Watering the flowers while I'm away?

[donnnnnny]

get a cycle and slash the fuckers before you leave

[alan1chef]

See if you can find a gel watering system. You can use these to water plants up to 30 days. Here's the link for you to check out...http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/aa/as...ouse-Plant.htm

Oasis also offers an indoor watering system that allows you to set the amount of watering to the type of plant...here's the link for that...http://www.mrdrip.com/indoorwateringsystem.htm

Here is a blog about indoor automatic plant watering systems...http://www.linkroll.com/Plants-Home-...ng-System.html

There are also self-watering planters you can buy...http://www.stokestropicals.com/Self-Watering-Planters.htm?gclid=CIyBjZHEsZoCFRwpawodmkW3bw

[f0xxee]

I hate it when i have to agree with Alan, but...

Yeah, the is a hygroscopic gel that holds 50 times its weight in water. It comes as powder or crystal form.
Mix it in with the potting mix (Or in a layer) but remember it holds a lot of water, so leave space.

All the old hippies used to use it on the Qld Coast so they could only water the "crop" once a month. Or so I am told.

[manarak]

Lots of good advice here!

I have found a solution of my own.
We've got a small inflatable pool for children.
I could put 10 cm of water in there, and then put the plants in.
They would suck the water in through the holes in the bottom of the pots.

Not sure though if this wouldn't be too much water though, or if I'd have to obstruct those holes somehow.

[Torurot]

10cm = 100mm ~ 4 INCHES

This will drown & KILL all your plants within a week

Get some capillary matting, put no more than 1cm (10mm) of water in the pool and sit the plants on the mat.

[Stogie]

Put all the plants in the bathroom and set the shower on 'dribble!'

(Rig the shower head with a kind of umbrella to disperse the water.)

[allstar88]

take the plants on holiday with you,the trip will do them good

[Road Runner]

(allstar88 @ Jun. 23 2009,23:55) take the plants on holiday with you,the trip will do them good

Might do the plants good - but could cause a few problems for you!

RR.

[manarak]

wow, RR, you really have a green thumb!

This will drown & KILL all your plants within a week

I feared that.
But if I put 1 cm of water only, it will evaporate in less than 4 days (it's dry over here).
So I'll have to obstruct the holes on the pot's bottoms somehow.
The mat is a good idea.

The bathroom isn't a solution, because it has no window.