Bottom Watering Plants In Bathtub. Fill up your bathtub or sink (depending on how many plants you need to take care of while gone) with a couple inches of water. We can only use this method indoors in places like bathrooms or service rooms.
Fill the terracotta pot with water. This seems to work, uses only two gallons per day at a slow steady drip, which is much less than watering with a hose and somewhat easier than distance lugging of. Like 6 hours for a pilea in a 5 pot.
Fill a tub with a few inches of water.
It has a saucer but it's too inefficient as the saucer doesn't hold enough water so i have to top up multiple times. Wicking beds are an especially great system to use in community gardens because they save people from driving every day during hot weeks to water their beds. Rest your potted plants in the sink and leave them while you're gone. This is the method where you water the plant by literally bathing it in water.