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DiY: Self-sufficient plant

DIY self-sufficient plant
Who hasn't experienced this problem: Before you can relax and head off on your summer vacation, you first have to find a plant sitter. Luckily, you won't have to bother your friends with this anymore, because with this DIY project, your beloved plants will become self-sufficient and water themselves. However, you'll have to come up with a solution for the self-emptying mailbox.

Material:

  • glass bottle
  • tape
  • Sisal or fabric ribbon

Tools:

  • glass cutter
  • Bunsen or gas burner (a candle will do in a pinch)
  • bucket of water
  • Fine sandpaper for glass
  • Safety glasses
  • Gloves
You need these materials for the self-sufficient plant

Everything ready? Let's go!

But first... Before you begin, first remove the bottle's label. It'll work with it, but the component will look much more elegant without it. Oh, and by the way, you don't need the bottle cap either.

Step 1: Cutting

Approximately in the middle of the bottle, wrap a strip of tape around it. The tape is there to ensure the cutting line is as straight as possible, so you need to apply it as straight as possible. Using the glass cutter, score the bottle once along the edge of the tape – applying light pressure is sufficient. Then remove the tape. Approximately in the middle of the bottle, wrap it with a strip of adhesive tape

Now carefully cut the bottle all the way around with the glass cutter along the edge of the tape - light pressure is enough

Step 2: Heating

Next, heat the cut line with a gas or Bunsen burner. If you don't have such equipment, you can also use the flame of a candle. First, put on gloves and safety goggles. Now let's get started: It's important that the cut line is heated evenly, so you'll need to rotate the bottle over the flame. Be careful not to overheat the glass—otherwise, the cut won't be straight or the glass could even crack. So, it's best to start with a short heating time and allow the time in the fire to increase if the next steps aren't working as expected.
Now heat the cutting line carefully with the gas or Bunsen burner

Step 3: Cooling down
Now immerse the bottle in a bucket of cold water with a careful turning motion

Once the cut edge is heated all around, dip the bottle into the bucket of cold water with a rotating but slow motion. The temperature difference will widen your cut into a break. If the bottle doesn't break in half on its own in the bucket (don't be alarmed!), pull it out of the bucket after about eight seconds and try to break the bottle with little force. If that doesn't work, go back to the start point and heat the cut edge a little longer this time.

Step 4: Sanding

Sand the broken edges of the two bottle pieces thoroughly to avoid cutting yourself. The sandpaper shouldn't be too coarse, as this could grind away entire pieces of glass. Therefore, be sure to use very fine sandpaper. Sanding

Step 5: Create a connection

Thread a sisal or fabric ribbon through the neck of the bottle and insert the neck-upside-down half of the bottle into the other half, after filling the other half with a little water. You can now fill the upside-down half with loose soil. Now you can pot your plant, ensuring that it always stays moist thanks to the sisal or fabric ribbon.

Pull a sisal or fabric ribbon through the neck of the bottle and insert the bottle half with the neck upside down into the other half after filling it with a little water A final tip: It's best to mix the loose soil with some sand. This allows the plant to absorb water better and soak up more water.

Is DIY your world?

There are many good reasons to make things yourself. It saves resources, sometimes even money, it's fun, and you learn a lot. What's more, there's a special magic in the things you've created with your own hands and passion. It's a wonderful feeling you can't buy in any store and for any amount of money.
the book your creative garden lying on brown earth
You can find more ideas for great DIY projects in our book "Your Creative Garden." Thanks to step-by-step instructions and helpful pictures, many of our DIY ideas can be recreated with children. The internet also has a lot to offer. So if you want to get active, the following websites are a good place to start:

We hope, of course, that you stay true to the DIY theme and wish you lots of fun and success with your next construction projects!

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