you could always add a self watering bottle using a two liter bottle. Just dig a small hole beside the plant, not too deep but deep enough to support the bottle. Fill with water and turn upside down in the dirt. The dirt will hold the water in the bottle but let enough out to maintain moisture.
Also you could add an opened diaper to the bottom of your planters before you plant anything I them. Put the dirt on top of the diaper and plant the plant like usual. The diaper will hold the moisture there for the plant.
ditch the plastic diaper and get soil moist crystals. or irrigate by a wicking system- pot o water under planted pot with strip of cotton fabric in to bottom of planted pot, water bottle with neck stuck into soil. soaker hose. drip irrigation- small systems can be purchased as a kit.
Somehow my house and garden got tiny gnats that killed my fuchsia plant and fly everywhere. I have tried ALL the Web recommendations - soap and oil dishes, sand in th...
See more
Growing our first garlic, should we wait until the leaves are drying out before we pick it? Husband picked first one today along with our first potatoes.
Hi everyone, I have mice in my garden destroying my vegetables and I have also noticed them in the barn and shed. Please can someone tell me how to prevent them from ...
See more
Due to back problems, I have switched to container gardening. Not only are big pots expensive, but so is the soil! I have been told I should switch out the soil each ...
See more
No clue what to do with this ugly permanent planter. I want to demolish it but it looks cemented to the floor and a floor redo isn't in the budget. Ideas, suggestio...
See more
you could always add a self watering bottle using a two liter bottle. Just dig a small hole beside the plant, not too deep but deep enough to support the bottle. Fill with water and turn upside down in the dirt. The dirt will hold the water in the bottle but let enough out to maintain moisture.
Also you could add an opened diaper to the bottom of your planters before you plant anything I them. Put the dirt on top of the diaper and plant the plant like usual. The diaper will hold the moisture there for the plant.
ditch the plastic diaper and get soil moist crystals. or irrigate by a wicking system- pot o water under planted pot with strip of cotton fabric in to bottom of planted pot, water bottle with neck stuck into soil. soaker hose. drip irrigation- small systems can be purchased as a kit.
Great ideas! Thank you for sharing and helping me keep my plants from drying out.