Wicking pots

An easy step by step tutorial how to make any flower pot or planter into self watering and wicking patio planter and containment garden

Level 2 Wicking - Wicking Pots: The Level 1 Wicking (wicking cup) instructable introduces the the basic principles of efficient and easy watering from below the soil profile. Now we apply these principals to make self-watering pots that make for faster growing and more productive…

There are lots of tutorials showing how to make a self-watering planter, but most methods make pretty ugly pots from 5-gallon buckets. So we figured out how to turn ANY pretty pot into a self-watering planter.

DIY Wicking Bed Container Garden Tutorial

A DIY Wick Watering System is a simple, effective and quick to set up. It works via a phenomenon called capillary action.

One of the questions that many people have when constructing wicking beds is what are the best rocks to use in the water reservoir section underneath. Coarse scoria (20mm or larger) is the recommended material, but are there any reasonable substitutes? As a bit of background, a wicking bed is a self-watering raised garden bed…

Self watering pots that wick water upwards from a water reservoir below have been around for decades. They’re commonly used for indoor plants, and they also have more specialized applications in th…

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Simple Wicking System: Travelling for a few weeks and don't want your plants to dry out? Is your neighbour also unable to water them? Then try this simple solution with a wick. I have used it in my container planters but it can be used in any type of planters, even in rai…

Allow your plants to water themselves with these DIY wicking bucket containers! Learn how to make them here.