6453 Add-A-Bottle Plant Nanny Stakes -- Three 4-packs

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Product Features

• Waters plants efficiently and beneficially
• Makes vacation plant care simple
• Features a "drip free" bottle adaptor
• Holds up to a 2-liter recycled water or soda bottle
• Great gift for plant lovers

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.5 x 6.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00164DXG2
• Item model number: 6453
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #266 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Bestsellers in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

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Product Description

Product Description
The Plant Nanny is a specially-engineered ceramic stake that waters your plant easily and beneficially. Inserted into moist soil near the root base, the Nanny will release water as the soil begins to dry, so it won't under-water or over-water your plants. A recycled standard water or soda bottle serves as the water reservoir. The water level can be seen through the bottle so that you know when it is time to refill. Great for vacation plant care. Each set of four is attractively label-wrapped for gift-giving.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Details that make this work., May 1, 2009

By	D. Hampton - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have use the wine bottle version and it works great. Wanted to try to
extend the length of time between bottle changes and bought the "add a bottle" version.

At first I thought I would have to send these back as the water drained out too quickly as
the bottle sides bent inward allowing the water to "keep coming out".

Here's what worked for me.

1. Let stake soak in water for a while before first use. This helped to
prevent overwatering of plant when unit first installed.

2. Don't buy the cheapest soda bottles, as I first did, find a heavier plastic like a
Pepsi. This prevents pressure from collapsing bottle allowing water to overflow sides of stake.

3. Hold finger over hole when inverting. (per instructions wrapped around stakes.)

4. When you refill empty bottle hold stake in ground with one hand remove bottle with other.
(Sometimes stake will stick to green threaded insert/bottle and you could pull stake out.)

5. Pour some water in the stake and let it sit a bit before refilling bottle and replacing bottle.
(Again this will help prevent overwatering of plant during refill process.)

This has worked for me. (Whew.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Add-A-Bottle Plant Nanny Stakes, June 30, 2008

By	Green Thumb (Bayou Vista, TX USA) - See all my reviews

These particular plant nannies work well in larger pots and also can utilize large bottles.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This works great, February 28, 2009

By	Dave in NC "Dave" (NC USA) - See all my reviews

I travel a lot for work, sometimes for a couple of weeks at a time.
So I needed a way to keep the plants watered while I'm gone.

These work very well, are simple to use, and they accept a variety of sizes of bottles.

You can use one or two in a pot (one will do unless you're gone a long time). With a liter bottle attached, I get about 8 or 9 days for a fairly large house plant (the size of a basketball). With 2 used, it will last 2 weeks. I have used half-liter bottles also. Never tried it with a 2-liter.

All you do is stick the terra cotta piece in the soil, attach the plastic tip to any plastic bottle with a screw top, fill it with water (which you can do with the plastic tip on), then cover the hole with your thumb, invert the full bottle, and then stick the plastic tip into the terra cotta.

This is very simple, and seems to be almost completely foolproof. I saw a reviewer that said it does not work and gets water all over the place. That seems impossible - they must be an unhappy former employee!

I bought a box of these, and then went back and have bought four more sets since because they are simple to use and work great.