A couple of thoughts and questions come to mind. You say that you are having "great luck so far." How long have the plants you've converted over to wicking been on their wicks? I'm just curious if they've made it successfully for a few days? A week? A month? An entire season? You are kind of vague so I don't know whether contrats on your success is premature or not. ;-)

You mention using the 1:1:1 soil mix - and if one of those "1's" is vermiculite, I would worry about your potting soil being overly wet. Vermiculite holds water and in wicking you want as light a soil as possible. I myself use half AV mix to half small perlite.

I really have never seen anyone recommend a wick stick out the top of the soil in the pot - always, the entire wick is under the soil except for the "tail" that hangs out of the bottom of the pot to go into the reservoir. That exposed top end of the wick could cause the entire wick to stop working. Poke it down into the soil just to be safe.

Lastly, although all my AV's are wicked, none of my streps are. Between watering, Streps do like a bit of a dry-out (not to the point of a wilt, though.) Wicking them can be quite tricky - but if you have been doing it with success for a long time - "don't fix what isn't broken," to borrow a saying from Irina.

Thanks for the reply.
So, they have been wicking for about a month and a half now. I say success because I was prepared for them
to die off pretty quickly. I haven’t been letting them dry out. I have been filling the reservoir when it gets
low. I will let them dry out for a
couple of days just to see what the result is.
I try not to let any of my other streps wilt but it has happened on the
oyama pots because I can’t see if they still have water. Also some use the water faster than others.

The soil does have vermiculite but actually it is probably not an equal 1:1:1.
I went very light on it and actually added extra perlite to be on the safe
side.

As far as the wick I have seen others in pictures and videos
where a little of the wick was sticking out of the top (about half an inch) so I
figured it is ok. The top that is sticking out of the soil is actually
damp. I guess I can just cut if off at
the soil line which would probably be easier than trying to stick inside the
soil.

This is just an experiment of some extra plants that I grew
from the leaves so if they die it won’t be the end of the world. So far, they are growing really fast and haven’t
wilted at all. If these continue to work
well after some additional time, I wanted to try a couple AVs as well. I am not sure if I will have the courage to move any of my big plants to this system because I don't want to lose any of them.

As far as the difference between the two it sounds like your saying that AVs are easier than streps to wick because of the dry out period. I do let my AVs dry out a little. I don't fill the reservoir until the top of the soil is dry or they feel on the light side. They are all in oyama pots.

I think that even if the soil can be on a heavy side - the way how you water your plants - giving them time to dry - and generally paying attention to them all the time - works well for you.

Wicks will work even if the tip is sticking out. Probably they will get salted before their time and stop functioning well - but since you are paying attention - you will catch it and remedy the problem.

I.