How to Water Plants When You're Not Home? Sharing the Latest Methods
Recently, as the long Spring Festival holiday approaches, many flower enthusiasts are worried, because they have to go back to their hometown for the New Year, but they also worry that their plants at home will dry up and die because no one will water them for so long. Actually, it's not just the Spring Festival. Sometimes when you want to travel or go on a long trip, you always feel uneasy about leaving these few plants at home. It would be great if there were a way to automatically replenish water for the plants. Don't worry, QinNongNet is here to introduce several "no-one watering methods."
1. Bag-covering method
When we are about to leave, water the plants thoroughly first, then cover the entire plant with a plastic bag. Be careful not to cover it completely tightly; leave the plant a little room to breathe, otherwise it may suffer disease because it is too stuffy. The principle of this method is to collect the water the plant evaporates for reuse. The evaporated water forms droplets on the plastic bag, and the droplets return to the soil for the plant to use.
2. Sand-burying method
This method is usually more suitable for small plants; if they are too large, it is hard to control. Remove the plant from its pot directly, bury it together with the soil in a moist sand basin. To ensure the sand soil stays moist, we can also poke a few small holes in a mineral water bottle filled with water and bury it in the soil as well.
3. Basin-sitting method
This method, like the previous one, is more suitable for small potted plants. The method is to prepare a large basin, put the potted plant directly into the large basin, then water the potted plant thoroughly, and afterward add water to 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 communicating vessels, the bottom of the pot will stay moist, while the upper soil will not become too wet.
4. Diversion method
This is the simplest method according to QinNongNet. Directly choose a towel with good water absorption, place a basin of water beside the flowerpot, put one end of the towel in the water and bury the other end in the flowerpot soil. In this way, the towel can supply water to the flowerpot. Isn't it easy?
5. Drip irrigation method
This method is also relatively easy to operate. Hang a bottle of water above the flowerpot, drill a small hole in the bottle mouth, and replenish the flowerpot soil with water in the form of water drops. However, the difficulty of this method is that it is not easy to control the speed of the water flow. If the hole is large, the water may finish dripping before you even leave; if the hole is small, the water may not drip out at all. Later, an enhanced version of the drip irrigation method was thought up, which is to directly insert the water upside down into the soil, still without making the hole too large, and replenish the soil with water through seepage.
The above are the "no-one watering methods" collected by QinNongNet. QinNongNet would also like to add one point here: actually, most plants are in dormancy in winter and do not have a great demand for water. When we use the above methods to water, we must pay attention to moderation. Especially for some plants that are relatively drought-tolerant but not waterlogging-tolerant, it is enough to water them thoroughly once. After all, letting plants go dry for two days is better than drowning them, right?