going on vacation

going on vacation we are growing in a 3x3 planter using rockwool cubes and we have been hand watering are plants we do not have are flood and drain table set up cause we do not have some of the parts. and have to wait to buy them what can we do to try to keep them alive for 5 days.

you don't have a partner in crime who can come in and water? im sure you have a brother/sister/cousin/best friend that could help, if they already know about it that is.

anyone else? anyone else have advice?
guess you could just water really well before leaving, as long as you don't take longer then 5 days , and lighing and fans are on timers.
any other suggestions anyone?

in 5 days you will come back to crispy critters, all you gotta do is hook a timer up to a water pump that will draw water from a basin and flood the cubes 2 times a day. Must find a way to water the plants, heck you can use buckets of water with string hanging into the water and up into the roots to keep em watered if you had too. The strings will wick the water up them to the plants. Maybe you could setup a drip system?


Have anymore rockwool? soak the hell out of a bunch of them and place them in a tub of shallow water, place your cubes on top of the wet ones.

These are just some ideas. I once went away for 4 days and my water pump had broken, came back to 3 surviving plants out of 20, so I know what is going to happen.

i would be so sad if i lost 17 plants. were they all female?