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Jun 11, 2020 4:18 PM CST
Name: Alice
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What kind of potting mix are you using? I noticed a pot of coleus was full of water and not draining at all. I had used some fresh potting mix, Miracle Gro organic, and find it does not drain well at all and it also dries like concrete when it is not raining. Bad stuff. My plants that are in a better quality mix are doing fine although they are wet. We had 4" just this morning. All the plants you named need good drainage and they prefer to dry out between waterings and these daily rains are not allowing that right now. Can you move the pots under cover for a few days? Maybe drill some more drain holes in your pots? One more thought, did you by any chance put a layer of broken pots or stones in the bottom of your pots? It has now been proven that can actually retard drainage when you are using a potting mix. It is called perched water table. Good luck.
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