Ray, Eric, great comments both. I tend to agree with both of you. And please know that my comments are just a small complaint related to what a few of my plants are doing, not to s/h in general. Overall I think it's a great method and it's definitely helped me overall. My comments are more a means of exploring what I can do differently to help the plants that are struggling, and what I can do to avoid problems in the future.
Anyway, I had been doing the plug the holes, fill to the top, let it drain method, but maybe I'll start doing a more liberal flush and also start watering more frequently--I had been waiting until the reservoir was almost empty. I'll definitely start unpotting plants as soon as they start slacking at all--on all of these plants, I waited until things were already kinda late. I haven't been mixing sugar in. What exactly does that do? Is it an osmotic agent, or can the plant actually utilize it for nutrition?
Anyway, thanks for the help!
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