A quick and easy method allows you to water plants even when you are forced to be away from home for some time.
Watering plants
Anyone who has one or more plants in the house or in the garden knows how important it is to pay close attention to watering , so that the plants grow strong and lush and ensure a long life to the plants. Therefore, care and dedication is needed to be able to fully admire the beauty of plants.
But what to do when you are forced to be away from home for a certain period of time? The first thing that comes to mind is to contact someone you trust (friends, family, partner, co-workers) to water the plants. However, there is also a method that allows the plants to continue to receive the necessary watering even without resorting to other people.
Watering plants even when you are not at home: the infallible method
The first thing to do is to get two plastic bottles, one larger and one smaller. This is because we will have to cut the end part of the larger bottle: from the bottom we calculate six centimeters in height and proceed to the cut. Once this step is completed, we take the smaller bottle, which will be placed vertically inside the bottom of the larger bottle. With a felt-tip pen we will also mark on the small bottle the maximum limit of the reservoir, which will coincide with the height of the lower part of the larger bottle.
Watering plants
Half a centimeter below this mark that we will leave with the marker, we will make a small square (possibly with a different color marker). With the help of a cutter we will remove the plastic of this square, so that there is a small window where the water will come out.
Once this step is also done, take a piece of fabric and get a strip of about 35 centimeters long. This strip of fabric should be placed on a piece of aluminum foil, which will be wrapped around the strip. We will have to be careful to remove about 4 centimeters of fabric from the wrapped aluminum foil. All that remains is to fold the wrapped aluminum foil and place it inside the bottom of the plastic bottle where we have already placed the smaller bottle.
The method is also perfect for vases.
What we are doing is nothing more than drip irrigation. The base should be placed on the ground, with a depth of about half a centimeter: inside it we will place the smaller plastic bottle filled with water, which will come out of the window and fill the bottom (which will act as a reservoir ) . ). Once this is done, the wrapped (and folded) aluminum is applied inside the base, which instead will act as a sprinkler. In a short time, water droplets will start coming out of the sprinkler and thus watering the soil of the plants.
Watering plants
But what if we notice that watering is occurring at too high a rate? Don’t worry, as it is also possible to regulate the watering. All you have to do is to tighten the wrapped sheet more so that the water passes more slowly and ensures adequate watering. This method is also perfect for the pots we have at home, as long as you use a kind of small container that will hold the watering system . The idea is really sensational and allows you to go on vacation even for a few weeks without affecting the plants.