Diy Self Watering Flower Pots
Find a deep container that doesn t have any drainage holes in it.
Diy self watering flower pots. The tutorial from craftyourhappiness shows how you can make such a planter out of nothing but a plastic bottle and a piece of string. The results of the diy self watering system were amazing. Add a timber top and the planter doubles as an outdoor side table. The self watering planter boxes themselves were gorgeous they kept rabbits and other critters from munching on the greens and we went for weeks on end without having to water.
This clever idea allow the roots to meet the water storage in the base. This is what we ll be doing to create a self watering planter in simple terms. Turn a tall ceramic pot into a self watering planter. Diy self watering standard planter conversion.
A lot of the diy self watering planters on our list are made from recycled bottles. A diy self watering planter will protect your investment in the plant save you time by doing the watering for you and conserve water by not over watering plants. Last summer we decided to build self watering planters that we could leave for a week without watering. You don t have to have a special container for your self watering planters.
Make a wicking chamber to move the water upwards. How self watering planters work water reservoir unlike a traditional flower pot or planter a self watering planter s soil does not touch the bottom of the pot. In most cases the planters hold about a week s worth of water. Create a false bottom in the planter to separate the water from the soil.
Plug the drainage hole in the base drill a new hole in the side and put polystyrene in the base. Over watering causes the demise of most plants and a self watering system will prevent over watering and under watering so plants will thrive instead of die. In case you re wondering the self watering pot pictured at the beginning of the article growing celery is simply a plastic pot that fits snugly into a florist s pot what they use in florists shops to hold cut flowers basically a pot without holes or a bucket without a handle with an offcut of 19mm polypipe irrigation tubing as a water inlet and a single small pot underneath it all. Well a diy self watering planter takes the guesswork out of over watering and it also cuts down on how often you need to water plants.
This planter has a built in water reservoir and a custom drainage hole to prevent over watering. Convert a standard planter into a self watering planter if you are just about making the transition to self watering container gardening and are looking for ways to use up your existing ordinary planters then this diy self watering container project is an effective way out.