How will I take care of my plant?

I'll be away for a few months over the summer but I don't want my beautiful pink cyclamen to die because it makes me happy when I see it every day!





I usually water it every few days because it is a thirsty plant, and it is thriving right now.





How do I keep it alive while I'm away over the summer? My friends are going away also, so I can't have a friend take care of my plant.

How will I take care of my plant?
Go to your nearest hospital/clinic/drugstore and ask them if you can get a number of empty drip bags (those things they use in hospital to slowly administer medicine/liquids) with the control thing on the tube still intact. Refill a lot of them and tie them one way or another above the plant and set the drip to a very slow drip rate. Please test the volume it will administer and work out how long it will last. Possibly you will be able to go away and come back in a few months time with the plant well watered and still alive.





You must get a lot of the drips to be able to set it at a very slow rate but the quantity of water must be sufficient to sustain the plant. Alternatively you must be able to organize a big container with the drip gadget on to last the time that you are gone.





Hope your plant survives.





If you are one of those who talk to the plant, you must leave a recording of your talking on a timer as well !
Reply:Ask your local plant nursery if they are willing to baby sit your plant, or maybe the same place where you bought it, they may be willing to take care of it...
Reply:get a friend who lives close by to take care of it while u are gone and have them water it every 2 or 3 days
Reply:Make sure this is not an illegal plant if you know what im saying. Put the plant in a spot where it will recieve the most sunlight in AM hours and hopefully it will not go through a summer drought.
Reply:Most Home Depot or Lowes or local suppliers store will have a timer based sprinker...just buy one of those, hook it up,,, with very low water pressure.
Reply:my advise would be to have you go to a green house and tell them to take care of your plant----for some cash of course, but its better than having your plant die.then once you come back take it back.


p.s. make sure they dont sell it while you're gone!


lol,


good luck
Reply:Do you have a neighbor that you could ask? I am not good with cyclamen (mine have died), sorry that I can't help you myself. Are you in school? Could you ask someone that you work with? I think that there are businesses that specialize in plant care for traveling plant-owners. You may also peruse or post on craigslist.org, in your town for help. Good luck.
Reply:You have to have someone look of it or it will die.
Reply:GIV WATER AND LEAVE IT SUN LIGHT EVERY DA
Reply:ask someone you trust too do it or get a plant sitter or take the plant with you
Reply:Leave it with a neighbor! :)
Reply:if its in a pot perhaps you could take a part of your downpipe of and set it underneath part remaining to the wall that way when it rains it will get well watered depending on were you live of course
Reply:Give sumone you trust a key to your house and have them water it while your not there... then just like give them 10 dollars a month.... if they are nice firend they will do it...
Reply:wish I had your problems.
Reply:Take it with you.
Reply:Umm if its in a container, put it on a deep plate filled with water so the roots suck it up when its thirsty, or ask a friend or neighbor to take care of it till you get back
Reply:Are you gong away in this country? Can you not take the Plant with you?
Reply:Automatic watering system


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Reply:Do you have a neighbor you trust?
Reply:make a plant collar to go around the base of the plant on the top of the soil. take 3 to 4 layers of news paper cut it out the size of the pot and make a whole in the middle to fit around the plant place this around the plant and water till soaked. this will water the plant for a while not sure how long though. also take a bowl and set the plant down in it or a tray of some kind that will hold quite a bit of water but isn't very deep and set the base of the pot in it. and put the water in this will hold it quite a while also the plant will drink in through the roots after the paper dries up so the paper will last several days and the tray of water will last a while. but really you should take the plant to someone and ask them to take care of it while you are away.
Reply:You must either buy an automatic watering system or leave ti with someone else. Cyclamen cannot go months without water. I must be watered at least every 3-4 days. The soild just needs to stay moist so watering every 4 days at the least is probably necessary. If you can't get an automatic waterer or a neighbor - get a new Cyclamen when you return. SORRY!
Reply:is there someone else you can give the plant to for the summer? Family or a neighbor? Just ask if they will take care of it for the summer and give them money or something nice.
Reply:Buy an automatic watering system. :-)
Reply:talk to someone else you know is not going and maybe you can even offer some pay if you really care soo much about your plant!!
Reply:water duh now i am not a plant freak and im not saying u are either ok? so just take the dam thing with u
Reply:You can purchase an item from your local nursery or Home Depot that is a watering device, I don't know what it is called. It has a plastic stake that you put into the dirt next to the plant, and has a plastic container of water that connects to it. The plant takes the water as needed. It works, I have used one.
Reply:you feed it plant feeder and water it and keep it in the sun
Reply:have a family member care for the plant while you are gone......or simply take it with you if you can, if you leave it alone, without water it will die.
Reply:water it
Reply:water it every day, now dont drown it ok but a healthy amount, and keep it in the sun, if its rainin outside leave it inside ok, hope you have a beautiful plant ♥