How to Make an Automatic Houseplant Waterer

You can make an inexpensive, classy, glass automatic houseplant waterer for larger potted plants or even outdoor garden plants in your choice of colors of glassy gold, green, blue, brown, or clear from a recycled wine bottle that still has a cork that fits.

Obtain a wine bottle with its cork in the color you'd like your automatic houseplant waterer to be from your own recycling bin, your friend's, or ask a restaurant if you can choose a corked one from their recycling bin.

Remove the label. Either soak the bottle's label area in warm, soapy water, heat it with a hair dryer, or spray it with wall paper remover solution and remove the label from your future automatic houseplant waterer. Use nail polish remover or WD-40 if any residue remains.

Clean the inside with water, dish soap and vinegar. Fill half way full with water, then add a few drops of soap and vinegar, cork and shake. Rinse thoroughly several times.

Make a hole in the cork. Either drill or nail a hole all the way through the cork from top to bottom.

Fill and insert. Fill the bottle about three quarters full with quality water, cork, turn upside down, and place deeply enough to where the soil holds the bottle in place. Test your automatic houseplant waterer before leaving on a long vacation. You want to make sure the hole in the cork isn't too small or too large to evenly moisten your plants while you're away.

For smaller houseplants use glass beer or pop bottles and buy corks to fit.

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