How to make a self-watering plant pot

coolaboola · Hazel Tree Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 8

I thought this was a niffty idea: how to build a home-made self-watering plant pot

http://www.instructables.com/id/Self-watering-recycled-plant-pot-for-growing-herbs/

I've built a few (from Lidl 1.5 lt fizzy water bottles) and they've been pretty successful. The capacity is small so they're really only good for germinating and for shallow-rooted plants (I'm trying rocket in one at the moment)

The Instructables website has some ideas for larger-scale versions of the same idea, which could be a great idea for container veggies. I might give those a go next year.

Of course, all this watering is a bit unnecessary given the current weather! I've spent more time recently tipping excess water out of the resevoir of my self-watering pots than topping them up!

BlackBird · Silver Birch Tree Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 166

coolaboola · Hazel Tree Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 8

I have them outdoors but you could use them both indoors and outdoors. I have no pics yet but will take some soon and upload them. It will be interesting to see how the newly planted seeds fare (with all this sun!)