Wine Bottle Plant Watering Stake

by Creative Me Inspired You

$6.00

30 Minutes

Medium

If you are familiar with me and this blog, you know that I adore those flat vase filler marbles that I buy at the dollar store. You can also buy them in more color varieties at the craft store.
Add a little silicone glue, and I am in heaven. I will glass marble bedazzle everything outside!

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To make this, you will need an empty wine bottle (white or red - your choice) and some SILICONE glue. This is found in with caulk and yes, it's weather proof. DO NOT USE E6000. ONLY use this type of silicone clear caulk.

And, of course, you will need your choice of glass marbles.

I began with the bottom row, putting a bead of caulk in a thick line at the bottom of the bottle.

Now my flowers will be extra happy and hopefully give me weeks of fragrant blooms.

If not, at least the bottle is plenty colorful and will look nice sticking out of the planter among the greenery!

To see the full tutorial please visit us @creativemeinspiredyou.com.

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Kathi Davis on Jul 07, 2016
I've used this same idea on those large xmas ornaments from big lots and the dollar stores.I use GE silicone glue,found with the other glues and caulking compounds at Lowes.Some of mine have been outside year round here in S.Cali for over 8 years.Will have to try the bottles,but i'd also like to know how fast the water comes out and does it do a good job??

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Carolyn Jean Ross on Jul 13, 2016
This looks like the ideal solution to keeping my ficus watered without worrying about overflow on the carpet - thanks! I have a few of those globes but they're small enough that I have to refill them too frequently - and they're basically a pain in my butt. I'm wondering if you put the cap back on the wine bottle to slow the water 'flow' from the bottle, and if not, how do you keep it from pouring out when you upend it to put it in the soil?

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Heather on Jun 20, 2018

Ok peeps I'am trying this idea and I so far just spray painted the wine bottles red and stuck them into ground by couple plants that need that extra watering then others, but just not sure if I did something right! Cause don't seem like there any water being sucked out. Like my peppermint plant that I found online love plenty of watering!
So maybe I didn't put it far enough into the ground? I put 2 to 3 holes into the wine screwed cap & I took off the plastic type inside of the screwed cap! Hope I describe that part in the screwed cap!

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Audrey Brow Stapleford on Jul 08, 2016
I found a terra cotta bottle tip that will allow water to slowly go into the soil at a local plant nursery. I've also taken water bottles and had my husband drill three small holes into the caps. Fill with water and the water will slowly water your plants during the day.

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Valerie Burge on Jan 22, 2019

Such a great idea! I'm going to try this. Thanks for sharing!

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