I was growing beans, cucumbers and tomatoes in dixie cups and pots in my kitchen. When they started to attract ants I moved the pots and dixie cups outside. Due to my heavy school and work schedule I don't always get a chance to water them. I'm lucky if I get to water them every other day. Because I live in California the water sometimes dries up very quickly by the afternoon. When I went to go water them this morning some of my tomatoes appeared to wilt. I had watered them 2 days earlier. How long can plants last without water?
2007-04-19 06:20:01 · 5 answers · asked by christigmc 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
It depends on the plant. Some can go years without rain, they are able to draw water from the humidity in the air. Some, like saguaro cacti, store their water almost indefinitely. Some, like St. Augustine lawn grasses or hibiscus (a tropical shrub) start freaking out after only a week.
With vegies in CA water a little every morning and a little around dusk. Wilting is a stress indicator...grass blades fold up, impatiens go limp, bromeliads look gaunt...
2007-04-19 06:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by toofundad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try some kind of house made method of irrigation for the plants that need more water, as putting a bottle full of water upside down half inclined inside the vase or leaving a recipient with water near the place, with cotton cordons immerse with the other extremity going to the pots.The size of the reservoir should be proportional to the needs. Luck!!!
2007-04-19 09:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by Dark cloudy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to what Toofun said above, it also depends on pot size. A small pot or dixie cup just doesn't hold enough soil, which holds the water, to last very long. I suggest you move the plants to bigger pots.
2007-04-19 08:24:01 · answer #3 · answered by John G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an old cake pan and put your little pals in it along with some gravel and water--put in a place where they have shade by noon and they should survive. you could add a bit of miracle gro to the water with the rocks, oh,, poke holes in the dixie cups bottoms.
2007-04-19 11:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by lilabner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you are able to place the dixie cups in a extensive flat pan with aspects (be sure you have some holes interior the cups) then merely fill the pan with water that way you do no longer might desire to water as many times
2016-12-29 10:15:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