms even if the pot is complete dry. That's how I killed lots of plants in my first grow.
 

Leon1111

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Then either your pots are way too big for the plants, or your medium is too compacted and/or without enough aeration.

A pot should never still be wet after 10 days.
I used 11L plastic pots. Center of root system never dried. The plant always looked overwatered. I also transplanted. Nothing worked. Right now I have 17L fabrics. Love these things. Can't be overwatered also can show you airy spots in the medium. Plants are not supposed to grow in plastic anyways. They need to breath.
 

spek9

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Plants are not supposed to grow in plastic anyways. They need to breath.
My eight years of indoor and 30 years of outdoor growing state that plastic pots work perfectly fine, and I don't think I'll find another grower who will back you up on that.

Don't you realize the entire face of the pot is open, with holes in the bottom that provide adequate air exchange, so long as you haven't gone and packed your soil in too tight, or not added Perlite or something to ensure adequate drainage and aeration?
 
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