Soil drainage question
I recently got 4 banana pups (Musa Basjoo). I originally potted them with Miracle Gro because that's what the guy who sold them to me said to use. I noticed the soil stayed wet for many days after watering even when they were out in the sun, so I figured it wasn't draining well. One died, likely from root rot, so I repotted them all with 50% Fox Farms soil and 50% perlite, also in smaller pots than they were in (about 1 gallon). I noticed when I water them now water still isn't draining out of the bottom. Is that a problem? Maybe the soil is packed too tightly? It seems to dry out still after a couple days but I thought with all the perlite it would drain better. The plants haven't looked too happy or grown much since I got them about three weeks ago so I'm wondering what's wrong.
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