Jeremiah,
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What is the best way to water your houseplants when away from for 2 weeks?

The glass ball things have never worked well for me.

I backed Altifarm's Cura system on Kickstarter 2 years ago and still haven't received it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hrbstn/cura-led-grow-light-for-indoor-plants/description

I am considering 2 options, but don't have any anecdata on them:

O'Drip system: https://www.smartasaker.com/en/automatic-watering-system

Hozelock ceremic cones: https://www.smartasaker.com/en/holiday-watering-cones-

relistan,
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@Jeremiah In the summer is the weather good enough and do you have a place to put them outside? I have done this when I went to Portland for a month in July. I just put them all next to each other and used a small sprinkler on a battery-powered timer. It watered them every day for like 8 minutes. There was wasted water, no doubt. But they were HUGE when I got back.

Jeremiah,
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@relistan I like your idea. Sadly, I don’t have outdoor space of my own. But my friend nearby does. She’ll be away too so she might not mind me taking over her balcony to do this. 🤔

henryhenderson,
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@Jeremiah WetPot is Swedish (manufactured in Portugal) which will slow water the plants. They’re a little pricey but I had a few and liked them.

Jeremiah,
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@henryhenderson Looked more into Wet Pot this morning. Great recommendation! So obvious in approach and beautifully executed. I have ~20 plants, so this would be an expensive conversion, but I’m going to buy these when my plants outgrow their current pots.

airwhale,
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@Jeremiah

A trusted family member, friend or neighbour is a social solution to your technical problem :)

Jeremiah,
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@airwhale Agreed 😀 However, all of Stockholm vanishes for the month of July and my home cleaning service has averaged 2 plant deaths a summer despite a note on each plant stating how many ml of water to give it.

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