ORIMERC 50 Feet 1/4 Inch Self Watering Wick Cord, Wicking Rope for Plants Caring, Plant Wicks for Self Watering, Plant Wicks for Plants Bottom Watering Automatic Water System Device Tomatoes Vacation

This is a fantastic method for hydrating your plants without overwatering. Just make sure the material makes contact with the roots; then, place water in a saucer or container, ideally keeping the water level as close as possible to the roots so that the water can flow easily and keep both the roots and the soil moist. This works well for plants that are already established in the pots. However, if you are just about to planter in a pot or transplant, it is even easier: simply lay the strip over the roots, thread it through the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot, and cover everything with your potting soil. And just like that—problem solved! It is very easy to use, incredibly convenient, and—best of all—extremely affordable. You get a generous amount of material—enough for plenty of plants. I am absolutely delighted with my purchase and highly recommend it!

These things wick water like there is no tomorrow. They work just as stated. Price was right and you get a lot. Make sure to get the size you need. the 1/4" is overkill for small pots. My plants are healthier for it. Great!

Some of my outdoor plant pots have saucers attached, so after a rain I use this cord to wick water out of the saucers so the plant roots don't drown, and it works great! All of my pots are on stands, and it wicks the water right down to the ground. I've also found that it works very well for tying my tomato plants to stakes. It is nice and soft and thick and doesn't damage the stems. I couldn't be happier with this product!

Let me start off with this disclaimer: I am not a gardener. House plants in the past have lived short lives in my home, and outdoor plants tend to survive based on their own fortitude. Nevertheless, facing an extended trip away from home -- three weeks -- I wanted to save some plants that had become very important to me. I did not have family, friends or neighbors available to come over to water the plants, and did some research on how to set up a simple self-watering system without using drip lines. I read about using wick cord and a water source. I bought the longer length to cut to size. I had a jasmine plant, tomato plant, thyme plant, mint plant and a possible grenadilla seedling (I told you, I'm not a gardener and I've never grown grenadillas before so I have no idea what a grenadilla seedling looks like -- honestly, I suspect I've just been watering an interesting-looking weed). I purchased three 5-gallon plastic paint buckets with lids, cleaned them to wash away any chemical resin, and filled them with water. I cut two lengths of this wick cord for the tomato plant and anchored each of them by tying a screw on one end that was heavy enough to stay on the bottom of the bucket to keep the cord in water. I buried the other ends of the wick cord lengths in the soil, around the base of the tomato plant near the roots. I also added some plant food sticks and soaked the soil. (I did something similar with the other plants.) I did a test about a week before I left and the plants seemed to be quite happy. I hoped they would still be around when I returned -- or at least not have perished due to lack of water. When I returned three weeks later, those plants were still alive and, for the most part, happy. My tomato plant had grown about a foot or two and even had some baby tomatoes and blooms on it. A few things I did note about my "system": (1) The water source developed algae because it was exposed to sun/heat (even with a lid lightly closed though not fully tamped down so that water could pass through the wick cord). (2) This algae/mold (I know there's a difference but bear with me) then seemed to grow/spread along the wick cord toward the plants. I do not know if that impacted how much water actually passed through the cord, but the cords were all still saturated, and the soil around the plant roots were damp. So I know water continued to wick to the soil. I cleaned everything out and scrubbed the cords with some Dawn dishwashing liquid and a brush, and rinsed them thoroughly and reused them even while I was home. The plants seemed happier having a slow but consistent water source than my drowning them every few days or weekly. And, my tomato plant is STILL blooming with more tomatoes. Who knows, maybe I am slowly becoming a gardener now.

If you’re looking at this products, it’s because, like me, you have a few plant babies, some of which are either too meaningful, too large or let’s face it, too EXPENSIVE to die! Listennnnnnn!!!! I buy a ton on Amazon and I rarely leave reviews, but hear me when I say, this simple “string” is THE TRUTH! I have TWO Thai Monsteras, an Anthirium Michelle, A Ring of Fire, an African Milk etc., ie plants that I just can’t buy again without spending $$$. Of course I also have many others (approx 30) that call me mum. I needed to travel last minute for two weeks and it was paining me to think that my babies would suffer while I’m away. I searched and searched for options and the reviews on some of these contraptions (globes, water bottle slow drip terra cotta bla bla) gave me anxiety. And then, and thennnnn friends, I saw this. This STRING! The educator in me was curious and doubtful and hopeful all at once! I bought it. And after two weeks the only thing I needed to replace was my table cloth and its plastic cover! Dead plant where?!? Dry plant where?!? It’s honestly the SIMPLEST thing! For me, I put the majority of my plants on dining table and filled up 3 large containers with water. I arranged them to my best thoughts, though when I do this again I will tweak a bit. I measured enough string to have it lay flat in the bottom of the container and be able to make a “c” in the pot, that way I could ensure the bulk of the dirt was moist. I then pre soaked each string, arranged it in the pot and left the other part in the container with water. The string functions well and retains water quickly. And for two whooooole weeks this was enough for my babies! DRY PLANT WHERE?!? DEAD PLANT WHERE?!?! For the most part, soil was moist, not wet but in the smaller plants/containers, you could tell they were watered. I did come back to one container dry but I think it’s because I designated too many plants to it as the other two still had water left. I plan to reuse, hopefully they can get more than one use. I really wish I had taken photos, but hey, take this old 40something at her word. This STRING is all you need. Well buckets of water too 🙃

