Vergrowth Products
Watering system for house plants: automatic, versatile, no power needed.
About
Below, you will find the explanation of the Vergrowth automatic house plant watering system, its operating principles, use and advantages.
Vergrowth Products offers novel items to enhance the growth of your plants, adding beauty to your environment and increasing its enjoyment for yourself and your guests. The Plant Hydration Kit is the initial product and is designed to be used with a hermetic (airtight except for the outlet) reservoir. The most common type of reservoir is the watering globe. A different type (a re-purposed juice bottle) has been placed in the plant to the right. A close up is shown on the Home page. Used as shown with a reservoir, the hydrator kit provides these advantages:
It provides greater stability of the reservoir verses insertion of a watering globe or other reservoir directly into the plant growth medium (the reservoir is much less likely to sag to one side using the hydrator for support).
Its use avoids clogging that can occur with insertion of globes directly into the plant growth medium.
Using it avoids overly rapid emptying (and subsequent overflow of the saucer) that can occur when a reservoir is inserted directly into a plant growth medium that is especially porous.
Croton: Codiaeum variegatum 'Petra"
It allows the use of reservoirs of different sizes and designs - providing for long term unattended watering or adding aesthetic appeal.
Reservoirs other than watering globes can also be used, as long as the outlet tip of the reservoir will fit into the hydrator. A remote reservoir can also be used, with its outlet being tubing having a tip that fits into the hydrator.
It permits use of different types of reservoirs (such as bottles, decorative glass, miniatures, etc. - when fitted with an appropriate tip).
Water can be distributed more uniformly across the pot or concentrated more around some plants than others.
It leaves the top of the pot relatively unencumbered since the reservoir normally sits above the pot rim - allowing for more plants, decorative materials or structures on the top surface.
The water transport is entirely passive once the reservoir is inserted.
It has an aesthetically pleasing appearance - an inconspicuous hydrator for use with a variety of possible reservoirs.
It can be added to a pot even if there are already larger, established plants growing in it.
Additional products coming soon include adapters that allow various bottles to be used to create larger reservoirs and larger hydrators to accommodate larger mouth reservoirs (think olive oil, wine or other bottles).
The watering rate can be adjusted to meet the plant's needs by adding or removing wicks.
It keeps the plant growth medium from soiling the inside of the globe (and thus reduces unsightly mold or algae growth inside the globe). The materials used should last indefinitely (ABS plastic hydrator, acrylic or polyester wicks and stainless steel retainers).
Beefsteak Begonia: Begonia Erythophylla
Beefsteak Begonia: Begonia Erythophylla
For more information about the product, their advantages use, or to order, click the following links: Home, Operation, Succulents, Shop, Distributor Product Page, Contact, FAQ, Installation, Terns and Conditions, Support.
Operation
Our products came about from a desire to make it easy and cost effective to grow healthy plants and to increase the enjoyment of them. Because you will have a more consistent and reliable water supply to the plants with less time investment, you will have more time to enjoy them.
Patented: U.S. #11570957
Flamingo Flower: Anthurium
Vergrowth Products came into being to address the problem of automatic watering of houseplants. Over the years, a number of solutions to the problem of automatic watering of houseplants have been proposed. However, these have proven to be unreliable, expensive and/or difficult to use. Probably the closest to being fully satisfactory is the watering globe.
Watering globes have on top a hermetic bulb with an extended hollow stem below. The is to be filled and inserted, bulb end up, into the growth medium of the houseplant to be watered. Once the globe is inserted, the release of water from the globe depends on the admission of air into the globe, allowing the release of a limited quantity of water into the plant growth medium for each admission of air. One problem with the globe's use by itself is that a porous growth medium leads to a faster than desired release of water into the pot, then into the saucer and onto the floor. Another problem is that a denser medium can clog the opening of the stem, leading to failure to release enough water, drying and possible loss of the plant. There are several other drawbacks to using a watering globe alone. One is the lack of stability of the filled globe itself. The narrow stem is inserted into growing medium that is moistened and then needs to support the filled globe above. The result is often sagging to one side. The good news is that these (and several other) problems with automatic watering of house plants have now been overcome.
The Vergrowth approach uses a passive system having no moving parts, requiring no power and having stability and consistency because the water transfer is by wicking action from a reservoir above the top surface of the growth medium for automatic watering of houseplants. The picture on the upper left shows a closeup of a hydrator with wicks installed and a globe inserted. What can't be seen is the extension from the bottom of the hydrator to stabilize it. When used with a watering globe, it provides a reliable, convenient and cost effective solution to the problem of automatic watering of houseplants. In addition to the watering globe, other types of reservoirs can be used with the hydrators. These can have different designs (which can enhance the aesthetics of your plants) or capacities (to provide longer unattended watering). They can all be employed to provide automatic watering of house plants. The reservoir is easily removed and the distributor and wicks are unobtrusive and easily hidden. Using this system for automatic watering of house plants allows quick conversion of your house plants to an attractive conversation piece. The picture on the lower left shows an Anthurium with a different reservoir in place and the one on the lower right shows it with the reservoir removed.
For more information about the product, their advantages use, or to order, click the following links: Home, Succulents, About, Shop, Distributor Product Page, Contact, FAQ, Installation, Terns and Conditions, Support.
Flamingo Flower: Anthurium
Flamingo Flower: Anthurium
FAQ: How can I water my plants while on vacation? Because the reservoir can be readily interchanged for one of higher capacity, water can be reliably provided for weeks. The reservoir shown to the left above holds 32 ounces and can water a small or medium sized plant for weeks. Adapters with an extension that will fit into the hydrator will soon be available on this site.
FAQ: How do I water indoor plants automatically? Once the hydrator and wicks have been put into place (see the "Installation" tab at the top of this page), you only need to refill the reservoir when or before it empties. Adjusting the water flow rate to meet the needs of your plants is explained under both the "Operation" and "FAQ" tabs at the top of this page.