Enter: Marlin's SSWR
One Aluminum Roasting pan
Put a piece of Styrofoam approx 1 inch thick in the bottom.
Drape a layer of paper towels (I used 2 layers of blue paper shop towels) over the Syrofoam block. Pour water in pan.
Styrofoam will float, and paper towel will wick water to plants.
Next year I will use this method from the get-go!
Here is a comparison of two pepper plants. One wasn't in the SSWR, another that was:
2 comments:
I so want to use this method for some flower seeds Mendal's mom gave us. I just have to figure out the lighting and I'll be all set!
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