WUJUN Plant Watering Stakes 8 Pack Automatic Plant Waterers
WUJUN Plant Watering Stakes 8 Pack Automatic Plant Waterers for Vacations, Plant Watering Devices Terracotta Self Watering Spikes for Wine Bottles Great Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Plants
| Dimensions: | 28.8 x 21.3 x 14.4 cm; 1.39 Kilograms |
| Part: | WUJUN |
| Manufacture: | WUJUN |
| Dimensions: | 28.8 x 21.3 x 14.4 cm; 1.39 Kilograms |
| Reference: | WUJUN |
I also bought some from Litle German supermarket chain that were cheaper – however, those seem to break easily and were much less permeable.
All I would say is don’t buy in the height of summer as they put the prices up 50%…
Good product, kept plants alive during summer holidays. Make sure you use the correct shaped wine bottle, I made the mistake of using a straight neck bottle for one and broke the spike
I bought these in a hurry, because I was going on holiday and suddenly remembered my pot plants. They worked brilliantly! Unlike the plastic alternatives, these look nice and not out of place in a large terracotta pot. Water from the wine bottle just seeps out steadily through the stake. In fact, now I’m back home I’ve carried on using them, because the plants seem to like getting a steady supply of water instead of a soaking every evening then drying out all day. I just refill the wine bottles every week and all is well. Great product!
I’ve ended up buying two lots of these and recommending them for all my family. They are really easy to push into the soil and any sort of bottle goes on the top. They have been a bit of a lifesaver for my plants, especially as I travel a bit and it means that I know that they will have enough water for a couple of days. I highly recommend them, especially for when the days are getting hotter.
I was a bit apprehensive that these would work but they do. Only downside is how many gin bottles I have had to get through. They work equally as well with wine bottles too! I shall definitely be buying more.
Only certain bottles work, wine bottles are fine. Be careful, I broke one when I installed it, the necks are fragile. But great for watering plants while you’re on holiday!
They really work and are easy to use. I bought them because we were going away for a few days. My plants were fine and now I use them so I don’t have to use the hose so much. Great product!
They were installed into raised beds in my polytunnel. After 2 days of warm weather each clay spike and wine bottle have lost 3 inches. The plastic ones were useless, dumping all the water within 2 hours.
They arrived well packaged in foam and small risk of breakages. For the money paid I consider them reasonable value.
Aesthetically they look quite stylish and have already raised comment and compliment.
The downside is that they are 2″ wide and 7″ long. This means they are unlikely to be suitable for plants indoors unless in very large pots. Using them with well established plants they might be difficult to push into the root system.
However their size does mean that if inserted when potting up they can be used with or without the wine bottle reservoir depending on plants requirements. Fortunately various friends have been happy to give me their empties as I don’t drink wine very often.
These are not suitable for heavy drinking plants but will supply a constant damp into the adjacent soil.
So we have some huge palms and Monstera plants which take a fair bit to water. However, putting too much water in one go causes it to run straight through and not soak in.
This helps to slowly water the plant and allow the earth to absorb some, but not too much.
I used several in each pot, making watering so much more controlled.
I would highly recommend these.
After a few months a couple more broke while in the ground – I assume it was due to temperature changes and moisture as I installed some in the vegetable patch in April.
Overall, it is a system that works but the individual items will not last more than a year or two.
On the upside, the broken items are a lovely addition to my orchid compost and work well at the bottom of a large pot to prevent waterlogging. So whatever breaks is easy to repurpose in many ways.
I soaked the stakes for a couple of hours and then put them in pario tubs which had been well watered. I also added a thick layer of mulch up to neck of stake and added filled wine bottles
15 days later and it had been fairly sunny weather with only a few showers (UK June/July temperatures) and the plants looked good and the soil was damp. These included bamboo, fig plants, olive bushes and honeysuckle, and Lavender. Admittedly these plants can take heat and drier conditions but the bamboo without the stakes looked decidedly dried out
I then left them again for 6 days in our current heatwave and again the plants were fine and this time the bottles were nearly empty.
Very pleased, cam recommend if you need to leave plants while on holiday.