This is something that I had tried a month ago and thought it would be useful for others who are looking to water their plants while away from home.
PAPER TOWEL WICKS
All you need to do is pick a sunny spot, fill a big bucket with water and arrange all your plants/pots around it.
Then make long strips of paper towel and wet them thoroughly. These strips will be used as wicks to carry water from bucket to the roots of the plants.
Place one end of the paper towel strip in the bucket and the other close to roots of the plants.
That's all you are done!
Things to remember:
Water level in the bucket must be higher than level at which your plants are. Otherwise the capillary action may not work.
Place cloth mats etc around your arrangement so any water spillage wont spoil your flooring. (This is not happen though. The soil only absorbs as much water it needs.)
Before setting it up, I tested the concept by adding red food color to the water in the bucket. The paper towels wicks were soaked in uncolored water and I arranged them one end on bucket and other end in the pot. And I could actually see the colored water move through the paper towel wicks. You might also want to test to make sure your arrangement works.
I was away from home for 6 days and about 3 gallons of water was more than needed for small flower plants.
ALUMINIUM TRAY WATER BATH
For smaller seedlings in smaller pots, I created a water bath. In an aluminum tray, I arranged the pots (which has holes at the bottom for water drainage) and then poured water all around them. Simple and effective.
PAPER TOWEL WICKS
All you need to do is pick a sunny spot, fill a big bucket with water and arrange all your plants/pots around it.
Then make long strips of paper towel and wet them thoroughly. These strips will be used as wicks to carry water from bucket to the roots of the plants.
Place one end of the paper towel strip in the bucket and the other close to roots of the plants.
That's all you are done!
Things to remember:
Water level in the bucket must be higher than level at which your plants are. Otherwise the capillary action may not work.
Place cloth mats etc around your arrangement so any water spillage wont spoil your flooring. (This is not happen though. The soil only absorbs as much water it needs.)
Before setting it up, I tested the concept by adding red food color to the water in the bucket. The paper towels wicks were soaked in uncolored water and I arranged them one end on bucket and other end in the pot. And I could actually see the colored water move through the paper towel wicks. You might also want to test to make sure your arrangement works.
I was away from home for 6 days and about 3 gallons of water was more than needed for small flower plants.
ALUMINIUM TRAY WATER BATH
For smaller seedlings in smaller pots, I created a water bath. In an aluminum tray, I arranged the pots (which has holes at the bottom for water drainage) and then poured water all around them. Simple and effective.
2 Click and Speak:
Wow! I never imagined that there could be such simple solutions.. I 'killed' most of my basil anytime I planted them, whenever we went out on trips.. I lost my chocolate mint too, to dehydration :( It is so disheartening to see them go that way....!
enaku samaykave somberithanam ithula ithu yelam i wont do... but then for future ref for ... seri sirikathinga... ! :)
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