Okay, does anyone sell a house plant waterer that will water plants

[4_Legs_Good]

well above one's head? E.g. we have plants on high window sills (sp?) and overhangs, and I want to plant a bunch of hanging strawberries, but don't want to have to break out the ladder everytime I want to water them.

I guess I could use a sprayer, but that seems like it'd take forever. I imagine something with a piston and simple pump exists somewhere in a really cool looking brass, like those old diver's helmets.

Or did I just dream it?

david

[fob]

1. I don't know about selling, but a friend had the same issue with a plant

overhead and took a waterbottle, the kind you see attached to bicycles with the pull top in the center, and replaced the part the you pull up to allow you to drink with a 6 foot long copper tube of the same diameter. He bent the tube in a candy cane shape (you have to make sure the tube extends down to the bottom of the waterbottle, although not ALL the way so it's blocked) and when it's filled up you give it a pretty firm squeeze and voila!

You can try that or get a battery powered squirt gun, those will shoot like 20 feet or so, but they are a bit more imprecise.

[4_Legs_Good]

3. That's a good idea

simpler than what I had in mind, so something I could probably actually put together!

Thanks!

david

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. You could put...

your overhead plants in self-watering units, that way you will only have to top off the water in the unit once every two or three weeks.

Here are two sites that describe self-watering units:

http://www.plastia.cz/kvetiny/navod/index_uk.htm

http://www.plantertechnology.com/products/index.html


Or you could use a pump sprayer just as you described -- they come in lightweight plastic now and you can find them at any garden supply. If you get one and add an extended sprayer wand you can easily reach well above your head.


Here's a telescoping watering wand:

http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/Product.asp?PG=1964

And if you really need to reach up high:

http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/Product.asp?PG=721

[4_Legs_Good]

4. Cool self watering units!

I'll look into those in the future.

The wand is good for outside, but I dont think I'd trust it inside.

Thanks for the links!!!

david

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Actually...

the watering wand is used by interiorscape companies all the time in offices, as in when plants are placed by an interior designer on a tall ledge or hung right overhead a bank of very expensive computers. :) When you get used to using a wand, accurancy is very good.

But I do love my jardinerres -- just top off the water and you're good to go. Depending on the plant type and its water use, you might just have to fill the self-waterer once or twice a month.