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Watering While You're Away
Dig a hole just outside the root zone of your plants and insert a clay pot. The top should be approximately one inch above the soil level. Using a piece of scrap cloth, scrunch it up stuff it good and tight into the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot. Fill your pot with water and enjoy your time away. The cloth acts as a reverse wick. It releases the water to your rose bushes, tomato plants, saplings and other plants in a very slow dribble.

NOTE: Pots may have to be refilled dependant on size and the period of time you will be away.




















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