Watering the flowers while I'm away?

[manarak]

Well, I will need to water the flowers during my absence of three or four weeks.

are there any members here with a green thumb that could give me some technical advice on how to achieve this?

I thought about constructing a set of watering systems consisting of some plastic bottles?
Then there is testing of the prototype...

[manarak]

ugh... great! I found this:

http://www.aquasolo.fr/en/accueil.php

[manarak]

shit, the bloody things are expensive!

but 5 Liters in 25 days would do the trick...

where the hell will I find 5 liter bottles, and how will those bottles be fixed?

argh..

bloody plants. they will get me busted!

I wouldn't have plants or animals.
Must be a female thing.

[manarak]

hmmm... maybe I should instead buy one of those 20 meter watering hoses with these tiny drop-injectors and connect it to the kitchen tap...

*scratch head*

one thing I know, is that if my wife gets home and the shitty plants are all dry and yellow, then she'll make me become like that too...

[sev7en]

Hire a romanian or polish illegal. Give him your keys and ask him to look out for your house.
Pay him in advance too.

[manarak]

my wife has better connections than me into these.
She'd know if I hired someone! hehe

argh! these injectors make 4 liters per hour where I need 5 liters in 25 days!! grr.

[rxpharm]

Hi Manarak, have a look at this: Aquaglobes. Not sure it is available in Europe, but you get the idea.

[manarak]

uh, wow, this board is amazing!

thx rxpharm - these aquaglobes are in principle the same thing as the aquasolo

[Beto]

How about a drip system on a timer (Rainbird). It will turn on on the days you set for the time you set.

[anthony70]

have the same problem myself.
last trip was for 8 weeks and i got plants and a cat.
solution.?
get to know your neighbours.!
especially the elderly ones.
they love having something to do, they feel important if you trust them with a key, and they actually like being part of a community of looking out for each other.
knock some doors man, be friendly, you will be surprised.
i got at least 5 neighbours would help me, and i live on a right shit estate.

[Dieter]

Good I have plastic flowers...

Hey and for my two Rotties I will buy some sheeps ... or as Sev7en a illegal ploish or so....

Dieter

[manarak]

(anthony70 @ May 10 2009,05:13) have the same problem myself.
last trip was for 8 weeks and i got plants and a cat.
solution.?
get to know your neighbours.!
especially the elderly ones.
they love having something to do, they feel important if you trust them with a key, and they actually like being part of a community of looking out for each other.
knock some doors man, be friendly, you will be surprised.
i got at least 5 neighbours would help me, and i live on a right shit estate.

well, the twist is, the neighbors should not know that I'm away!!
at least not for sure!

[Road Runner]

You can buy battery powered water timers in the UK and France.
Tried to do a search in German and did not find anything.    

Like Beto suggested a timer feeding a dripper hose may answer your problem.

Can't help with the neighbours though!    

RR.

[Road Runner]

(manarak @ May 10 2009,08:38) .....the neighbors should not know that I'm away!!

OK  -  I've got the neighbours problem sorted.


All you need is a record player  -  pic 1

And a cardboard cut out  -  pic 2

Place the record player by a window  -  fix the cardboard cut out to it and turn it on.

Not only will they be fooled into thinking someone is home  -  but even if they do try to find out one look at Arnie should scare them away!      

RR.

[Torurot]

Capillary matting. Also if you only use one twenty litre container then it's a sole point of failure. Any brewers supplier or plastics shop can supply 5l containers.

Why not take your plants to a plant nursery and pay them to look after them for 4 weeks. If they die then they will have to replace them.