Ok I did the poking and it not oozing anywhere. You actually might be right about the corking. I actually never know that a Cristata can do that I always thought every other types but cristata can do that. And ur questions:
1) outdoors
2) none of those but outside its basically in morning sun and afternoon sun with a little shade cover it.
3) during growing season its 2-3 times a month. But since end of September I stoped watering it.
