Keeping plants alive while away

[Maggiethecat]

The person who was going to tend to plants while I’m away for one week can’t do it now.
Ive got potted dahlias of a good height, cosmos, broccoli and very important to me, pumpkin seedlings.
Can I give them a good watering and leave them in a bathroom with good natural light and sitting in the bath with a shallow amount of water and expect them
to survive?

that would probably be alright. Apparently a tube going from water into the soil works as well, the plant just sucks it. I don't know the height to plant ratio though.

Seedlings I don't know. All my babies couldn't be left for long.

I’ve got some wicking rope for my plants. You put one end in a bucket of water high up than the plants, tuck the other end in the soil and it wicks the water slowly. It works! But you need to practise with it first to get the right height of the bucket so you don’t flood the plants or let it dry out. Put 'wick irrigation for houseplants ' in search on Amazon,there is some there.

It them in a tray on an old towel with the end of the towel in a bucket of water, I’ve seen this work before

Definitely a wicking towel in your bathtub.

Couldn’t get that organised. Put everything outside and hope rain will be sufficient!