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Mimi

Hello Planta family ☺️ I tend to travel a lot throughout the year and have hit a dilemma of how to keep my plants alive and happy (especially the ones who require daily watering, i.e my cucumber plant) when requiring to be gone for 2-3 weeks at a time! The majority of my plants are already in a small sized rectangular windowsill planter that has a self watering feature (where there is a basin filled with water and felt strings bring water up to the plants) but some plants even gobble up that reservoir water and require watering every 2-3 days. Would anyone who travels often have any tips or tricks in regard to saving my plant babies from wilting/dying while I’m gone? Any advice would be much appreciated 💕

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  1. Moth orchid

    Took my monster plant out of the dirt and put it in water to see if I can reroot it, it’s only been one day but it seems to be doing better and I cut off all the black and rotting parts.

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  2. Moth orchid

    For the person who travels a lot see if you can get someone to water them once a week when you are gone!

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  3. Hayley

    Planta has a feature where you can add a caregiver. If there's someone you know and trust who would be willing to stop by a few times while you're gone, you can give them access to your planta tasks. One of our friends who doesn't know anything about plants is comfortable taking care of my collection thanks to the app. We did a little tour of my plant setup and the app before I left the first time. Now she likes it so much, she's trying to get her dad to use it (she still struggles to keep his houseplants alive when he travels)

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  4. Kayla

    For smaller plants, put them in a big clear bag and tape closed. For bigger plants, cover the plant with a big clear bag and tape around the pot. I did this when I was gone for almost 10 days and I had a puddle of water in the bag when I got home. They all survived. I’ve also used self watering pots and instead of using their normal reservoir, I used a cookie tray and a big bin and put my plant food in the bin. Both worked. I think I liked the bag method better. I found the bag method from a lady on YouTube who goes away for months at a time.

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  5. Crow

    I don’t know if this really works but one trick my mom had me do when I was little and I had some plants I cared a lot about was to poke holes in a plastic water bottle cap with a thumbtack, then fill it with water and stick it upside down in the dirt and that would let the water come out really slowly. Again, emphasis on “little” because I was a little kid and can’t remember very well if it worked well or not. If you’d want to give it a shot you could probably adjust the amount of holes in the cap based on how much water your plants need, but if they’re succulents or cacti or more desert/drought tolerant plants you might even be able to forgo watering them for a bit and give them a big drink once you get back. There’s also these water bulbs that do the same thing as the water bottle trick where it slowly lets a stored amount of water into the soil, but I don’t know how long those are reliable for. If you have very sensitive plants though I’d recommend asking a friend or loved one to stop by and check on your plants every once in a while while you’re gone!

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  6. ABagel

    There are plant sitters you can hire if you’re in a mid-sized city. Otherwise ask a planty friend.

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