I just transplanted my English thyme (the main thyme I use for cooking) from it's windowbox into a generous sized container. It's quite healthy. But I found when I transplanted it, that it's roots were quite muddy on the bottom. I went ahead and transplanted it into the new container and soil medium (taking as much of the old soil/wetness off that I could), but held off on watering it, figuring it was saturated already and didn't need to be watered in.

I guess I'm just a little anxious, and am wanting to water it in, as I do with all new plants I put in pots, but the muddiness of the bottom of the plant told me that I should wait and let it dry out, or let the soil in the container absorb that water and then water later on. I'm just not used to putting a plant into dry soil (Miracle Gro Garden Soil) and not watering it down. Goes against the grain, you know what I mean?

It looks healthy and is flowering, no problems. I just don't want to wait too long to water it in. Any suggestions?

This was the only plant of mine I transplanted that had this mudiness on the bottom. Something was preventing it from getting good drainage. But it was flanked on either side by strawberry plants that were thriving and producing berries. So the situation couldn't have been too bad. I think I caught in it just thyme (punny!). A little while longer and I would probably be dealing with root rot.