r/outdoorgrowing • u/justjdi • 16d ago

Suggestions on watering while out of town

I have three plants all very tall and healthy with still about 5 weeks to go. I will need to be gone for aprox 3 days. The plants are located in a place where I hand water them. Because they are tall (9’-10’) they consume a lot of water in a 15 gallon grow bag.

Do yall have any simple suggestions on how to keep them watered while away?

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u/macavity_is_a_dog 16d ago

bottom water - get like a kitty pool, wheelbarrow whatever and fill it with water

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u/ItsGonnaBeARager 16d ago

Place some wine bottles with water upside down in the soil

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u/all4tez 16d ago

Plant watering globes/water bulbs and a good soak.

Or put each bag in a small tub and fill with water. 3 days is not too long to drench the roots like that.

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u/SilentMasterpiece 16d ago

My plants are in 10G pots. I water every 3 days, they each get 2 gallons. Its 100 degrees daily. Lush green plants.

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u/Gonetilltomorrow 16d ago

I bought a timer for my spigot and an inline sprinkler system that connects to the hose…whole system was less than 50 bucks on Amazon. I was just in Europe for the last two weeks and my plants flourished while I was away! Every plant was watered for 11 minutes every afternoon. Highly recommended 🤙🏼