These Self-Watering Plants Are Almost Impossible to Kill
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Plants come to my home to die. Sometimes they visit only for a few weeks; sometimes, they stay for months, but inevitably, they all die. The leaves turn brown, get crispy, and fall off. After 17 years of living in New York City apartments full of dead plants, I was ready for a change. I’ve never had a green thumb, so at least I knew better than to invest in finicky plants like fancy ferns, orchids, and tropical plants that could never survive in my low-lit apartment. Instead, I’ve focused on far simpler spider plants and hearty snake plants. While the sturdiest of these have fared far better than potted flowers or small citrus trees that I’ve attempted to grow, they still struggled, hanging on for dear life as I over-watered, under-watered, or placed them somewhere with too much or too little light.
Then, I learned about EasyPlant, a self-watering plant system that makes it almost impossible to kill your plants. The genius concept behind EasyPlant is that you only have to water the plant once per month and then the self-watering system kicks in, slowly dispersing the water over the next 30 days. As a very frequent traveler, this has been hugely helpful, as I often over-water my plants before a long trip (which is no good), but they still get super dried out when I’m away (also no good). With my EasyPlants, I no longer have to recruit neighbors (who know even less about plants than I do, apparently!) to water my collection of half-dead vegetation when I’m away for a few weeks.