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There are many methods by which you can water the plant while on vacation, here is a new and very easy self-watering pot-making idea out of waste plastic bottles.
Here is a great idea to make self watering pot that can water the plants for 8-10 days.
A cotton wick of the desired length is required for converting any plastic bottle into a selfwatering plastic pot.
Any waste plastic container or jar can be used as a reservoir for self irrigation .
In Automatic watering planter water from the container travel through the cotton wick via capillary action to moisten the potting soil. There is minimum loss of water in this plant watering idea.
Steps to make a self-watering pot:
Select any 2-5 liter plastic bottle, and cut it into two halves.
Make one drain hole in the middle of the upper bottle's cap, but ensure no holes in the reservoir/lower part.
Take a strip of Cotton fabric that will work as a wick to draw water from the reservoir . The wick must be long enough so that it can reach the bottom of the reservoir pot.
Insert the cotton in the hole of the upper bottle.
Make a lightweight potting mixture, using cocopeat, rice husk, soil, and organic compost.
Plant any indoor or outdoor plant or cuttings into the plastic bottle.
Fill the reservoir pot with water and put an upper plastic bottle in it.
Make small holes around the upper bottle to insert thread to make it a hanging self-watering pot.
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