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title: "Hey! Going out of town again for about 9 days and trying to figure…"
description: "Hey! Going out of town again for about 9 days and trying to figure out how to set my plants up for success while I’m gone. I have about 20+ plants, 6 of them…"
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# Hey! Going out of town again for about 9 days and trying to figure…

_Posted by Tae on 2023-06-17_

Hey! Going out of town again for about 9 days and trying to figure out how to set my plants up for success while I’m gone. I have about 20+ plants, 6 of them are being propagated in water. Most of my plants are tropical plants. Just bought two plant lights and wonder if I should just keep those on while I’m away or what? Any guidance would be helpful.

Thank you in advance

## 7 comments

### Lamdesign commented on 2023-06-17

During the hot days I will recommend to keep those plants that need to be watered offer far away from the windows. I also use a self watering for plants, there are many types from bulbs to drip irrigation, or this other method from the picture. Give a shower to yours plants on the day you are planning to travel or the night before, specially to the tropical pants. Hope this is helpful to you!

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#### Tae replied on 2023-06-17

Thank you so much. This is really helpful. If I’m not here how would I know which plants need to be moved away from the windows. Even if I look at the weather forecast, Chicago weather has been changing by the minute.

#### Jbatka replied on 2023-06-17

Super helpful! We’re going OOT too and have bulbs but the sting in a cup of water is genius!!

#### Lamdesign replied on 2023-06-17

Completely understandable, but from my experience most of the plants that I left near the window (glass window) ended up drying out 🙁, and that is a really tricky think because they also need sunlight 😅.

#### Tae replied on 2023-06-18

Gotcha. I will give it a try because I don’t want to come home to dead things of any kind..lol

### xoana commented on 2023-06-17

I use little water bulbs for my thirstier plants and they soak up all the water they need! Do your growlights have timers? If so, you don’t have to keep them on all day, plants like to sleep too! 9 days isn’t too bad, I would just make sure to water your tropicals right before you leave, and if you know some plants will need to be watered during that time, the self watering wick ^^ above is a genius idea for that.

#### Tae replied on 2023-06-18

Gotcha. Unfortunately I don’t think these grow lights have timers. That’s what I was thinking too, it wouldn’t survive under these lights 24/7. Thanks so much for your insight. Extremely helpful

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