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Old 18-03-2011, 09:39 PM posted to rec.gardens
David Hare-Scott[_2_] David Hare-Scott[_2_] is offline
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Default Watering Houseplants While Away

Gary Brown wrote:
Hi,

We will be away for a while - much longer than our houseplants
can go without water. Is there a watering mechanism that will
work for three weeks so we needn't have anyone come in?

Thanks,
Gary


You could:

- put them in the bath with some water
- pierce the lid of a softdrink bottle, fill it with water and push it into
the potting mix
- use water-well pots
- arrange cloth wicks from a bucket of water that is higher than the pots,
one wick leads into each pot.

some combination


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