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- Brilliant bottle-top plant watering spikes: 20p goes to Oxfam too
- Fits practically all plastic drinks bottles, and made from 100% recycled plastic
- Simple to use, cost effective - plants love them
- Delivers controlled drip flow of water straight to roots
- Ideal for growbags, pot plants, holiday watering, thirsty plants & more
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Product Description
A set of 6 bottle-top, self-watering plant spikes. Simply fill an old drinks bottle with water, screw on the watering spike in place of the original screw-top, adjust the drip control flow and insert inverted spike and bottle gently into the soil. Plants love the constant, slow drip of water - saves hours of time & effort, too. For each pack bought, the suppliers donate 20p to Oxfam.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
71 of 72 people found the following review helpful
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I am so pleased with these spikes. I have a garden full of tubs and wanted something that would stop everything dying if I go away for a weekend. I'd been saving a variety of bottles of different shapes/sizes in anticipation of their arrival so as soon as they came I filled them with water and gave them a try. The bottles I used ranged from small drinks bottles from fizzy drinks to a large 2 litre Coke bottle. The screw fitting wouldn't work with a squash bottle I'd saved but that's no reflection on the product - it was clearly a non-standard size and everything else worked well.
The instructions say that you might want to make a small hole in the bottom of the larger bottles to prevent air locks. I ignored this initially and saw the bottles start to collapse inwards! One small hole later and the bottle started to drain so I could see it was working. You have to play around with it as in hindsight I think the holes were slightly too large - which causes fun and games when refilling the bottles but a bit of tape over the hole has solved that issue for now. The smallest bottles (the personal drinks sized bottles) didn't need air holes and took a day to empty.
The spikes come with a small rubber ring that you can use to adjust the flow rate from the spikes. At its widest setting (with the hole totally open) the 2 litre bottle drained in about 5 hours. I'm playing around with adjusting the flow rate and a 1 litre bottle has lasted a day on the lowest setting - with the hole totally covered so it basically just drips.
The spikes are well packaged and a donation is currently being made to Oxfam for every pack sold. The cardboard sleeve on the back also suggests that you tear it up and use it for compost. Not that it affects the product at all but I thought it was a nice touch and in keeping with the eco nature of the product. The sleeve also says that you could add a liquid feed to the water. I suppose that might be obvious but again I thought it was useful information and a nice touch.
I would highly recommend these to anyone looking for a cheap and eco-friendly watering solution - it's a really good and effective product.
The instructions say that you might want to make a small hole in the bottom of the larger bottles to prevent air locks. I ignored this initially and saw the bottles start to collapse inwards! One small hole later and the bottle started to drain so I could see it was working. You have to play around with it as in hindsight I think the holes were slightly too large - which causes fun and games when refilling the bottles but a bit of tape over the hole has solved that issue for now. The smallest bottles (the personal drinks sized bottles) didn't need air holes and took a day to empty.
The spikes come with a small rubber ring that you can use to adjust the flow rate from the spikes. At its widest setting (with the hole totally open) the 2 litre bottle drained in about 5 hours. I'm playing around with adjusting the flow rate and a 1 litre bottle has lasted a day on the lowest setting - with the hole totally covered so it basically just drips.
The spikes are well packaged and a donation is currently being made to Oxfam for every pack sold. The cardboard sleeve on the back also suggests that you tear it up and use it for compost. Not that it affects the product at all but I thought it was a nice touch and in keeping with the eco nature of the product. The sleeve also says that you could add a liquid feed to the water. I suppose that might be obvious but again I thought it was useful information and a nice touch.
I would highly recommend these to anyone looking for a cheap and eco-friendly watering solution - it's a really good and effective product.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great easy to use, comes with small rubber rings which allows you to alter flow. Only draw back spikes could be shorter or come in different sizes. I Use mine in the hanging basket, garden tubs and small veg plot.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I am using these in grow bags and planters. Need to check to make sure soil is not blocking them but work well enough
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Aquadrip watering spikes
These are EXCELLENT although not (to me)for the use intended.
There are 3 tiny (holes) in the spike, 2 on the sides and one at the (spike) end. Read more
There are 3 tiny (holes) in the spike, 2 on the sides and one at the (spike) end. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bill the Bookworm
watering spikes
Excellent product which has helped with watering plants in patio containers.Saves a lot of time especially in the dry weather.
Published 8 months ago by petewarstone
my holiday saviour
I recived these on 30th August after i read all the reviews which prompted me to purchase them and they are a fabulous idea , fits 2ltr coke bottles, washing up bottles any bottles... Read more
Published 9 months ago by angie
rubbish
These are a brilliant idea, but do not work. The little black regulaters that fit onto the spikes come off when you pull the bottle out of the soil to refill the water, and get... Read more
Published 9 months ago by garden dream
water dripper
i find this product does not work.it either pours everything out streight away or does nothing.
waste of money
waste of money
Published 9 months ago by green fingers
Not what expected
Either the bottle is empty in one hour or not at single drop get's out of it. Really difficult to adjust!
Published 9 months ago by MartaL
Aquadrip bottle-top plant watering spikes
The aquadrip spikes do work but you can only put 1ltr bottles on them so if you going away for than a couple of days they not much good. Also controlling the flow is not easy.
Published 9 months ago by Eric Bailey
Watering Spikes
This is a brilliant idea , save your plants from drying out , if you are away for a few days , or more . Well done , thankyou . Tiger Lill .
Published 10 months ago by Tiger Lill
watering spikes
SET OF 6 AQUADRIP BOTTLE-TOP PLANT WATERING SPIKESWonderful idea but water either runs out too quickly or not at all, as spikes get clogged with earth, bottles flop over. Read more
Published 10 months ago by young pensioner
bottle top watering spike
well what can i say FIRST CLASS service this works great on most bottles and you can see it working i have now ordered 8 lots of these i am so pleased with them
Published 10 months ago by Miss Benita Crook
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