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I've tried a few things myself. For now i just tear a tiny piece of paper towel and fold it a few times and wrap it on the globe tip, then place it into the soil. When you remove the globe the paper towel stays in there or is stuck to the globe and you just toss it and do a new one each time. I keep a roll of paper towels outside in my gardening bin. Another thing I've done with drinking bottles is I save a cork from a wine bottle and then drill a tiny hole down the middle of the cork so the water comes out slowly. That way when I insert the bottle with the cork into the plant all the water doesn't just fall out. I use mine in the non-succulents outside in case I don't make it out there to water them in a timely manner.

You can get the water globes now for $1.25 at Dollar Tree. I bought like ten!! I was looking for the best way to use them and this video was perfect cuz I was not using them in wet soil first! Thank you!

I love my globes. We split our time between homes and I'm often gone for 1 - 2 weeks, so these are perfect for me. I used to overwater and was losing plants - these prevent that. I just have to refill them when they're low - the plant takes care of the rest. To clean the dirt out of the stem, I use a q-tip since I have most of my plants in my bathroom hanging around my big window and garden tub shelves.

I've been watching so many videos on this and this was the first helpful one

Very helpful! I bought some aqua globes but then realized I didn't Really Know how to use them & you answered all my questions.

Thank you, you addressed the issue I was having with the globe emptying too quickly. I’ll try to deep saturate the soil forst

I sooo needed this. As a newbie I need all the good advice I can get. Thanks!

One thing I can’t seem to find any literature on: Does it matter where I place the watering globe? Should it be as close to the plant as possible, or between the plant and the pot’s edge? Should I push the globe in deep or leave it shallow? Does any of this make a difference? To get the Christmas cactus to bloom, I recommend bi-weekly feedings with Miracle-Gro Succulent Food.

When trying to get stickers off glass bottles or even tin cans, you can peel sticker off best you can, then rub the remainder sticky stuff with vegetable oil or olive oil (generously) then douse baking soda over the oil and let sit for 15 mins. Warm water and a wash cloth or sponge should get it off

I love this idea!!! I makes hummingbird feeder out of bottles. I use recycled copper for twisting for ornamentation and beading. They are beautiful. I’ll be adding this great idea to my DIY’s. Thank you! Have a great day!

Great video. I managed to get my water globes at dollar tree. They are a stunning pink color and of course the price is great. I bought the last 5 in the store and made a lot of people upset but I’ve been searching for two years

super nice ideas for plant watering when not at home or maybe if you are forgetful to water. i just now tried my water globe (only large one) using it on the largest plant in my place, a big peace lily. its tallest stem is about 33 inches from the top of the dirt when i straighten it out. Thank you for this video, i will be watching to see how many days i get. It was moist but not wet.

Best water globe info yet, thanks, using mine today.

Love the diy bottles! I have a couple of the hydro globes but I’ve never used them. I use espoma organic cactus! Succulent plant food to fertilize my thanksgiving cactus (I thought it was a Christmas cactus up until 2 weeks ago when I was looking at comparison pictures). I found the plant food at rural king. I’ve only had it a couple years but it did bloom around Christmas.

Im living in Arabian Gulf so the winter is nice so whene the temperatures drop below 15C and sunny its bloom ,, so most the Christmas cactus blooming now 👏🏻

E6000 glue works fairly well for glassworks. It does smell for a good while. There is plastic water globes now days. And those are glass pebbles not marbles. People often use them for fake flower decorations. Along with other crafts. I use them in the kiln. But thank you for this video.

After a few weeks of fantasizing, I acquired and fell in love with a Venus fly trap this week! That said, I was shopping at Ace for some Teflon tape when I spotted the globes that you spoke of - how neat! If you happen to know whether or not they would pair well with such a plant, please let me know - thanks in advance ! Grace & peace ✌🏼 Oh, and you did a lovely job presenting the information, by the way 😄👏🏼 I’m curious what other types of content you produce & will have to probe!

very helpful, thank you

Thanks for the advice. Proceeding accordingly : )

I use a slow release plant food, l live in the UK we have a £ store I think it is same as $ stores in US that is where I acquired mine , Christmas cactus flowers twice a year once in June and once November/ December. Hope this helps👍

Thanks for the advice!!! You have a new subscriber

I agree that the flat marbles are not marbles but are glass globs or glass nuggets or glass pebbles. When glass is poured into sheets, these are the left overs. I used to buy them at places where I got my glass when I did stained-glass.

Thank you

Put the Christmas catus in the fridge it needs to be cold to bloom

Just started using mine again today.

Christmas cactus needs more of them we have 6 or 7 they bloom 3 or 4 times a year, 3 times last year. They are in medium sized pot ALL THE BEST…

thanks

to get a christmas cactus to bloom you need to put it in a darker space. Not completely dark but darker. We move ours in august. Im in Kentucky so that gets ours blooming around christmas. Move it back to its regular space when the blooms are set.

Very cute 😊

My Christmas cactus have bloomed. One before the other. Difference one was on a table with a lamp that was on every night, it was not blooming. I moved it to a location with out a lamp and it bloomed. So now both bloom.

Hi, very nice video. Using the bottles, do you just fill them and insert them into the soil or do you use some sort of cap to enable the water to slowly drip?

Hey! Nice vid! I am wondering if you can use these as your sole watering method. I am currently fighting soil gnats and would like to keep the top of the soil dry, to prevent the gnats from having a place to lay eggs. Any advice would be appreciated!

How deep have you put your globes in?

With your DIY bottles, with the hole being bigger the water doesn't come out all at once? I'd love to make my own.

Thank you for the valuable info. It is not clear what you used instead of the mesh/net to prevent blocking the tube, and how to do that . Do larger globes or bottles provide longer watering periods? Like 2 or 3 weeks ? Are there bottles with looong necks on sale somewhere for deep pots ? Thanks again.🌺

So, the kebab stick is just to clean the tube? Or do you keep the stick in there when you put the globe into the dirt to keep the dirt coming in the tube??

I tried the watering spikes and the killed my plants because the water constantly and cause root rot . You didn’t get this ?

How’s this for ground plants?

I’m sure you got in go on Christmas cactus. My mom has a beautiful one that blooms but I believe she has to keep it in a dark place for awhile…

How easy are they to actually fill with water

People have globes emptying too quickly, but I have globes not emptying at all in spite of the fact that the soil dries out and that the stem isn't plugged with soil.

CHris;tmas cactus need lots of sun, not direct though.

Okay but do you have to use a water tray underneath or does the plant absorb the water so there’s no extra water on the tray or sitting in the decor pot?

I put the globe in and it’s not emptying at all. The Amazon website says to only fill it 80%

E 6000 glue works on glass

I just use wine bottles.. I don't drink the stuff, but I have people safe their bottles for me....

Buy another Christmas cactus that already in blossom and put it beside it

I use glass beer or Coca Cola bottles as my water globes.😁

I bought one yesterday, watered the plant, placed the globe and the globe was empty the next day.