How do we take care of plants when on vacation?

Jill Stadel
by Jill Stadel

We’re heading to warmer climate for four months and I have to leave my house plants behind. Some are 5 feet tall. Any ideas on how to keep them alive??

  5 answers
  • Sheilaweydert Sheilaweydert on Oct 29, 2018

    4 months is way too long time to be without water. To keep them alive, either hire someone to water them or give them to a Good Home

  • Excellent! Hope you are going someplace pleasant and warm. Parse out to friends and family while you are away. Or hire a house or plant sitter. The bathtub trick won't work for 4 months. Or just give away? Back when I was in my early 20's, my moonlighting job (current term is side hussle), was a house and pet sitter. Most of my clients wanted me to stay at their house, which I happily did as I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment with no a.c.. Everyone had a.c., color tv (I didn't own a color tv until my late 20's), sometimes a pool or Jacuzzi or both. Heaven in my world. I worked my day job and just came home at night to their house instead of mine. Took in their mail and newspapers, took care of any pets, and enjoyed myself. I never entertained at a client's home as 1. Not appropriate 2. Only my immediate family knew where I was. Back in those days I let the client set the price as actually they were doing me a favor. I built up quite a clientele just by being honest and not turning their homes into party central. At one time I entertained the thought of giving up my apartment as I was paying rent just to store my stuff. So you need to find a retired person that could use the extra cash, or a trusted neighbor, a super responsible high school or college student still living at home.

  • Judi Judi on Oct 29, 2018

    Let one of your friends or family care for them while you're gone.

  • TheHoneycombHome TheHoneycombHome on Nov 03, 2018

    Try one of these for your houseplants and potted plants: https://amzn.to/2Qfv8KM

  • Patricia fehr Patricia fehr on Nov 04, 2018

    There are drip irrigation systems that will keep indoor plants watered for up to 4 months. I saw then online, but didn't really investigate the effectiveness. Try Amazon.