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Thank you! I've been trying to think of a way to water my plants when I'm gone! lol. I knew there was a way to do it with plastic bottles but wasn't sure what or how it would work. Can't wait to try this!
I did this while on vacation for two weeks. Not only did my plants survive, but when I came back I had plants sprouting that I had just planted before I left. Now I have three mango seedlings, two tomato plants, and numerous others that are flourishing because of this method. Thank you!
I tried this and all kinds of expensive water drippers and the water went right through the soil and all over my floor. Tried several setups including the drip rope. Nothing works properly
Many things. Too complicated, they don’t have the tools, his voice/accent, not what they were looking for, etc. People forget that 1.4M people is a huge amount of people. I enjoyed the video, found it very helpful, but that doesn’t mean everyone else will. I’m just lucky I had the materials available.
I used this way to water when I went to Stockholm 1 1/2 weeks. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical when I was driving. But not only had the plants survived - they had grown so much and nicely that it looked like a small jungle in the kitchen. I was so happy, completely lyrical! Such a superior and simple system - Thank you for sharing the tip 🙏🏻. I have shared this video with all my flower friends 🌸.
Awesome video. Right to the point. In other videos they want to tell me all about their lives, what they have for dinner, and what school their kids go to. And then finally talk about drip irrigation.
I went to Home Depot to buy watering gloves before leaving for my 2 weeks trip. Luckily they only have it online. So I went home and found this video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the tip - it works, but some bottles are better than others I think. As an experiment I tried 0.5 litre water bottles in 2 baby carrot seedling boxes (18 inches by 9 inches and 9 inches deep), left for 4 days (3 nights) on my balcony which gets the sun in the morning and early afternoon. I live in a warm climate, in the Philippines. I put 2 bottles in each box, each bottle had 2 small holes near the centre of the cap. One bottle had a shallow neck, maybe 1cm long, the other maybe 3cm. in each container. The longer neck bottles were about 75% used up whilst the shallow necks had hardly drained at all (if at all). When I removed the bottles the soil at depth was lovely and moist and the seedlings were in perfect condition in both containers. We are going away again this week and I'll repeat, with the longer necked bottles; this time I'll try 4 holes versus 2 holes - I'll report back here if I get any useful results. BTW I think the softer bottles buckle too easily and inhibit the osmosis effect - I had soft bottles on 2 baby shrubs and hardly any water was used, maybe a few cc at most. Cheers.
Found out today that my plants (gifted to me by my grandfather before he died) survived two months with this method. I am so happy about it, thank you so much for the tip
I was sort of hoping to see someone who succeeded for such a long time. Planning to go away for around two months but don't want my beloved indoor plants to suffer. Did you put bigger recipients in all of them or was a bottle enough?
@@AlexzyaBB it is a long time, and I guess it also depends what plants you have. my christmas cactus and amaryllis both survived with 0.5L bottles, my cyclamen wilted completely with a 1.5L... I hadn't expected to be away for so long!
Absolutely brilliant! I am going to 2 festi's in a couple of weeks and really don't want to have to ask someone else to water my plants. Now I have the solution! Thank you!
@@tasribarahman907 There was not any water left. I experimented more and found the water runs out in about 4-7 days depending on hole size/number. You could try using 2 bottles - one with 4 holes and another with 2 and putting both in the pot (if you have room)
I just bought areca palm, snake plant, money plant, aloevera, n i was very stressed as i hv to go for 8 days somewhere. Bt u solved it dude. N the comments people hv done, makes me even more confident that it will work. Thanks a lot buddy. India
Thank you for the video 👍 This method is based on so called "Capillary action" and works very well so the sun doesn't have to warm the bottle. I gave water with this kind of method to my grape tree for 6 weeks. I just used bigger 10 liter bottles. Tree survived 2 months without my irrigation.
thank you for the confirmation! I am going away for 10 days and was wondering if this would work...I am going to try this now and will at least have peace of mind knowing someone out there has tried it and made it work. Thank you again!
