Water it anyway. Rules for indoor watering do not apply to outdoors. I'm giving 5 gallons a day to some of mine.The pot feels feels extremely heavy
Well yes that's possible. The holes need to be in the pots before the plants. If you really have enough holes then that leaves one thing. Your soil needs to drain better. Unfortunately you can't fix that now. I use pro mix and cut it in half with perlite. That increases the drainage which in turn increases the airation of the soil. It also helps it dry out evenly.I drilled tons of holes in the bottom and sides...
Nothing got better...
I had super high hopes for this plant !!!
Could drilling the holes in the bottom have torn roots and fucked it up even more