"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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If the plants are on a window ledge or such, perhaps you could
put them on a long plastic tray like you can get for window
boxes. Then put a strip of capillary matting along it, put the
plants on that, and then put the last piece of matting in a small
pot of water (placed at the very end of the tray). Tell her to
water just *that* pot and the plants will take what they need via
the matting. And she can top up the water pot all she likes as
long as it doesn't overflow!

And arrange a small drainage hole in the trough so that any overwatering
results in a minor flood?

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Rusty
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Well, the deed has been done, I have re potted most of her plants, she
wouldn't let me touch the ones in wicker baskets with handles.....I actually
managed to rescue a few little ones from them, and she now has strict
instructions not to water them until the compost has dried out, and she must
use a skewer to see if they are dry! She is just a creature of habit,
although saying that, she has a rubber plant in the front room, in full sun,
that she never waters, because she doesn't like it..... ( I actually bought
it for her, think she has forgotten, I re potted that last year, and dunked
it in water, it took up a whole washing up bowl of water..... it even
croaked thank you to me.....