Favorite Self Watering Water Bottle Planter

Water the soil thoroughly before inserting the bottles.

Self watering water bottle planter. Thanks to its extra-long spout this attractive low-cost option is great for watering plants in hard-to-reach places. Pack soil up to the open neck of the bottle. See more ideas about self watering planter self watering planters.

Tie your string fabric string around your broken pot rock or shell. Pop upside down and into the bottom half of your bottle. Cut the bottle into two sections make a hole in the cap and run the string through put a few stones and soil into the top section add the plant and then place this upside.

Your basic planter is now ready to be filled with earth and seeds. The tighter the cap is screwed on the slower the water will seep out of the holes. Standing next to your planter quickly turn over the bottle and push the neck down into the soil near the center of the planter.

The plastic bottle cap can be used to regulate the flow from the soda bottle irrigator. Thread through the bottle top so that the rock shell is on the inside and the fabric is dangling out. Turn the bottle upside-down and push it into the soil beside the plant you wish to water.

Containers such as a plastic storage tub or set of 5 gallon buckets. Thoroughly water the soil around the plant then fill the plastic bottle irrigator with water. Easy quick fix trip length.

With this DIY self watering system water will seep slowly through the holes in the bottle into the soil. Fill the bottle with water from the top. Some people find it is easiest to use a funnel to fill plastic bottle irrigators.