Testing a Simple Drip Watering Setup for My Office Plants 🌿

[samou]

I’ve been testing this RainPoint automatic plant waterer with a few of my office plants, and I wanted to share what the setup looks like in real use.

Installation was pretty straightforward. I ran the tubing to each pot, placed one dripper close to the root area, and started with a short watering cycle so I could see how each plant responded.

The adjustable drippers are especially useful because my peace lily, begonias, and smaller plants definitely don’t need the same amount of water. I’m still fine-tuning the watering duration for each pot, but so far, it’s been much easier than carrying a watering can around and trying to remember which plants I watered.

The tubing also stays fairly discreet around the pots once everything is arranged. I included a few close-up photos so you can see how the drippers sit in the soil and how I routed the lines between the plants.

I’m still in the testing stage, so I’ll keep adjusting the settings as I learn what works best for each plant.

Has anyone else tried an automatic drip system for indoor plants? How often do you water yours?

[joe.ganem.net]

Most indoor plants require very little water, thus we simply water them about once a week and vary the amount based upon the plants needs

I have a suggestion, use a half inch pipe to guide from the bottom of the pot and it’s CENTER hole up into the plant and use this as a means of inserting the quarter inch line to attach to a dripper. In this way, the tubing comes out the bottom instead of over the top of the planter. It just makes for a neater operation. Of course you can insert the tube on initial planting to the bottom hole.