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Gardening Area => Growing questions and answers => Topic started by: sporehead on November 16, 2015, 04:25:19 AM

Title: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
Post by: sporehead on November 16, 2015, 04:25:19 AM

I'll be leaving for a week around Christmas and no one will be home. A friend watched them in the past but my collection has gotten a lot larger and more complex. He might be out of town as well. If I can't find anyone to care for them, how can I prepare my plants to water themselves or use less water? I can lower temperatures and  the light cycle is low already. Any self watering systems that I could improvise?

Title: Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
Post by: BubbleCat on November 16, 2015, 05:11:47 AM

Merry Christmas.

http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?topic=2636.msg19934#msg19934

Title: Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
Post by: Mangrove on November 16, 2015, 07:16:40 AM

God loves bubblecat

Title: Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
Post by: sporehead on November 16, 2015, 07:44:40 AM

Well that's handy. My plants are indoors though and many of them quite small, some seedlings too.

Title: Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
Post by: BubbleCat on November 16, 2015, 07:19:25 PM

Also consider wick systems and / or irrigation mats. A wick in the bottom of a pot that reaches into water can be adjusted in length to provide a certain degree of moisture.