A very good way to normally water plants in the garden (not in pots), especially young plants is to use a normal size plastic bucket and drill a hole about 4mm in the bottom at one side. Fill the bucket with water and sit it next to the plant. The water will very slowly empty into the soil and give the plant a very deep watering. Plants love deep watering because that's where their roots are. A deep watering is much better than a few shallow waterings, especially in summer when shallow waterings will mostly evaporate.
Going on vacation next month and looked up how to water plants while away. It led me here. Now my girlfriend doesn't have to worry about all her plants dying. Thanks!!
Nice solution. I think it can be improved further by adding a cotton wick in the bottle extending into the pot soil in a circle around the plant. More uniform moisture that way. I plan to do some experiments on this
Vinny Chirayil thanks, try it but compare multiple ways with a control plant. If the soil is good, the moisture should spread thru the whole pot. Or at leas most of the pot without extra help.
I put two 1 gallon buckets filled with water next to my plants, put some string between the buckets and of my pots (peppers and basils). Covered the buckets with plastic bags and went on vacation. Came home a little over a month later and the plants were still thriving, the peppers even flowering.
Thanks for posting this. Very useful to see how to makeholes in lid without using a drill. I don't own one so wasn't able to use this way of watering my plants till I found your video. Thank you
I'm not going on vacation, but I'm going to try this anyway. I live in an arid climate and it got up to 43 C last year. This method should help my plants stay healthy between watering. Thank you. Jon in rural BC, Canada
Canada and dry? which part? there is a drink called canada dry. I do this method for years for few plants.. and wick method google it.. put a natural fabric, cotton, or natural little rope, in a bottle place it higher a bit than the plant, place the other end of the rope to the soil, coiling it. this will always work..see my other longer post here for more details.
I got balcony garden , yes im thinking it now what if i go for holiday who will water my plants. My problem got solved with your ideas! Will definitely start collecting empty bottles so i can use when we go for holiday!
That is cool! I wish I had known that last year. I had asked someone to water my plants and they let them die. I will remember to keep bottles for when I go on vacation next time. Thank you for sharing your brilliant idea!
Great video! Really helped with my plants. btw.: the needle doesn't have to be hot. Just lay the bottle cap on something soft, like old cardboard, and hit the needle with a hammer through the plastik into the soft thing below.
It will work and you have to adjust the number of holes and their size to restrict flow but not too much. Also please don't make a hole on the bottom of the bottle - water will come out too fast like that.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and so simple advice! I just looove it! I am going on a vacation in a few days and I was concerned about some of my plants. I will follow your advice and let you know how they are doing when I come back.
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It's so easy to do and if you want more days just use bigger bottles. Even 5L water jugs work for large plants/pots but they need support with sticks. Or can use 2-3 bottles for each plant when they need more water.
Thank you for watching! :)
Thank you! I've been trying to think of a way to water my plants when I'm gone! lol. I knew there was a way to do it with plastic bottles but wasn't sure what or how it would work. Can't wait to try this!
I did this while on vacation for two weeks. Not only did my plants survive, but when I came back I had plants sprouting that I had just planted before I left. Now I have three mango seedlings, two tomato plants, and numerous others that are flourishing because of this method. Thank you!
Ashley Thorp how many bottles for two weeks? Thx
@@TheMoncytwo yeh what I want to know also, answer plz
How many bottles are you used for two weeks
I tried this and all kinds of expensive water drippers and the water went right through the soil and all over my floor. Tried several setups including the drip rope. Nothing works properly
😮😢@@MrBaconwhopper
I did this and went away for 11 day’s! Everything looks great! It definitely worked!
Hey there, just wondering how much of the water was left in the bottle for the 11 days?
@@din2339 I had the same question...
Nobody ever comes back to answer a question.... :(
Lol yeah yehp I checked to see a reply just yesterday :(
@@din2339 The answer would depend on weather and climate. The only way to know for your own plants would be to do it, then tell us.
This is the simplest and the most doable of all the home-made watering system videos here in UA-cam...
I am so curious why 400+ people took the time to give this a thumbs down 🤣 this video was informative and straight to the point, whats not to love? 👍🏼
Jealous they didn't think about it before.
Some people are moronic.
There are people who give playing kittens a thumbs down...just miserable existence
Many things.
