Overwhelming problem two new plants

[iveweed]

Amazon.com : plant saucer

any plant saucer the right size or alike will do the job

I actually have these! I am trying in a few hours.
Do you think is this the problem?

 

[HerbalEdu]

as i said roots can't devellop in too dry soil, and roots devellop rather fast past the first week at some point you need to moist the whole soil

take into account too dry soil take longer to re moist properly.