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Post by piskie on Mar 26, 2016 6:15:04 GMT
Whilst I've been getting all excited about landing in the new garden (22 April) and getting plants growing in the greenhouse - somehow I totally forgot that I will be away for two weeks in June!
As I'll only have been in the new place for approx 5 weeks before we head off (Nordic fjords cruise - oh my!) and given that I work from home (don't get out much!) it's unlikely I'll have enough time to get to know someone well enough to ask them to water for me.
Any thoughts to overcome this most welcome.
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Post by Cherry on Mar 26, 2016 7:31:37 GMT
That is how you make friends piskie. You will just need to ask your neighbour. I am sure he/she will oblige. Swap plants of course and ask early. |
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Post by grindle on Mar 26, 2016 7:38:57 GMT
I tore up an old towel into strips put one end in the plant pot and the other in a bucket of water, but they were big pots
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 26, 2016 8:15:18 GMT
There are a variety of cheap, unpowered "self watering" systems available piskie. You can even get away with just 2 litre plastic lemonade bottles (with holes drilled into the screw-cap), placed upside down in the pots. They're not brilliant, but they would 'buy' you several days even in hot weather ? Mind you, I think grindle's capilliary action towells sound like a good idea; I may try this myself. |
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 26, 2016 8:38:33 GMT
I tore up an old towel into strips put one end in the plant pot and the other in a bucket of water, but they were big pots I've done this before, and it works a treat !! |
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Post by SueA on Mar 26, 2016 8:45:25 GMT
piskie , 2 weeks in June, in Cheshire - not far from Manchester, just leave all your plants outside with saucers under them - the torrential rain will water them for you!  I think a combination of all the suggestions is a good idea, towels/capillary matting/upturned bottles on anything in the greenhouse or pots & anything outdoors just with saucers under them well-watered before you go & clumped together in a bit of shade & maybe a kind neighbour to keep an eye on them.
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Post by lesley on Mar 26, 2016 8:45:37 GMT
I tore up an old towel into strips put one end in the plant pot and the other in a bucket of water, but they were big pots I've done this before, and it works a treat !! I've also done that  |
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Post by daisy on Mar 26, 2016 12:02:12 GMT
All really good ideas....by eck there are some really clever folks on here  |
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Post by dianthus on Mar 26, 2016 12:55:21 GMT
Two weeks after I moved in here, my neighbours went away to Toronto, so they were very relieved to find a gardener had moved in, and looked after their watering for a month!
I still have the teatowel! |
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Post by daisy on Mar 26, 2016 13:18:58 GMT
I looked after a member of our fuchsia group's "SHOW" plants for a month
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Post by dianthus on Mar 26, 2016 14:45:24 GMT
I looked after a member of our fuchsia group's "SHOW" plants for a month That could have been risky, if we'd had odd weather conditions. |
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Post by daisy on Mar 26, 2016 15:04:42 GMT
We had rain and more than one strong windy day - we put up one of those gazebo shade thingys which almost blew over the fence with me holding it lol It's was for me the longest month in history!!! :-))
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 26, 2016 17:10:00 GMT
aw piskie all these suggestions are good and I have tried some myself but since moving to Wales my problem is the opposite. how to stop the pots being waterlogged and the plants drowning. The outdoor ones that is. Enjoy your trip. Norway is a beautiful country although tends to get a bit chilly at times. Unless it has changed for the worse it was also a very clean country and friendly. We used to do our winter warfare training there. if you get the opportunity do try a REAL sauna |
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 26, 2016 19:30:30 GMT
Whilst I've been getting all excited about landing in the new garden (22 April) and getting plants growing in the greenhouse - somehow I totally forgot that I will be away for two weeks in June! As I'll only have been in the new place for approx 5 weeks before we head off (Nordic fjords cruise - oh my!) and given that I work from home (don't get out much!) it's unlikely I'll have enough time to get to know someone well enough to ask them to water for me. Any thoughts to overcome this most welcome. Enjoy the cruise.......we did that one a few years back and it was magical !! |
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Post by daitheplant on Mar 26, 2016 20:15:18 GMT
Piskie, if it is only the plants in the greenhouse, then why not buy an automatic, solar powered, watering system? They cost about £75.
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