Temporary Plant Adoption

[bawdaleb]

Bit of a weird one, but could anyone pleeeease temporarily adopt my potted plants over the holidays?

I'm overseas for 4 weeks and I don't want to leave my 4 plants in the hands of my flatmate who let them die last time!

I've looked at watering systems but having 4 might get a bit costly!

[rendelharris]

Google "DIY plant watering systems", loads of weird, wonderful and effective (and flatmate-proof) cheap/free ideas out there.

[Sue]

Depending on what they are, I doubt I they will die in four weeks at this time of year!

ETA: More plants die from overwatering than underwatering!

[IlonaM]

I use watering globes when I go away (similar to: https://www.gardenista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-glass-watering-bulbs/).

I was able to buy six colourful ones on Querkity for a decent price sometime ago and they work a treat. You can also find them on Amazon and Ebay.

[Sue]

What are your plants, bawdaleb ?

[Asset]

I agree with Sue, unless they are particularly plants that require vast amounts of water (not many) they should be quite happy if kept in a cool place and given a good soak before you go.

[bawdaleb]

Thank you! They look easy enough to set up. Might be the way to go!

[bawdaleb]

Thank you all for the advice. I have a peace lily, spider plant, aloe, and a snake plant. Hopefully they will survive! The peace lily usually comes back to life with a bit of water :)

[Sue]

Peace lilies are practically indestructible :))

So are spider plants and aloes.

Don't know about the other one, but there's no way the first three won't survive neglect for a month at this time of year!

[ianr]

Shouldn't it be fostering?

[Sue]

ianr Wrote:

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> Shouldn't it be fostering?

:))