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I have no idea what I would do with a sub-irrigated reservoir but in general I think poking holes to improve drainage is probably fine. I would use like a chopstick-size skewer and just stay away from directly below the plant.
My concern with hole-poking would be dry spots... but since you're working with basically just capillary action..? I dunno.
Maybe poking holes and filling them with something porous and also absorbent? Like perlite? But that's too thick...
Again... out of my element.
You guys talking about poking holes in the soil or are you talmbout putting some holes in the side of the box and facilitate better breathing at the root zone that way?
You can’t let the soil dry out at all? Like take the covers off? I wouldn’t dig around but maybe poke some holes with a kabob skewer.
Yea I'm letting it dry out now, it just takes so much longer than it seems like it should and the symptoms I'm seeing all have one potential underlying cause in common; poor drainage.
I think I'll look into the skewers thing, smart. My buddy who mentors me in a lot of this advised drying them out until the plants look slightly abused then starting to only top water lightly with EM1 so there's no potential rot. I also have some humic acid on the way that may help.