Too complicated, they don’t have the tools, his voice/accent, not what they were looking for, etc.
People forget that 1.4M people is a huge amount of people. I enjoyed the video, found it very helpful, but that doesn’t mean everyone else will. I’m just lucky I had the materials available.
I often wonder the same thing. I can only assume some people just like to dislike because it makes no sense.
I used this way to water when I went to Stockholm 1 1/2 weeks. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical when I was driving. But not only had the plants survived - they had grown so much and nicely that it looked like a small jungle in the kitchen. I was so happy, completely lyrical! Such a superior and simple system - Thank you for sharing the tip 🙏🏻. I have shared this video with all my flower friends 🌸.
Thank you so much for sharing it!!!
Nice to hear about the small jungle :)
🤣
This is way better than water globes and cheaper. Tip: You can use a thumbtack to make the holes and it works just the same.
thank you for the visual, simplicity and clarity.
Awesome video. Right to the point. In other videos they want to tell me all about their lives, what they have for dinner, and what school their kids go to. And then finally talk about drip irrigation.
Thanks for watching!
We went on a 11 day long trip and it helped the plant grow...I love it
I went to Home Depot to buy watering gloves before leaving for my 2 weeks trip. Luckily they only have it online. So I went home and found this video. Thank you so much.
Thank You!!! You saved my plants!.. I went for 17 days and when I returned I found plants still growing and healthy!!!
Nice! Thanks for the trust and update!
How much water did you provide for these 17 days? Thanks for the answer!
Alhamdulillah, now I can go away and not worry so much about my plants. Jazakallah khairn.
Nice sharing friend
Thankyou for wonderful technic for plants
Thanks for the tip - it works, but some bottles are better than others I think. As an experiment I tried 0.5 litre water bottles in 2 baby carrot seedling boxes (18 inches by 9 inches and 9 inches deep), left for 4 days (3 nights) on my balcony which gets the sun in the morning and early afternoon. I live in a warm climate, in the Philippines. I put 2 bottles in each box, each bottle had 2 small holes near the centre of the cap. One bottle had a shallow neck, maybe 1cm long, the other maybe 3cm. in each container. The longer neck bottles were about 75% used up whilst the shallow necks had hardly drained at all (if at all). When I removed the bottles the soil at depth was lovely and moist and the seedlings were in perfect condition in both containers. We are going away again this week and I'll repeat, with the longer necked bottles; this time I'll try 4 holes versus 2 holes - I'll report back here if I get any useful results. BTW I think the softer bottles buckle too easily and inhibit the osmosis effect - I had soft bottles on 2 baby shrubs and hardly any water was used, maybe a few cc at most. Cheers.
THANK YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!! going to hawaii for 2 weeks, this will SAVE my yard and patio plants!!!!! You are fantastic!!!
Thank you for the nice comment and have a great time! :)
Thank you for this video. I travel often and live with someone who refused to water my plants. Your tip is very helpful to me.
If possible..Get rid of that someone who does not want to water a plant....!!!
@@MrIDKing a person who does not respect your plants, does not respect you as a person 😂 😉
Found out today that my plants (gifted to me by my grandfather before he died) survived two months with this method. I am so happy about it, thank you so much for the tip
I was sort of hoping to see someone who succeeded for such a long time. Planning to go away for around two months but don't want my beloved indoor plants to suffer. Did you put bigger recipients in all of them or was a bottle enough?
2 months is a long time.
Depends on your weather.
If you have 10-20L containers use gravity to water them or a timer.
@@AlexzyaBB it is a long time, and I guess it also depends what plants you have. my christmas cactus and amaryllis both survived with 0.5L bottles, my cyclamen wilted completely with a 1.5L... I hadn't expected to be away for so long!
Im leaving on vacation for 10 days. I was worried about my plants. Im going to try this. Thank you!
Great idea for easily putting the tiny holes in the cap. I can't wait to try this one. Good video
Absolutely brilliant! I am going to 2 festi's in a couple of weeks and really don't want to have to ask someone else to water my plants. Now I have the solution! Thank you!
I used a 1 liter Essentia bottle with 3 holes on a large peace lily. I left for 11 days and the plant was better than ever upon returning. Thanks!
