Nelson
R.I.P. Gone, but not forgotten.
I just got back from a weeks holidays and found my plants in good shape. It was fun seeing them looking so great with the new forming bud. At least they were not stolen.
My phone message machine was bliknking like crazy. One of the messages was from a club member and moaning over his plants that had dried out and were runned. I went over to see them they were in 10 gallon containers and they were very wilted looking very sad indeed.
Of course the best way to handle going away is to get a friend you trust to check water them and water t6hem everyday that it is needed.
Plants in the ground of course do much better than plants in containers. Plants in containers dry out and their roots die. Plants severely droughted lose a lot of roots and take a long time to come back.
It is very simple to keep your container plants watered. Soak them down well and then prepare a bunch of 2 litre plastic pop bottles. I drill a 1/8 " hole in the top of each plastic cap. I add a little fertilizer cause most liquid fertilizers have a wetting agent which helps the water to move around the pot. Dig a four inch deep hole in the top of the soil near the outside edge of the pot and invert the bottle with the water and fertilizer mix upside down into the soil. For ten gallon pots I use 2 bottles. Hanging plants I give one bottle only. This helps them not to dry out and you can safely leave them for five days. It usually takes four days for the water in the pop bottles to get used up. Hope this helps you battle the drought and keep your plants watered in your absence.
My phone message machine was bliknking like crazy. One of the messages was from a club member and moaning over his plants that had dried out and were runned. I went over to see them they were in 10 gallon containers and they were very wilted looking very sad indeed.
Of course the best way to handle going away is to get a friend you trust to check water them and water t6hem everyday that it is needed.
Plants in the ground of course do much better than plants in containers. Plants in containers dry out and their roots die. Plants severely droughted lose a lot of roots and take a long time to come back.
It is very simple to keep your container plants watered. Soak them down well and then prepare a bunch of 2 litre plastic pop bottles. I drill a 1/8 " hole in the top of each plastic cap. I add a little fertilizer cause most liquid fertilizers have a wetting agent which helps the water to move around the pot. Dig a four inch deep hole in the top of the soil near the outside edge of the pot and invert the bottle with the water and fertilizer mix upside down into the soil. For ten gallon pots I use 2 bottles. Hanging plants I give one bottle only. This helps them not to dry out and you can safely leave them for five days. It usually takes four days for the water in the pop bottles to get used up. Hope this helps you battle the drought and keep your plants watered in your absence.
. Nice info Nelson...
