Self Watering Pots?

Im planning to grow some outdoor buds at a friends farm this spring. While deciding what would be the best way of performing this wonderful act, I stumbled upon a self watering planter. I was wondering if anyone has ever used a self watering pot for an outdoor grow op.

How long do you think it would take a single plant to consume 5 gallons of solution? Could you bury the base to add stability? Any instructions on how to make my own and save some green?


Heres a link to the pots

SH Hydroponics > Outdoor Self Watering Wick Planter

Great find. I think it would work, you would just need to check the resivoir for water to make sure it was never dry. For support I would dig a hole for the resivoir but only deep enough so the acctual pot itself is still above ground. So when you go to add new water you just lift the pot up add new water and place it back down. This could work out really well. Do you know if they will ship one of these to Canada?

Youre in luck my wonderful Canadian neighbor. " We send Canadian orders by UPS Standard. We insure all shipments. Delivery usually takes 4 - 10 days." We should share notes this spring.

Make sure you can adjust those robot planters' watering cycles. if they still water ur plants on a rainy day, u might end up with moldy or dead plants.

That is a great find. I found something similar but not as pretty on ebay:

eBay: Unique Self-Watering Indoor Planter/Flower Pot (item 190052976811 end time Feb-15-07 15:49:59 PST)

I think the website said it monitors the soil and only adds water when the soil begans to become dry. So if it rains you may be ok, but I would definattly go out and check to make sure you arent drowning them. I think I am going to purchase 4 of them, I will let you know how it goes with a grow journal.

Both of these models use a fabric wick setup, so no electric componants. but ur plants will alwase be wet, so ur roots will have a hard time breathing. is that common for out door ops?

Im diggin the ebay ones. the shape seems that u could fit a whole bunch next to each other like bricks or puzzle peices.

preoQpydDlusion said:

Both of these models use a fabric wick setup, so no electric componants. but ur plants will alwase be wet, so ur roots will have a hard time breathing. is that common for out door ops?

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I think the wick only goes far enough into the soil so that osmosis takes over. That would just keep the general soil moist. And we will be growing in a small portable greenhouse. such this one right mur ->

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i was planning on doing that as well, as i have already bought one one ebay for about 15 bucks with shiping.

I have tried this with a jar with a hole in it, a pot with a hole in it and a rolled up tissue. I was quite worried about root rot but its been a week and a half and they sprouted in those conditions so they are doing ok. right now all you can see is the plant and a hose going up to the surface so i can refill the jar without having to mess with any thing.

What i have also considered is maybe you can use one of those boxes you hook up to your taps so that they turn water on and off at certain times. If you could hook a water drum up to that and bury it or something that could have easy watering that would be alot more easy to fine tune.

I like doing it the old fashioned way, but these look interesting, I don't like adding water every day, and I don't like a fertilizer strip!!!
anyway.... look at this contraption.....
Earth Box - Homegrown Vegetables Without A Garden