On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Dee wrote:

I cant't get the usal helpers to do some watering for us while we are away
for a long weekend in a couple of weeks time.
I thought I might try the following.

Make a small hole (or 2) in the screw cap of a 2 litre drinks bottles, cut
off the base, invert in the ground by each tomato plant and fill with water.
My toms are in large plastic pots sunk into the soil borders of the
greenhouse.

Has anyone done anything similar? Any comments as to whether this will keep
the plants from drying out over a 5 day period in early July in SE London.

Yes, I did this several years ago for my courgette plants. However I
took the screw top off completely, cut the base off and put it in at an
angle. It worked a treat.

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