Going away for five days (this is a different question!)

Horsetheband14

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I'm going away for five days (aug 15th-aug 20th) and my plant is in its veg state. I have the lighting/pots/and everything else set up for it, but I need a way to water it while i'm gone. I have NO buget and cannot buy anything. How should i go about saving my plant? Will not watering for a few days,,then giving it alot before i go work?

Thanks for reading my long post and awnsers,
Pat
 

Ethnobotanist

Well-Known Member
Um. Hmm. No easy way to reply to this. You have NO budget? Because $20 bucks might save your plants.

It depends on the environmental conditions you're growing under. I didn't find your previous threads, so I claim ignorance. But if the heat produced on the surface of the plants is around room temperature (65-75 degrees f), you should be fine. -Saturate- the soil medium with water. To the point that the soil can't absorb anymore, and there is about 1/16th [preferrably] - 1/8th of an inch above the soil. This might hurt your plant for a day or so, but it shouldn't cause root rot or anything of the sort if you're growing in decent conditions (adequate container size, etc). This should keep the plant happy throughout the duration of your trip, but do it a day beforehand to see how it reacts. I've had plants with which I've soaked the soil to 1/8th of an inch above the soil line, and it pulled through. With tremendous results (since the water contained a bit of FoxFarm Grow Big).

But your best bet is to buy a water pump with a large plastic tube or length of garden hose (with holes poked along it every so often), or an air pump creatively engineered to deliver water. It can be done, I promise you. And this will run you about $20, is all. It depends on what you're capable of doing, and the means you have.

~Ethno
 

Gygax1974

Just some idiot
If you can't afford the drip system I would think you could get away with a nice watering, REAL GENEROUS right before you leave and everything should be OK, as long as your temps aren't through the roof. I've gone five days without watering my indoor plants with no adverse effects.
 

LURP

Well-Known Member
you have time to find out what no water will do before you go , drench it now and let it sit for 5 days, then figure out if they will survive with out intervention
 

Gygax1974

Just some idiot
Also keep in mind how big your container is. If you are still in a small container you might be cutting it close if not 5 days shouldn't be a problem just dry it out and then give it a nice watering when you leave
 
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