Does a time-release vacation plant-watering device exist?

[beer]

That can be filled to time-release water so your plants don't die after a couple of weeks or so?

 

[labgeek]

http://home1.gte.net/keenie/worm/

 

[samgau]

That would be a great invention.... fo sure

 

[Ogg]

Yes it does.

 

[samgau]

woops too late... its already invented...

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

There are granules that absorb quantities of water and release them over time that can be added to the soil.

Another way to do this is to put water in a pot and run a plant wick from the pot to the soil in the plant. The water will flow to the pot by capillary action.

 

[beer]

Is something out there that is mass-marketed at walmart/home depot/lowes that I can get today?

 

[Eli]

Just go hydro, man.

 

[FrOsTxxbYtE]

my friends parents have one and it waters at the same time everyday...i know where to get one if your anywhere in (toronto,canada)

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: Elemental007
Is something out there that is mass-marketed at walmart/home depot/lowes that I can get today?

Yeah, those self-watering crystals are available at most home/garden stores. I dont know what they're called though.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: Elemental007
Is something out there that is mass-marketed at walmart/home depot/lowes that I can get today?

Yeah, those self-watering crystals are available at most home/garden stores. I dont know what they're called though.

im lookin at their web site....no luck....might just stop in

 

[Rufio]

Plantsitter Self-Watering Tray
look that up in google.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Eli
Just go hydro, man.

Hooked On Hydroponics Really Worked For Me!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: Elemental007
Is something out there that is mass-marketed at walmart/home depot/lowes that I can get today?

Yeah, those self-watering crystals are available at most home/garden stores. I dont know what they're called though.

im lookin at their web site....no luck....might just stop in

A brand you might find in stores is Soil Moist..

But they're not really what you're looking for, unless you want to repot your plants and include them in the new soil.

What kind of plants are we talking about? Can they tollerate damp soil for a few weeks, or is it supposed to dry out between waterings?

The wick method is the easiest. Take some string and shove it up into one of the drainage holes with a pencil or something, you can put quite a bit in there.. leave a bit of length hanging away from the pot..

Take something like a coolwhip or butter tub, cut a small hole in the lid for the string to go through, put some water in it and set the plant ontop with the string hanging into the water.