KEEPING SEEDLINGS WATERED WHILE AWAY FROM HOME

jazzbyrd · « **on:** April 17, 2008, 11:02 »

Does anyone have any tips on the best way to keep seedlings watered when you have no one around to water them for you?
I will be away for about a week and would love to hear your ideas

Jazzbyrd

wighty · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2008, 16:18 »

When we go onholiday, I put my houseplants in the bath on top of an old blanket that's been saturated and I come home to better plants than when I went. The problem with this that I can think of with regard to seedllings is light but am wondering whethersomeone can come up with a similar idea to use with seedlings.

jazzbyrd · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2008, 17:11 »

Thanks for the idea wighty~its has given me a few ideas.

Jazzbyrd

noshed · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2008, 23:25 »

You can get capillary matting which is the same thing - put the end in a trough of water and sit the seed trays on it. I got a tray from somewhere with the matting included, can't have been dear.

Gwiz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2008, 08:18 »

A bottle of "something drinkable" to a friendly neighbour?

I've found it he best way forward.

puravida · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2008, 21:17 »

I was advised on this forum to give the capillary matting a whirl for my office greenhouse experiment

Here's the set up - I'm hoping everything will be alive in a week...

Ice · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2008, 22:19 »

If the central heating is going to be on all week I would use deeper water reservoirs, if not it looks good to me. I did something similar, though more Heath Robinson, many years ago using buckets of water and some strips of material as wicks. One end in the bucket and the other in the soil. It actually worked. :shock: Was away for a month and my houseplants actually lived.

jazzbyrd · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2008, 23:02 »

great pictures puravida! Is capillary matting widely available ?? I am having trouble finding it. Where did you get yours from?

Jazzbyrd

puravida · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2008, 08:04 »

Quote from: "jazzbyrd"

great pictures puravida! Is capillary matting widely available ?? I am having trouble finding it. Where did you get yours from?

Jazzbyrd

Just from Homebase. Think it was about £8 for quite a big sheet. I've no doubt you could find it cheaper elsewhere though.

DD. · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:18 »

ebay - 2m x .6m - £6.38 inc. post

Capillary Matting

Don't know what size puravia's was though - it may be better value.

shaun · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:28 »

laminate underlay is exactly the same (the stuff on the roll not the slabs)

jazzbyrd · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2008, 21:54 »

Thanks all the advice!! Will check out your suggestions.

Jazzbyrd

Alex 98 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2008, 13:33 »

Looks good to me, now who's suggestion was that?

Alex 98

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KEEPING SEEDLINGS WATERED WHILE AWAY FROM HOME

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