Hey! I found a few Aqua Glove at my TJ Max store, but I really need more. Tell me how you are keeping your container plants alive when you're out of town.
Name: Susan Zone 5 Charley's Girl Too/ HeHaw, HeHaw
I have put containers in turkey roaster tins and filled the tin with water which works for several days. For extended stays I would move all containers to one shady area and fill five gallon buckets with water and wick them to containers with cotton rope. Put a mosquito dunk in standing water for each of those methods. I've never tried this but seems to me if you move all your plants together and put a sprinkler on a timer it should be effective. Whatever method you choose be sure to try it out before you go so you can make adjustments where needed. Now, do tell...what is an aqua glove?
It is so hot and windy here that I'm hoping that won't be a problem. I'm filling the totes with less than 3 inches of water and putting them all in shady areas around the house. i will let you know how it works.
Name: Franklin Troiso Wappingers Falls N.Y. Zone 6b
i use this mehtod all year long. i have holes drilled through both sides at the top of my containers. i put a soaker hose through all he containers and then attach the hose to a timer and then the timer into the faucet. i set it to go off each day at 8 am and shut down at 10 am. it works fine for me. i might hav a picture of the set up
isd have gone away for mjore than a week without havingany problems.
franklin, that sounds like a great idea but not very pretty to use everyday, just for going out of town though sounds good. The moving containers are out for me. I have too many. They are too heavy and some of my climbers have twine that are roped around the pergola for the vines to climb.
However, a friend of mine loaned me a few "plant nanny stakes" and they worked great!
Name: Franklin Troiso Wappingers Falls N.Y. Zone 6b
nicole - i only row vegetables in he containes so it doesn't matter to me if it looks pleasing to the eye as long as i get vegetables out of it. actualy, by the ime the fruits mature the plants themselves hide the hose because of all he leaves
I have an arrangement with my neighbor Peggy. She waters for me in the summer if I am gone for more than a couple days. In exchange, she gets to overwinter her large plants in my greenhouse for free. She also waters in the greenhouse for me when we take our week long winter vacation. Works well for us both.
Container Gardens are one of the fastest growing segments of gardening these days. Come on in and share ideas and gain some new ones.Everybody is welcome!
actualy, by the ime the fruits mature the plants themselves hide the hose because of all he leaves
