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Author Topic: Keeping plants watered while on holiday  (Read 6659 times)

sporehead

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Keeping plants watered while on holiday
« 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?
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Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2015, 05:11:47 AM »
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Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2015, 07:16:40 AM »
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Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Keeping plants watered while on holiday
« Reply #4 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.
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