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Watering potted plants while away
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17-03-2019 4:24pm#1
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I found these (see pic) to be extremely effective. Just keep the water source at a level higher than the top of the soil, not below like in the picture. Get absolutely loads of them. and use a very large water container (or more than one - for houseplants I used one 5lts bottle per pot) for them to feed from. You can also work into the soil lots of water retaining gel (tip: nappies have lots of it in the stuffing, just use clean ones) into the soil itself and water it thoroughly for a few days before you leave, to make sure it has expanded fully. Also, if you can, shading the greenhouse would reduce evaporation, to a certain extent.
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I found these (see pic) to be extremely effective. Just keep the water source at a level higher than the top of the soil, not below like in the picture. Get absolutely loads of them. and use a very large water container (or more than one - for houseplants I used one 5lts bottle per pot) for them to feed from. You can also work into the soil lots of water retaining gel (tip: nappies have lots of it in the stuffing, just use clean ones) into the soil itself and water it thoroughly for a few days before you leave, to make sure it has expanded fully. Also, if you can, shading the greenhouse would reduce evaporation, to a certain extent.
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