I am using the watering spikes in large plants that are in pots at my church I can only get their one time during the week to water them so this makes it possible to have live plants at my church, I am also going to use them in some outside planter that always get dry when I am unable to water on a regular time frame.
I think these will work for me since I wanted them to get water to middle and fiber lined bottom of hanging planters but the water runs right through. I don't think they would help if I wanted provide water over a period of time.
it's been very dry in our area so far this season. I decided to try these for things that need lots of watering, like strawberries, grape vines, and tomatoes. They are working great, I fill them in the morning and by evening they are empty, distributing the water by the roots slowly.
I use these all over my yard. I wrap duct tape around the exposed plastic to keep them from deteriorating from sun damage. They keep the water focused to the area I want to saturate. I love them.
I ordered the spikes because I was going to be out of town for 10 days & the weather had been very dry with more to come. The water gurgled out of the spike as soon as it was in the ground. I did not cut off the bottom yet.
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