Bruce W.1 wrote:
What's the best material to transport water by wicking? This is in the
interest of automating the watering of plants.

I hung a cotton rope into a glass of water. The water only seems to get
about 4" up the rope from the water line. I haven't tried paper towels
yet (the quicker picker upper).

Is there a definitive winner in this category? What material has the
strongest wicking ability?

Thanks for your help.

Your rope should work if you wet the whole thing before placing it. It
works by acting as a syphon, so the water source has to be higher than
the destination pot, i.e. the weight of the water on the down side has
to be greater than that on the up side.

That's the good news. The bad news is that the clever arrangement will
empty your whole source bucket fairly quickly! It can make a real mess.