3 day old wick watering plant

So here I was strolling down the isles of Wal-Mart when, "Hold on a sec, whats this? A self watering plant for only $7.00?" So, I immediately picked the container up and took it apart while everybody in the store was watching me, I separated two pots from each other, one was used to hold the wick, soil, and plant firmly in place while the other was used as a reservoir for the water. I decided to try and build one from parts I could find and buy while I was in the store, whatever I would build would have to be cheaper then $7.00 and be equivalent in size and quality. Now, Wal-Marts design was tiny, if this were meant for growing tomatoes, or onions it would have to be bigger, way bigger! I found two containers that would fit in each other, but one was deeper then the other. The deeper one would be used as the reservoir and the shallow one for the plant, etc. I could not find the same synthetic material Wal-Mart used as a wick for under $7:00 "Lick a dog leash or backpack strap", I knew I had material back at the RV so this really wasn't a problem, neither was finding a plant, or soil & water. So, I had all the parts I needed for a total of $3.00 which was half of Wal-Marts container. If you didn't have the necessary materials the price might possibly be a little bit higher then Wal-Marts but this wasn't the case for me. Once your ready to assemble, just remember that you need holes or slits for the wick to enter the bottom of the top most container. You can make an ...

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