Water Works

The hanging pots are self watering. In the top of the basket is a one gallon plastic reservoir. The white strips you see is one long piece of felt that wraps under the reservoir then down into water up top. That's it. The strips soak up the water and distribute it under the reservoir to the dirt, where it soaks down to the plant. So far, they've soaked up and dripped down a gallon of water a day.

I never would have thought that little felt strip would soak up a gallon a day. There might be some evaporation going on, but the puddles under the plants say most of it is soaking through.

- b