Often in flower growing can be found such a concept as a wick watering. This method of irrigation has become a real find for those who constantly forget to supply water plants water.
It is worth noting that the wick watering is suitable only for those plants that love loose and light soil. The owners of large collections of violets simply adore this method. Experienced flowers argue that it is thanks to the wiring watering that they manage to stimulate their curly beauties to lush flowering.
Fitila watering
You will need
- Glass bottle
- glass
- Thick thread
- Cute mosquito net.
PROGRESS
- Neatly cut the neck of a glass bottle. Cut the square piece of mosquito net and make a small incision in the middle.
- Screshing the lace or thread on the mosquito net as shown in the photo.
- Spring thread through a sliced neck bottle.
- Plant plants with soil in the bottle.
- Pour into the glass a small amount of water and placing a bottle into it.
Such a simple device will help forget about frequent watering of home plants! It should be added that the thread for a wicking irrigation should not be completely made of synthetics or polymer, although the presence of these materials is necessary there that the lace does not rot for a long time. For the wick irrigation, it is not necessary to use a glass bottle, you can simply fix the thread at the bottom of the flower pot.
See also in this video, how to cut a glass bottle correctly.
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