How to keep outdoor pots watered while away in the summer?

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Is there a way? Does anyone have any snazzy easy to use systems they could recommend?

Lemonade bottles as water globes?

You need to befriend your neighbour or ask a friend to pop round. Tis the only way.

I find neighbours work well.

Pay a neighbour/friend’s teenager to come and water them!

Install a water butt in the front garden, put the pots nearby and ask a kind neighbour.

Something like this, or as pp suggested big bottles with holes in the caps
https://www.eckman.co.uk/the-big-drippa-watering-kit.html?pk_cid=1&pk_keyword=6231&pk_medium=multifeeds&pk_campaign=Google&pk_source=Google&pk_content=HomeGardenLawnGardenWateringIrrigation&utm_source=Google&gclid=Cj0KCQjwr82iBhCuARIsAO0EAZxGjO2B9MzylSCdmCrQt0OCoTN6sTZnThD1p4hcGS0rsn7SleVwxuMaAukYEALw_wcB

There's some glass globe thingies that you fill with water and push into the soil .

Or a bucket of water with a capillary webbing line connecting from the pot to water.

My tried and trusted method is Adult OffSpring who double as Cat Sitters and House Sitters ( they live with us anyway !)

The big drippa is good, but only lasts a couple of days. If you want longer you need a similar drip irrigation system attached to a waterbut (or tap with a timer).

Length of cheap hosepipe attached to an outside barely turned on tap with strategically placed holes draped over the thirsty plants..

I also would say Befriend neighbours - gifts of wine post trip are often appreciated🍷😁

People will always do a better job than a gadget, not least because if there’s a wet spell they won’t need to water at all.

I used to group my extremely large collection of pots together in a shadier corner and give them a really good soak. Also I had very few small containers - they were mostly in larger pots.

Also had a gardening friend pop over to water - I found that non gardening friends would just spray a random bit of water round rather and stuff would either drown or be parched.

I had a watering system set up in the greenhouse too.