I was a little bit skeptical that this would work, but glad it did. I was going to be starting some seeds but be gone for a week or so before transplanting. I cut some of this rope and threaded is through a hole in the container I would put the seed in before adding the soil and the seed. Had enough hanging at the bottom to put it in a large water reservoir. I did this with 3 pots. All plants survived, so it worked. I transplanted 2 and have 1 to go. I hoped I could reuse the rope but it doesn't look that way. But, still have lots left. I maybe used over 1 ft per plant but probably could have gotten away with less.

This is will be great your plants will love you for the bottom watering I will take pictures I haven't used soil I found out that using coco coir or Eco earth which is a reptile habitat substrate type but it is still good for using it as a soil it is much better and very lightweight and not heavy unlike soil is it is very dense and never fully dries out but if you do this you need to do this slowly because it will shock your plants if you have fungus Gnats which are a real bitch to get rid of but you have animals and can't use neem oil or any other chemicals this process is safer and safer for all your pets I don't care what what anyone else says it will work with all plants flowers ect you must put your plants with no soil in some type of mason jar but make sure you get all the old soil out that it is fine if you you can't is long as it is mostly gone by rinsing it off once you do this fill the mason jar just above the top of the roots it will not hut your your plants and or indoor plants you may have to put them In a big narrow pot just enough room for the roots to fit in it or the wide mouth mason jars and put the bigger plants with bigger roots and wait a couple weeks to do these transfers I know it may seem long but the longer you wait the more chances you can get the old soil out from in-between the roots and then put the eco and coco coir now they do come in bricks Evo has 4 big bricks you can get that at the pet store innthecreptike habait area you will end up using most of it you need to let the eco and coco coir dry out completely for this to work it will give your plants time to relax and to get rid of like I said the old soil and along with the containmanted soil you need to use regular water from your hose or a water bottles and wholilecyiu are waiting you can get a sqewer for kabobs and you can take one of them and get in between the roots and push that old nasty soil out use with clean water to rinse as you doing that whatever you do please do not use anything from a soft water system that takes salt it will kill your plants but you need to let your plants adjest in clear mason jars something stable for the plants so you can see what is going on and don’t be scared to add water just enough to cover the roots so you can drown the fungus gnats also clean the water daily or every couple days I know it is a process but this is egatvit will take to get rid of the fungus gnats and white flies and anything else yiu hit going on you can get your entire plant wet and just get a very soft cloth and wipe tge leave off top and underneath very well where the but the mainly where the infestation started which are the roots and then keep doing this process it can take up to a couple of weeks to even a month but I let mine take a long time I waited 2 months it took me that long because I was giving them time to spread out to get rid of the old soil the eco and coco coir make sure it is covered with a good mesh screan almost that kind of mesh for when you are cooking to keep stuff from splattering out to make sure no bugs get in it while it is drying out unless you got a room that it can go in indoors that will be fine aswell it will take awhile but these are the process we got to do to save our plants I really do need to make me a youtube channel so I can give more advice on plant care but I had the worst infestation and now they are gone no more fungus Gnats DO NOT EVER BUY SOIL FUNGUS GNATS are already in it only because its a breading ground and it is constantly wet they love Wet environments

This wick cord soaked up all the water provided at once and overwatered my plant. I may not have set it up correctly but I do not recommend if you aren't familiar with how they work. Three stars given because it could have been user error.

Really good works perfectly, didn’t lose 1 plant while on a 3 week holiday 👍

100% conforme à la description. Très bonne qualité !

Muy bueno oara regar las plantas.

Çok denemelerimiz oldu, en iyi sonucu bu basit yöntemde bulduk. Kesinlikle öneririz.

I travel a lot and watering the plants has always been a concern in my absence. I have used this for over 5-7 trips and its never dissapointed. I have used it for almost 3 weeks of my absence but I came back to all my plants in perfect condition. Thank you.