How to Use Wicks to Water Plants
Make sure your plant is already potted in a pot with a drainage hole., Take your plant outside to a workbench or garden shed., Gather extra soil, an extra pot, water and a wick., Soak your wick or shoelace and water your house plant., Stick the...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Make sure your plant is already potted in a pot with a drainage hole.
If it is not, you should use this opportunity of creating a wick watering system to replant it in a self-draining pot. -
Step 2: Take your plant outside to a workbench or garden shed.
You will need to make a small mess in order to set up a plant with wick.
If you do not have a workbench, lay down newspapers. , If you do not have a candle wick, you can use an old shoelace.
Your wick can be any small, long piece of cloth that soaks up water.
Long candle wicks are available in most craft stores for people who make their own candles. , Make a knot with the end of the wick or shoelace. , You can also wrap the wick around the pencil.
Make sure it is secured and then set it aside for later use. , If it is a large plant, you may want to ask a friend to help you, so that you will not destroy the roots. , Thread the bottom of the shoelace or wick through the draining hole in the pot.
If you do not have a self-draining pot, use this opportunity to plant the plant you have just uprooted into a self-draining pot.
Place some soil near the bottom to replace any soil lost from the original pot. , Take care when you move the plant from now on.
You do not want to tug hard and remove the wick. , For example, you can place it on a slatted board and let the wick fall into a pitcher of water.
The water will climb up the wick to feed the plant.
This step will be slightly different for everyone, depending upon where you plan to place your plant while you are gone.
You may use a drainage basket or a shelf inside, where the wick can fall unencumbered into the vessel. , (0.47 to
0.9 l) of water before you plan to leave and the water should be wicked up into the roots of the plant while you are away.
Since each plant requires a different amount of water, the root ball will soak up the water when it is in need. -
Step 3: Gather extra soil
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Step 4: an extra pot
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Step 5: water and a wick.
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Step 6: Soak your wick or shoelace and water your house plant.
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Step 7: Stick the sharp end of a pencil through the shoelace or the candle wick.
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Step 8: Lift the plant from its pot.
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Step 9: Stick the pencil with the top of the wick into the root ball of your plant.
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Step 10: Place the plant back into its pot with the wick now connected.
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Step 11: Place the plant above a vessel of water.
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Step 12: Fill the vessel with 16 to 32 oz.
Detailed Guide
If it is not, you should use this opportunity of creating a wick watering system to replant it in a self-draining pot.
You will need to make a small mess in order to set up a plant with wick.
If you do not have a workbench, lay down newspapers. , If you do not have a candle wick, you can use an old shoelace.
Your wick can be any small, long piece of cloth that soaks up water.
Long candle wicks are available in most craft stores for people who make their own candles. , Make a knot with the end of the wick or shoelace. , You can also wrap the wick around the pencil.
Make sure it is secured and then set it aside for later use. , If it is a large plant, you may want to ask a friend to help you, so that you will not destroy the roots. , Thread the bottom of the shoelace or wick through the draining hole in the pot.
If you do not have a self-draining pot, use this opportunity to plant the plant you have just uprooted into a self-draining pot.
Place some soil near the bottom to replace any soil lost from the original pot. , Take care when you move the plant from now on.
You do not want to tug hard and remove the wick. , For example, you can place it on a slatted board and let the wick fall into a pitcher of water.
The water will climb up the wick to feed the plant.
This step will be slightly different for everyone, depending upon where you plan to place your plant while you are gone.
You may use a drainage basket or a shelf inside, where the wick can fall unencumbered into the vessel. , (0.47 to
0.9 l) of water before you plan to leave and the water should be wicked up into the roots of the plant while you are away.
Since each plant requires a different amount of water, the root ball will soak up the water when it is in need.
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