Were there still water in the bottle? Because I will be away for almost 15 days
@@tasribarahman907 There was not any water left. I experimented more and found the water runs out in about 4-7 days depending on hole size/number. You could try using 2 bottles - one with 4 holes and another with 2 and putting both in the pot (if you have room)
what's the temperature when you try this?
Simple & easy. Thank you. Don't forget to pull your plants into the shade, if the weather is hot it can almost boil the water otherwise!
After so many videos.... finally something easy that I can do...
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
I just bought areca palm, snake plant, money plant, aloevera, n i was very stressed as i hv to go for 8 days somewhere.
Bt u solved it dude. N the comments people hv done, makes me even more confident that it will work.
Thanks a lot buddy.
India
Thank you for the video 👍 This method is based on so called "Capillary action" and works very well so the sun doesn't have to warm the bottle. I gave water with this kind of method to my grape tree for 6 weeks. I just used bigger 10 liter bottles. Tree survived 2 months without my irrigation.
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Good thing I found your video. It made me feel better cause in going away for 4 days. 🌻🦋
Thanks for the very easy-to-follow video. Will try this for my new balcony garden!
thank you for the confirmation! I am going away for 10 days and was wondering if this would work...I am going to try this now and will at least have peace of mind knowing someone out there has tried it and made it work. Thank you again!
It worked, thanks bro God bless u, for all who are with me God bless u too
A very good way to normally water plants in the garden (not in pots), especially young plants is to use a normal size plastic bucket and drill a hole about 4mm in the bottom at one side. Fill the bucket with water and sit it next to the plant. The water will very slowly empty into the soil and give the plant a very deep watering. Plants love deep watering because that's where their roots are. A deep watering is much better than a few shallow waterings, especially in summer when shallow waterings will mostly evaporate.
Going on vacation next month and looked up how to water plants while away. It led me here. Now my girlfriend doesn't have to worry about all her plants dying. Thanks!!
thank you so much. you saved 6 of the lives that I have in my garden. :)
Great! Glad it's all good! 😀
Hey bro..did it worked in summer??
Excellent methods! Thank you very much!
Nice solution. I think it can be improved further by adding a cotton wick in the bottle extending into the pot soil in a circle around the plant. More uniform moisture that way. I plan to do some experiments on this
Vinny Chirayil thanks, try it but compare multiple ways with a control plant.
If the soil is good, the moisture should spread thru the whole pot. Or at leas most of the pot without extra help.
Dragos Ion
Did you try it? How did it went? Im curious.
I put two 1 gallon buckets filled with water next to my plants, put some string between the buckets and of my pots (peppers and basils). Covered the buckets with plastic bags and went on vacation. Came home a little over a month later and the plants were still thriving, the peppers even flowering.
Thanks for posting this. Very useful to see how to makeholes in lid without using a drill. I don't own one so wasn't able to use this way of watering my plants till I found your video. Thank you
Great idea. My herbs are too thirsty for those little watering globes so this should work great.
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Now I don't have to trouble my neighbours to water my plants when I'm away on short trips - great, thanks so much!
Saved me money and time. I couldn't find those watering bulbs and I decided to Google just in case there was another method. Thank you!
Thanks for the nice comment!
I'm not going on vacation, but I'm going to try this anyway. I live in an arid climate and it got up to 43 C last year. This method should help my plants stay healthy between watering.
Thank you.
Jon in rural BC, Canada
Canada and dry? which part? there is a drink called canada dry.
I do this method for years for few plants.. and wick method google it.. put a natural fabric, cotton, or natural little rope, in a bottle place it higher a bit than the plant, place the other end of the rope to the soil, coiling it. this will always work..see my other longer post here for more details.
Thanks. That's a very great way of watering plants when away and be rest assured that they are well taken care of in absence too!
Buna chestia, nu stiam cum sa pun apa dupa o saptamana pe alta la cimitir, ..... trandafiri, solutia ta este destul de buna
Mersi!
Thankyou! Forever grateful!
Great simple and free idea. Thanks man.
I have only cacti and succulents to avoid problems of watering, but I may try this to give me more plant choices!
Thanks.
