self watering cheaply for a dry plant

londonTiger

I have a few office plants around the office - I've been notoriously bad at watering plants in the past and they've all died from dehydration.

I'm looking for a way to self water these dry plants. But all self watering systems Ive come across cost a lot and I really designed for enthusiast horticultureists (designed for a large number of plants).

I was wondering if there was a cheap solution out there to self water a couple of cheap indoor plants.

I was wondering if the mineral drip feeders will be useful for this. Use the minerals at first and then refill with water and plug it in. Noit sure if it will work because if the feed are thicker than water then the bottles might release water too fast and not be any usee

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/grow-your-own/fertilisers-plant-food/specialist_plant_foods/B-and-Q-Orchid-Drip-Feeder-F700001-Blue-9846795?skuId=10247500

I_have_spoken

Gather some empty 250ml water bottles, make a small hole in cap then fill them and upend so the cap is pushed into the soil

londonTiger

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Gather some empty 250ml water bottles, make a small hole in cap then fill them and upend so the cap is pushed into the soil

ive seen that done, however it's not exactly elegant and for a small plant it will look a bit silly to have a cut up water bottle next to it,

Generali

londonTiger wrote: »

ive seen that done, however it's not exactly elegant and for a small plant it will look a bit silly to have a cut up water bottle next to it,

Use a champagne bottle instead...?

Alternatively, use some wide-ish hosing which you put in the pot vertically to the bottom. Cut it off so it's just above the level of the soil and that will do the same job as the water bottle.

fivefifty

IKEA stock self watering tubs.
Depends how much you want to spend.