How To: Self-Watering Seed Starter Pots
Came across this on FB and looked like an interesting project.
http://www.seattlesundries.com/blogs/news/11749733-how-to-self-watering-seed-starter-pots
A few weeks ago the girls and I did a project that I've been enjoying every day since. We repurposed 2 liter bottles and turned them into self-watering planters for starting our tomatoes and cucumbers indoors. They've been sitting on the window sill near my desk and I've been watching them grow every day. It's been the perfect antidote for the bummer weather we've been having here in Seattle.
I've tried starting seeds indoors several different ways over the years. So far this is my favorite method because the soil is always exactly the right moisture level and it's very easy to see with the naked eye when it's time to add water to the planter. There's no guesswork involved and the plants seem to love it.
JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)...just not for vegetables.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)I am still trying to figure out what that looks like....
daleanime
(17,796 posts)been promising myself to do some herbs in my window boxes.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I see it working for house plants as well as seed starters. The only thing that I would say is to find a better way to put the hole in the cap.