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago
People who have given thumbs down are the friends who normally get paid to water the plants, now they are jobless
Love this idea . . . and the video . .. very clear directions
Easy. Practical. Cheap. Thank you.
Oh my! This is brilliant! You just saved my tomatoes!
very good idea. I've used bottles in the past, only without the caps and they never lasted too long.
See,, use the caps
Try to use the bady with out your head so ??
Just use your brain 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏼♀️🤣😂
I got balcony garden , yes im thinking it now what if i go for holiday who will water my plants. My problem got solved with your ideas! Will definitely start collecting empty bottles so i can use when we go for holiday!
What a fantastic idea. Thank you
I did for a week even before I watched this video. It worked for my plant that I wanted to survive and grow.
That is cool! I wish I had known that last year. I had asked someone to water my plants and they let them die. I will remember to keep bottles for when I go on vacation next time. Thank you for sharing your brilliant idea!
Maybe you don't pay them😃
I feel you 😩
I am going on a week long vacation and I was worried about my plants. Thanks for such a easy trick to save my plants.
Oh my goodness this will definitely help!! No need to worry while on my trip. Thank you
Thank you so much. I'll try this method next time I'll go on holiday 👍
Very good idea. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic tip! Thank you for sharing this
Thank you. Very helpful tip. I regret not finding your vlog at once. It might save my plants from dying. New subscriber here.
Thank you! 😀
Great solution for plant watering while away from home. I will be trying this straight away. Thank you!
Genius! What an amazingly simple and practical invention. I'll let you know how my plants fare this week!
I didn't know you could do this, that's awesome! Thanks so much for this info :D My plants will be saved this summer!
Great video! Really helped with my plants.
btw.: the needle doesn't have to be hot. Just lay the bottle cap on something soft, like old cardboard, and hit the needle with a hammer through the plastik into the soft thing below.
I know this is an older video but this is Priceless. I have to leave a few days but no money for a watering system. Thank You So Much! 😎
Thanks for watching!
I will give it a try, as we are in dry season, no rain for 3 months now.
yes this method works just amazing
Very helpful, thank you for sharing. Nice plants too by the way 👍
Fantastic suggestion. Thank you
this is the best idea for keeping plants hydrated that I have seen. I am surely going to use this method.
Thank you for the very informative demo. I was searching for a demo of the capillary system.
It will work and you have to adjust the number of holes and their size to restrict flow but not too much. Also please don't make a hole on the bottom of the bottle - water will come out too fast like that.
Thank you
Thanks for posting this! Very easy method.
This is also a good idea, I must be try it...thank you very much for such a good idea. 👍👍👍
Thank you, will definitely give that a try - looks like a great solution
I've been looking at a few videos on this topic. Yours is very easy to follow and suits the best to my situation. Thank you.
Thank you very much, I owe you my gratitude and my plants owe you their lives and health 🙏🙏💚💚
And btw you got a new fan
@@samman9478 thank you! :)
Solid, bruh! Thank you. I will try this before I go to my brothers for a week and then do it again while I am away.
I need this for this summer. Thank u.
Great idea thanks 🙏
Wow! You're a genius! Love this solution :) Thanks !!
Thank you!!
Best tutorial for this method, thank you.
A great solution to my problem. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you, very helpfull and a greatcwayvtonreuse plastic bottles
Thank you for sharing this video with us. 🙏🏽❤️🤙🏽🖖🏽
Thanks for video. I am going away for long weekend and a going to try his. Well done.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and so simple advice! I just looove it! I am going on a vacation in a few days and I was concerned about some of my plants. I will follow your advice and let you know how they are doing when I come back.
What a smart idea! thank you
Thank you so much!
Thanks
thank you for this video! this seems like the easiest method i've found so far. i'll be testing it next week when i go on vacation
Did it work
Bro it worked?????
@@advaitkulkarni2513 it actually did, the leaves were a little yellow but they were alive
@@tejas826 thanks for replying
People please stop telling the world when you're going on vacation, especially when you're using your full name!
Thank you, the best video about this.
Good idea. Thanks for that. So simple, but very effective. 👏👍
Very useful video with information 👍🙏