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purpleinopp said:I bought some nylon twine to setup some of my plants to be wick-watered & would love to hear anyone's/everyone's thoughts about this who has some experiences to share.

My goals are to save time overall, or at least reduce the interval between watering some smaller pots, give those plants smoother conditions (meaning not getting so dry because it's such a PITA to get covered in bug spray & become dripping with sweat to water them,) and to not worry about the wicked plants while on vacation next summer.

Has anyone setup a gravity-based system where one vessel of water has wicks going to many plants below it? That would eliminate the need for cache pots & adding water to each reservoir.

Tales of temporary vacay setups appreciated also!

@Hamwild inadvertently reminded me that I want to do this for some plants whenever it EVER cools enough to do stuff outside again. Since my plants will be outside a good portion of the year, I'll need a tight fit so mosquitoes can't get to the water to lay eggs. Ham, your post in the other discussion that reminded me made me curious, if you are needing to add water inside of a week, do you think it is saving time, or is that even a factor in why you are wicking?

TIA for any feedback!

I don't feel that it saves me any time (granted it's probably because my pots and outer cache pots are so small and thus, I can't add that much water to the cache pots) because I have to add more water about every other day! I do it because I can't seem to grow a 'Peace Lily' or the more... finicky ferns any other way. I purposely bought Exotic Angel plants that had the nylon pre-installed, as theirs are supposed to be "ick" resistant.