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Long term watering
    #14104619 - 03/11/11 03:50 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I've got two white widwo plants and im going home for the easter holidays but i dont want to move the plants, but they need watering, what can i do to ensure they are going to be fine while im gone? i was thinking something like that oasis stuff or something, what do you suggest? the plants are only small at the moment so they are going to be very prone to watering problems.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14104636 - 03/11/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

wick system

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Re: Long term watering [Re: demonofchaos]
    #14104642 - 03/11/11 03:57 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Explain please... actually i will google it lol. will it make it just right or will it keep it wet

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14104861 - 03/11/11 04:48 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Wick systems are like an old lantern except the plant using water pulls more water up. Knowing details would help. How long are you going to be gone? What size containers and what size are the plants?

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14104878 - 03/11/11 04:53 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

im gone for a month.the plants are about 3 4 inches high i guess. and  they are the small round ones

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14104928 - 03/11/11 05:03 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

A month is a long time and a lot of growth I don't think you can pull it off. They will probably need repotted and quadrupled in size.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14104961 - 03/11/11 05:11 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

They arent under any lights. how about i repot them before in anticipation of the extra growth? im going to need a bucket of something for the amount of water lol

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14105328 - 03/11/11 06:35 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Depending on how your growing you would need a 5 gallon bucket under 2 gal pots with a wick system. I'm guessing 3 x 1/2" cotton rope per pot laced threw out. A month is a long time these ain't ourdoors are they? You're probably coming home to dead plnts if you really want to be a grower you never leave home for more than a day or two.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14107361 - 03/12/11 03:38 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

If i had a choice in whether to go or not then i wouldn't leave, but i need to go home to revise for my uni exams and claw as much free food off my parents as i can :smile:

my reason for growing is completely different any ones guesses, i grow just because i can, i dont smoke and im not particularly interested in the budding stage, im growing these two plants so that i can get some good plant material for my micro propagation experiment, anything else is a bonus to me. but of course a live plant when i get back would be ideal :smile:

i will re pot them in a few weeks or so into some bigger pots so that they have time to get used to their surroundings before i leave, i also had a problem with one of the plants stems being a bit weak and letting the plant fall over so trying to strengthen that at the moment, i have under 4 weeks to get this sorted and hope that it all works, im hoping it will :smile:

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14107429 - 03/12/11 04:27 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

U could pull it off but u wouldn't have the two happiest plants in the world. U could prune them now which would stunt them for a couple of weeks and once u return u would have two bushes.
As for water either wick system. or if u have a wee bit of cash get a small 2watt water pump a timer and some drip tubes. Set to come on once a day for 5 Min's.
To feed the plants i wouldn't add nutes to the water. because these will settle back out of the water of a period of time and ur pump may jam or plants would just receive water.
Instead use slow release pellets. Positioned under the dripper.
And use good compost/soil

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Re: Long term watering [Re: SMUCKA]
    #14107558 - 03/12/11 05:19 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Put them in a shallow tray with water. Put 2 bricks, halfway into the water, and put the 2 pots on top of each brick, that will last a month im sure.  If still not sure, try covering the whole tray with plastic wrap, then cut off the plastic paper right on top off the bricks,    that way you prevent excessive evaporation.


Hope i can help.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: SMUCKA]
    #14107658 - 03/12/11 06:31 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I think im going to go for the wicking method and just risk it. i will get a massive bucket though. i was going to ask about nutes but you answered my question. they are small plants so hopefully they should be ok

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14108230 - 03/12/11 10:44 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I hadn't thought about pruning them.  That's a pretty good idea! I think the biggest factor is how much water they need over a month. I'm guessing at least 3-4 gallons. Make sure to keep us posted.

I kept a male alive for 2 weeks once to collect pollen from. Still have it but I doubt it is any good 4 years later. I made a watering ring that went around my plant out of aquarium hose/connectors that was fed into the bottom of. A 5 gal water bag from the outdoor section of a department store. I fed a medium sized air pump from the shelf models in. I put an airstone on it hoping to aerate the water. The hose that leads to the plant has to end in the lowest/bottom of the bag. I had the timer closest to the plug in set for 8/16, with a timer after that set for like one or two positions. I ran the air pump in the bag and seen how long it took to push out like a cup of water or something and used that to figure how much I wanted to water every 3 days roughly. But a month is doing it pretty big.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14108574 - 03/12/11 11:53 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

My plants are pretty tiny at the moment so theres not much i can prune or would want to prune. I will keep you guys up to date with how it goes.

what kind of wicks should i go for? i cant really find what im meant to be using

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14109211 - 03/12/11 02:06 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Cotton rope.

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14109390 - 03/12/11 02:51 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

any particular diameter? i need to find a local shop that sells everything to find that perhaps b and q may sell it. if i start practising it before i go i will know how much i need. how deep do i put the rope into the pot?

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14109854 - 03/12/11 04:40 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I don't know specifics but I wouldn't go much smaller than 1/4" or 1/2 cm and no larger than.  1/2" or about 1 cm. The rope will be mixed in the soil, drop threw the bottom of the pot and into water. I don't know apecifics but I know you will want to use more than one rope and you will have to find the right length of rope to be buried to keep the soil moist.

Edit* if you can picture the old lanterns with the wick in the oil you want the same thing but coiled up in the pot mixed with the soil.

Edited by Varanid (03/12/11 04:43 PM)

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Varanid]
    #14110320 - 03/12/11 06:06 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Quote:

Varanid said:
I don't know specifics but I wouldn't go much smaller than 1/4" or 1/2 cm and no larger than.  1/2" or about 1 cm. The rope will be mixed in the soil, drop threw the bottom of the pot and into water. I don't know apecifics but I know you will want to use more than one rope and you will have to find the right length of rope to be buried to keep the soil moist.

Edit* if you can picture the old lanterns with the wick in the oil you want the same thing but coiled up in the pot mixed with the soil.




thanks for your help, i will pop to the shops tomorrow and have an experiment to see what i can find that will work

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Re: Long term watering [Re: Djcorbetto]
    #14111767 - 03/12/11 10:14 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Depending where you live you could just put 'em outside and bury the pots.
I think water wicking will work well, use one of those big water cooler jugs or cover the buckets, a lot of water will evaporate over the course of a month. I'd imagine looser braided cord would work better than twisted rope. put a couple loops about halfway up the pots

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Re: Long term watering [Re: rhave]
    #14113098 - 03/13/11 06:28 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

the whole of my back garden is covered in concrete and it never gets light so no chance of having them there, the cold will kill them. i was going to put them in my bedroom and keep the door locked when im gone, my fear was that the landlord may want to come in my room :/

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