How-To: Self-Watering Planter from Plastic Bottle

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Instructables user whamodyne made a self-watering planter from a rag and a 2-liter plastic bottle:

I have a black thumb due to my forgetfulness on the watering of plants. By the time I remember and rush over with the wattle bottle, the plants have croaked and moved onto the next plane of existence.

I was reading some furniture blogs (doesn’t everyone?) and noticed this post. It’s a great idea and something like the earthboxes my mom grows tomatoes in, but the cost?!!? $55? That seems a bit much.

I decided to make something like that using a 2 liter bottle and a rag from an old t-shirt. Much lower cost and a nice weekend project.

6 thoughts on “How-To: Self-Watering Planter from Plastic Bottle

  1. justin.gasal.myopenid.com says:

    how about a link to the Instructable?

  2. platagiuseppe says:

    look at at my estore with confident

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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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