Wick Watering Cord Thick 40 ft. Great for African violets Self-Water free ship

Description

This piece of 1/8” diameter nylon wicking cord is 40 feet (13.33 yards) long. Most growers cut an individual wick to be 6” long so this piece will yield approximately 80 six inch pieces of wick.
This wicking cord is suitable for use in pots that are 4” in diameter or larger. It is not intended to use in pots smaller than 4” in diameter as it would pull up too much water into the soil.
Instructions on how to grow African violets by wick watering are included. The pencil and ruler in the photo are for size comparison and are not included in this offering.
Wick watering is a method of setting up houseplants in such a way that they become self-watering. Growers of large collections of African violets find wick watering particularly convenient. A nylon cord is inserted into your flowerpot up through one of the bottom drainage holes of the pot so as to contact the potting mixture. One half of the length goes up into the soil and half hangs out from the bottom of the pot. The pot is placed on your container which should have a lid with a hole cut into it. The wick passes through the hole in the lid into the water in the container. By capillary action the wick pulls water up into the soil for the plant. Unraveling at the cut ends of the wick will not impair its function.
Use a potting mix that contains peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite as the main ingredients. Potting mix that is mostly real earth (soil) would stay too wet when used for the wick watering method.
This offering is for the 40 ft. shank of wicking cord only. No pot, soil, or container with lid is included. The ruler in the photo is for size comparison and is not part of the listing.
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