3 day old wick watering plant

So here I was strolling down the isles of Wal-Mart when, "Hold on a sec, whats this? A self watering plant for only $7.00?" So, I immediately picked the container up and took it apart while everybody in the store was watching me, I separated two pots from each other, one was used to hold the wick, soil, and plant firmly in place while the other was used as a reservoir for the water. I decided to try and build one from parts I could find and buy while I was in the store, whatever I would build would have to be cheaper then $7.00 and be equivalent in size and quality. Now, Wal-Marts design was tiny, if this were meant for growing tomatoes, or onions it would have to be bigger, way bigger! I found two containers that would fit in each other, but one was deeper then the other. The deeper one would be used as the reservoir and the shallow one for the plant, etc. I could not find the same synthetic material Wal-Mart used as a wick for under $7:00 "Lick a dog leash or backpack strap", I knew I had material back at the RV so this really wasn't a problem, neither was finding a plant, or soil & water. So, I had all the parts I needed for a total of $3.00 which was half of Wal-Marts container. If you didn't have the necessary materials the price might possibly be a little bit higher then Wal-Marts but this wasn't the case for me. Once your ready to assemble, just remember that you need holes or slits for the wick to enter the bottom of the top most container. You can make an additional slit for the wick to enter back down to the reservoir just like Wal-Marts did. Leave a bit of an arch in the wick to allow soil to be beneath and surround the wick, before you add soil be sure to start the wicking action by getting the wick completely wet, add water in the reservoir. In the top container add soil about half way up, place your plant close by the wick, pour remaining soil on top of plants roots. Give it about half and hour and test your soils dampness by poking your finger at it, it should be evenly damp throughout the container. Now, sit back and enjoy the good life seemingly removing your role of ever watering a plant on a daily basis again...

Just remember, a fully developed plant that's outside might require you to fill the reservoir every two days, this disturbs my calm thinking that all that effort put into making a container would result in having to still water multiple times a week. To restore your calm I suggest your reservoir be at least twice the dept of the top container to allow more days between refilling. Good Luck and enjoy!

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[TheBowersj]

exbf22, My primary set up is using a pothos and an aloe Vera plant inside my RV. Both of them have survived the transplant and are growing extremely fast despite the indirect sunlight. They require watering once every two weeks or so. If you want full production of veggies and spices you'll want to use potting mix and it to be outdoors with full sunlight. Please check out this youtuber by the name of BalconyGrow for her simple yet useful design.

[TheBowersj]

Oh really, and who made you king of my youtube videos, to decided whether or not I should keep them posted. I think you should learn your place in life small one...

[zoator]

Chrono Cross music. Awesome!

[zoator]

@icebergsmoothie Making a proper wicking bed with a proper reservoir requires no power, no pump, and should be refilled once a week max. It's much more water efficient than top watering systems and actually yields healthier growth as it keeps the roots, not the topsoil, constantly moist. There is no loss of nutrients from the soil either, as they run down into the reservoir and make a compost tea for the plants to keep reusing. Research it.

[ThanksgivingWalk]

Cool! I love when fellow Youtuber's post these types of experiments. I've learned so much from you'll.

God Bless and keep the videos coming!

TGW - USA- Louisiana

[Margarita2010films]

good

[exbf22]

This is very helpful. Simple and effective. Thank you.

[icebergsmoothie]

Wow I think if there was like a nuke war and no power then that would be enough but since I have power I will use a timer on a simple pump to water my plants. From a resavoir and also use a cheap timer on my halide light as well now that is how to have a no maintnace garden besides adding water to resevoir every couple days lmfao you should take this video off of here it is of no use there are way beter ways and materials to use

[astrialkil]

Your missing the whole point, instead of using 2 containers, use one and dump 5" of gravel in the bottom.

Use garden fabric to seperate the soil from the water.

add a plastic container to the center of the gravel with fabric going down into it to the bottom.

now u have cut the cost by half!

U can use window screen instead of garden fabric. this works with almost any shape container!

gravel can be obtained free from gravel alley ways or gravel roads.