Wine Bottle Plant Nanny

Here's a green way to solve one of our biggest problems: forgetting to water plants. Not incidentally, it also provides a good reason to polish off a few bottles of wine...

No, no, those plants aren't boozing it up. That's the Plant Nanny in action. It's a terracotta stake that's just the right size for a empty wine bottle; you just fill the wine bottle up and tip it into the Plant Nanny. They'll last for a while; it depends, of course, on how thirsty your plant is.

A set of four runs $18—not cheap, but that is less expensive than replacing a nice houseplant. We found them online at Olive Barn.

Comments (5)

Why do you need the terracotta stake? Isn't the theory that oxygen released when the soil absorbs water will go up into the bottle, forcing more water out? I trust that some function is served; I just don't understand it!

posted by EgoWumpus on September 2nd 2008 at 8:03am
view EgoWumpus's profile

i think i'll do this and skip the terracotta stake.

posted by theambershow on September 2nd 2008 at 10:47am
view theambershow's profile

That orange tree looks great.

posted by carrier on September 2nd 2008 at 2:34pm
view carrier's profile

I like this idea! Probably need to get some more house plants to go with the wine bottles ~
http://xobeau.blogspot.com/

posted by xoBeau on September 6th 2008 at 7:58am
view xoBeau's profile

Sure beats the tacky blue and red glass globes they sell on infomercials for this same purpose.

posted by Sarah1083 on September 8th 2008 at 10:06am
view Sarah1083's profile