Yea, over watering if water is coming out immediately you should definitely go a day without watering. An analogue soil moisture meter is inexpensive from a garden center. It helps to identify how the mosture level changes throughout the depth of the pot as the probe is pushed through the soil. If the directions say to keep using your root hormone for a few weeks into flower, then do so. Can u take photos of the spots u speak of and post them. How big are your pots and what are the dimensions of your plants? We use 10L and grow upto 3 1/2 ft plants that yeild around 60g each when dry. Your pots have to be adequately sized.