Yeah, at this point it would probably be best to flush. This way you can't really go wrong. I do not know how much water to flush in your 5gal pot, maybe someone else can tell you. My advice would be to flush until water is coming out of the bottom holes, and you have drenched the soil. I would not create a pond in your 5gal pot though. You can always do it again.

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