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Growbag Waterer

ForrestgrumpForrestgrump Posts: 247
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I have been looking at Hozelock's Growbag Waterer  has anyone got or used one? As we go away during the summer for odd weekends or longer I wondered if they work and are they worth the money?

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Try a pop bottle upside down lid on with a couple of holes in the lid. Free.

  • janebuckingham71@yahoo.co.uk[email protected] Posts: 279

    I used them one season, in a summerhouse (pretending to be a greenhouse), not bad.

    They are however dependent on the weather - on very hot days they would drain down within 2 days but on average would last a week. So good overall.

    But I found if the water stayed too long inside the main reservoir the mosquitos got in through the refil hole and laid eggs in the stagnant water - so for a few weeks I had clouds of mosquito. I complained to the manufacturer and they suggested jamming sponge into the refil hole and removing each time to refil.

    My veg is now outside in raised beds but I would kind of recommend them for busy/working folks, ..with the caveats above. 

  • ForrestgrumpForrestgrump Posts: 247

    Dave, Wild. Thanks for the ideas / views.

     

    If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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