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Posted by luvvt18 MD 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 22, 07 at 8:31
| I am taking a 2½ week vacation at the end of August. Do any of you have suggestions of a watering system I could set up to water my plants while I'm gone? Has anyone tried a wicking system where you place rope in a bucket of water and extend it into your containers? Does this really work? |
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| I have done wicking in the past but using strips of cotton t-shirt and it has somewhat worked although some of the strips dried in their windy more sunny location and those wicks were ineffective... In retrospect, after trying other methods since, I would also recommend considering mulch and other things that would help to reduce soil surface evaporation. Moving plants into a location with less sun or even shade and out of the wind is a way that will help to reduce that evaporation and allow the wick to be more effective. In addition, many plant in self-watering containers that have a fillable bottom reservoir and wick at the bottom and that along with mulching will go a long way in keeping the soil moist (assuming the temps aren't too hot and the containers are moved out of the sun). |
RE: Watering While On Vacation
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| If you have really nice plants ------call a friend |
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