Holiday / Greenhouse Watering

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  1. Kristen

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    Stumbled over this today. Not something I need, but I know it comes up in discussion from time to time
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    20L tank, battery operated, runs for between 3 and 12 minutes a day (depending on how long you are away / how much water you want to give the plants), and 20 spikes (one per pot, but can put two in a larger / high water-demand pot) and drippers. I watched the video which seemed pretty comprehensive (apart from the American "Ounces of water per day" - I'd need to give that some deep thought!), but other than that I have no knowledge of the product

    £56 from here:
    http://www.waterirrigation.co.uk/claber-oasis-indoor-watering-kit.html

     
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    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    I prefer the old trusted method of getting the neighbor in under strict instructions and having toms peppers as just reward , and then a pressie when I get back.
    Spruce
     
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    Good plan :) Although I do read of plenty of cases where folk asked neighbour to do that and ... turned out that neighbour was not even competent to top up a header tank!!
     
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      Simple training;

      • Tap
      • watering can
      • plant

      :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
       
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      See, that's the tricky bit. Unskilled labour will do too much / not enough or even "Missed some" :(
       
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        Safest to stay at home, in that case.
         
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          yes thats why I go on holiday October November or Jan Feb :snork: and I have bees as well .
           
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          If I lived on the South Wales coast I wouldn't bother going on holiday, it's one of our favourite parts of the world, next to Yorkshire of course ;)
          We will be back down there in about three weeks.
          Quick edit to conform with the thread, my next door neighbour will be looking after our garden and just in-case he reads this "and very competent he is too!!"
           
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