Watering plants while away

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blinkbelle

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Hi,

Im going away for a dew days and am worrying about my hanging baskets etc.

Can anyone tell me if they have used this stuff in woodies its in a blue packet I think and you can put it in hanging baskets and it will release the food slowly?

I dont really want to leave a key with anyone, and my neighbour isnt someone i could ask. Id hate to come back and find them dead (like last year!) I know some one that could water them every 2evenings for me would that be ok?
 
blinkbelle said:
Can anyone tell me if they have used this stuff in woodies its in a blue packet I think and you can put it in hanging baskets and it will release the food slowly?
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That's for feeding isn't it? Your question seems to be about watering.
I know some one that could water them every 2evenings for me would that be ok?
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Unless the weather improves dramatically (and even if it does) or it gets breezy which can dry baskets out I would imagine that watering every other day would do.
 
Saw this in a magazine:
Fill your bath with approx 3 inches of water, place a towel in the bath, and place the plants on top of the towel. Presuming the containers have holes at the bottom, the plant will take up water as necessary.
 
There is a gel that you add to the soil in baskets and it works by retaining water so you can leave it a week between watering.
 
Have heard of a solution where you put a jar of water next to the plant with a cotton cord (perhaps cotton shoe lace) from it and put the other end in the plant pot (under the soil). The plant is supposed to use it like a straw to draw up whatever water it needs. Have no idea if it works but might be worth trying it.
 
You can also buy specialist soak tubes - e.g. from the various "drug growing paraphenalia" shops around Dublin and elsewhere - that do this job even better.
 
The string thing doesn't really work - tried it!

Putting all the plants in the bath (with some water in the bottom of the bath) works best.
 
just check the long term forecast.... we arent in for a heat wave....

leave them on a lawn area and they will be fine.....
 
Scatter some of the water-retaining granules over the top of the compost, mix them in a bit, then water. The granules hold many times more water than their own weight. You'll get them in any decent garden centre.
 
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