The Plant Nanny - Christine

During our vacation, that led to the start of this blog, Amanda and I visited Habersham Vineyards & Winery in Helen, Georgia.

As you may have already noticed, we are always up for tasting new wines!

We were happy to pay the $7.50 to taste 5 wines and walk away with a souvenir glass.  Overall, the wine was good.  I bought 6 bottles.

Their shop was full of wonderful gadgets which included The Plant Nanny which uses wine bottles to water plants.

I had never seen this gadget and was drawn to it immediately.  The truth is that I love indoor plants but I can't remember to water them to save my life or theirs.  My husband is constantly trying to figure out how I can kill a plant so quickly.  Ironic for a gardener, don't you think?

So when I saw The Plant Nanny, I thought of our poor lime tree and how this would probably benefit it greatly.

As a Missourian, I am reliant on my local grocers to bring in citrus fruits.  Two years ago, the limes that they were bringing in were small and limited.  These limes were making it difficult for us to enjoy our home made margaritas and Coronas.  One day, while shopping at our local Home Depot, we had a brilliant idea of growing our own limes.  Great plan until you forget to water the plant as often as it needs it.

I am not sure how the plant survived, but because of the lack of water, we did not get any fruit.

The Plant Nanny was selling for $24.99 for four (4) "nannies".  The link above takes you to Amazon that has them for $16.99 plus shipping.  I am not a big internet shopper so I don't mind paying a couple of extra dollars to get something right then but it is nice to know I can get more.

I came home and inserted the spike into my pot:

(yes, I even used a Habersham wine bottle)

This is the best this little lime tree has ever looked after using this gadget for about a month.

In winter, our house runs between 30% - 40% humidity WITH the April Aire System running so  I have noticed that the wine bottle of water lasts about a week before I need to refill it.

When the wine bottle is empty, I remove it only and not the spike.  When replacing the bottle, there is a little water that will come out of the spike and spill over into the dirt.  If you do it quick enough, you don't lose that much from the bottle.

I like using the Traminette Habersham wine bottle because it is clear with a hint of green.  It is easy to see the water level in the bottle.  I decided to keep the wine label on as a further reminder of what a great vacation I had with my sister's family.  And so far, the label is holding up just fine.

This is one gadget that I highly recommend for wine drinkers with indoor plants!

Oh and PS - I loved the Traminette as well!