I was looking on the internet at this farming site, I forget what it was, and someone had cut the end off a water bottle and put holes all up and down on the bottle. The top was out of the dirt and you could pour the water down in the bottle. The water goes through the holes and sprinkles in all directions under the dirt. It is for those hanging baskets that plants hanging at all angles or any big hanging baskets.
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How to Make Self-Watering Hanging Baskets
1 Pierce the base of a small plastic disposable drink bottle with a piercing tool, leaving the cap on, and insert a 4-inch length of tubing into the hole, with approximately 1 inch of the tubing inside the bottle and the remaining 3 inches protruding outside the base of the bottle. Ensure that the tubing fits firmly and cannot slip out of the hole.
2 Insert the basket liner into the wire basket. Place the bottle into the basket liner with the base and tube facing downward and the cap still on the bottle.
3 Fill the basket liner with potting mix. The cap on the bottle keeps the soil from falling into the bottle. Position the bottle so the top one-third of it is protruding from the top of the basket. Remove the cap and discard it responsibly.
4 Pot the plant into the potting mix and water the basket thoroughly, filling the bottle with water at the same time. Watering the potting mix should only be necessary initially, as the water should drip-feed through the tube and maintain the moisture level.
5 Hang the basket in the desired location. Check the basket every few days, and top off the water in the bottle only when the soil is drying out.
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That is amazing and I am going to do that, with the self watering hanging basket!
Thank you so much!
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