Overwatering issues with s/h?

[smokinjoe1952]

I am using the Leni 2 pot system with water gauges. I un-potted one of my Phals that was not looking too good, and saw what you see in the attached pic. This Phal was re-potted into s/h in June of 2016.

I water to the "OPTIMUM" level on the gauges about every 2-4 days, so the water usually does not drop to the MIN. level.

Wanting to obviously solve this problem (looks like it is happening on a couple other Phals) I selected a 4" pot and measured the pot height at 4 5/8". The water level at MIN., OPT., and MAX., is 1/2", 1 1/2" and 2" respectively.

This means that at the OPTIMUM level on the gauge, the water fills the pot 1/3 of total pot height.

That seems like WAY too much water, and am now thinking that "can't over water" using s/h really only applies to the pots where the holes are no more that 1" up from the bottom.


Grow chamber Stats:

Temp range 68N - 78D
Rel. Hum. 55% - 65%
LED lighting for 12 hours/day
Jacks fertilizer every watering at recommended dosage.
Rays discontinued SOLO once per month at recommended dosage. (No Jacks when using SOLO)

I am looking for opinions on this, and what watering regimen others use for the 2 pot system with gauge.

Is there anything else that could cause this?

Thanks,

Smokinjoe