-> Note: Someone in an RV group recommended that I post this here,
-> complementing your NG for having many great ideas.
->
-> We travel pretty regularly in our RV, and have recently bought a winter home
-> in AZ. When we're away for up to two months, our house plants (in WA)
-> somehow survive, with a good soaking when we leave, along with placing them
-> so they'll get enough light, but not burn up. They're awfully thirsty by
-> the time we come home.
->
-> Now that we expect to be gone for longer periods, we need some kind of
-> automatic, indoor watering system. We need to shut off our house water
-> while we're gone, to avoid potential disaster, since our house is somewhat
-> remote. In other words, whatever we get will need to be battery operated
-> (winter power outages are common) and draw water from buckets/tank/whatever.
-> So far, what I've found doesn't have enough capacity to do the job. We
-> simply have
-> too many plants, which will suck up a lot of water in three to five months.
-> It's not practical to have someone go to our house, nor do we want to impose
-> that on anyone, especially when they wouldn't have water to use for
-> themselves (not to mention our complicated alarm system).
->
-> Does anyone here use an automatic system, or have a brainstorm for how we
-> could keep these poor plants happy? Some of them are decades old... we'd
-> hate to do them in. Thanks for your input.
->
-> Unc
Would it be practical to set the plants in the bathtub with plenty of water? You could also leave a "portable" flourescent light on in that bathroom for artificial sunlight.