Help - Need watering solution for 7 days!

[RUFUS HOUND 3,886]

Hi all, I hope you old hands can help me come up with a watering solution as Im going away for a week and I dont want my 3 girls dying on me.

 

Each of them are taking 2 pints of water every 3 days - I was planning on flipping them this weekend, I guess I could wait a few more weeks as FEMS

[Thai Stick 2,075]

Maybe give them a pot up?
I find that after a big pot up with a fairly wet medium i wouldn't need to water them for a week....

You could always rig up a simple watering solution with a bucket, a pump, piping and some drippers.
 

Or just overwater them to fuck before you go and hope for the best

[stummer 20,667]

Drippers and a pump is a cheap solution I guess. That’s what first came to my mind tbh. 

[KC 11,733]

They sell capillary matting at garden centres, that will give them a few more days but potting up or drippers are good suggestions.

 

Capillary matting won't work with airpots I'm led to believe.

[NezA 15,009]

@Alys had a similar situation not long ago I think she rigged up a couple of drippers for hers

 

I had a similar situation myself recently but for 14 days. I just watered the fuck out of everything  stood them on capillary mats and left them in the dark for 2 weeks. I lost 1 out of 14 plants. They all looked proper ropey when I came back but they're all still alive. The males didn't like it too much, and they all put out some flowers one of them is still flowering now despite being on 24 hours of light I'm hoping he'll re veg though.

 

Not the way I'd like to have done things in an ideal world but it worked.

[RUFUS HOUND 3,886]

Thanks for all your suggestions 

 

I was thinking of watering till fully saturated and putting them in a deep sided dishes and filling the dish with a inch or 2 of water - I know its not ideal leaving them sat in water but my thought is, they will suck all the dish water up in a day or two and then 4 days till fully dry might just get me through till I get back.

 

@KC would the mats work with fabric pots as they air prune as well.

 

any body tried the "old water bottle" screw on cap waters or those globe type waters that go into the soil

or those bag greenhouse drip feeders

 

[stummer 20,667]

Honestly I’d just go with the drippers and a pump. Cheap enough to get the bits needed and proper simple. Ain’t even worth buying something like a Wilma system if only planning to use it the once. Can keep your watering closer to optimal then rather than leaving em sat in a tray of water. 

[KC 11,733]

Yeah fabric pots would be fine on capillary matting. 

[Absurdist 1,623]

Check out the Easy2Go valve system. I've been away for 2.5 weeks with no problem before.

[RUFUS HOUND 3,886]

funnily enough I was just looking at them and the  blumat "carrots"

[KC 11,733]

You should check out those blumat "carrots" mate 

[RUFUS HOUND 3,886]

not sure what went on there with all the repeats

 

@KC carrots seems like they have v good reviews - why the ouch?

Edited September 8, 2021 by RUFUS HOUND

[Thai Stick 2,075]

1 minute ago, RUFUS HOUND said:

not sure what went on there with all the repeats

 

@KC carrots seems like they have v good reviews - why the ouch?

I think he's being sarcastic.
You did just post a whole page worth of

"funnily enough I was just looking at them and the  blumat "carrots"

[RUFUS HOUND 3,886]

  I see what you mean 

 

Are these blumat carrots reliable - I would buy if they are recommended by folks on here

[badbillybob 32,649]

from my experience- no. bluemats need dialed in and even then i had no end of issues. 

id go with pumped timer, with a return to res hose, or ....

id go with a full drench and get a couple of those plastic  trays for tomato soil bags.(seee pic below)

fill em with water you will get at least another 10 litres per tray