African Violets and Gesneriads: Self watering pot, 1 by lilypad22

lilypad22 wrote:
Last pic. Okay fill the bottom part with perlite and plant your plant into the top part. Then set it into the nesting resovour....this can also be a decorative ceramic pot...if it has a hole, you can put a plastic bag in there or a plastic cup to hold the water. Can also paint the containers...I know there have been threads about this. The water level you will have to figure out. Start with less water and add more as you go along until you find how much works well. I would say you don't want the water level to be much higher than a little over half the wicking cup part. Ok. ready for questions...I know I don't explain things well and probably left out some things.