Self Watering Planters

Planting flowers in pots is a great way to ornament your house. Flowering plants brimming in pots and planters look beautify a landscape as well as patios, porches, interiors and terraces. These potted plants require daily watering and immense care. Even if you are out on vacation, they require watering for viability and longevity. To solve the problems of continuous watering, self watering planters were devised. They can be placed outdoors or indoors.

How to Make Self Watering Planters

Homemade planters are a cost-effective strategy to protect plants from drying and wilting. The process doesn't need much labor and is very effectual. Self watering plastic containers with an inbuilt water reservoir can keep the plants moist for long time. The water content in the containers depends on how much water the plant consumes and the plant breed. Here are few simple steps to build your own planters.

• To build self watering planters, you need to arrange for two pots of different sizes, so that they can fit entirely into the other, leaving a gap of an inch or two in between them.
• The pots can be made of plastic, terracotta or ceramic. While choosing the material for outer pot, make sure it has no drainage holes and is non-porous. Plastic or pottery containers should be made the outside container. The inner planter can be made up of terracotta.
• Now you need to attach the two pots. Cut the tip of epoxy syringe and remove the cap from the plunger. Now apply a thick base of epoxy gel to the outside base of the smaller pot. The gel should be coated to the inside base of the larger pot for attachment.
• Now place the smaller pot inside the larger and press firmly to seal the both. Wait overnight and do not move the pots. Let the epoxy gel cure.
• Once the epoxy gel has dried completely check for the drainage holes. The drainage holes should be completely plugged so that there is no leakage. In case there is a leak, add the coating once again.
• Pack soil, fertilizers, organic manures in the inner planter. Pot it with colorful plants and flowers. Now water them and also make sure that you fill, the gap between the pots. The water shall seep through the porous material and provide continuous water supply to the plants.

Outdoor Self Watering Planters

Large ones can be constructed and kept outdoors for vegetable gardening and flowers as well. For the outdoors, they need to be constructed with much robust material to withstand harsh environmental conditions. They should be constructed, keeping in mind the growing conditions of plants and the quantity of water needed. Size and location of container garden make a big difference in growth of plants. The basic method of construction is more or less same. The only difference is that outdoor self watering planters are meant for large-scale gardening. So, the volume of water required is more and thus, the size larger.

Indoor Self Watering Planters

Indoor self watering planters are available in the market in beautiful designs and materials. They can be kept interior at window panes, drawing rooms and corners of the house. Interior water planters placed in patios, porches and balconies look beautiful. They can be made up of metallic, plastic, fiberglass, ceramic, etc. You can even hang them from terrace, with inbuilt water system. Try personalizing the designs at home and plant beautiful houseplants, adding ornamentation to your house.

Self watering planters are very useful in restoring water for a long time. They are not only economic, but a very effectual way of watering the plants as well.