Going away for the National Day holiday: how do you water your flowers?

As the National Day short holiday draws nearer, many people have already made their National Day travel plans. If you go out traveling for National Day, the plants at home may die with no one to water them. So how do you water flowers when no one is home?

1. Bag cover method

Before going out for the National Day short holiday, water the plants thoroughly first, then cover the flowers with a plastic bag. But be careful not to seal it tightly; leave the plants some space to breathe, otherwise you will come back to find the plants suffocated or suffering from disease. Covering plants with a bag lets the water they evaporate be reused: the evaporated water forms droplets on the plastic bag, and those droplets can be supplied back to the plants for reuse.

2. Sand burial method

This method is generally suitable for small plants; if they are too big, it is hard to manage. Take the plant out of its pot and bury it together with the soil in a moist sand basin, keeping the sand soil moist. You can fill a mineral water bottle with water, poke a few small holes in it, and bury it in the sand as well.

3. Basin sitting method

This method is also more suitable for small potted plants. The specific way is to prepare a large basin, put the potted plant directly into the large basin, then water the potted plant thoroughly, and afterward put water into the large basin. The water level in the large basin should not exceed half the height of the potted plant's soil. In this way, according to the principle of connected vessels, the bottom of the pot stays moist while the upper layer of soil does not become too wet.

4. Wicking method

You can choose a towel with good water absorption, then place a basin of water beside the flower pot. Put one end of the towel in the water and bury the other end in the soil of the flower pot. The towel can absorb water, making this a very simple method.

5. Drip irrigation method

Drip irrigation means hanging a bottle of water above the flower pot, opening a small hole in the bottle mouth, and supplying water to the flower pot soil in the form of drops to keep it moist. However, this method makes it very difficult to control the speed of the water flow. If the hole is made too large, the water may drip too fast; if the hole is too small, the water will not drip out. You can also directly insert the water bottle upside down into the soil and supply water through seepage.

These methods should be chosen according to the specific condition of the plants. If they are relatively drought-tolerant plants, you can skip watering, and if the weather is relatively cold, you can also appropriately reduce watering.