How to plant

How to plant in a self-watering container:

Once you’ve made your self-watering container, you need to fill it up to plant in it.

Here’s how to plant in a self-watering container:

Fill up the wicking basket with potting soil.
Pour water into the wicking basket. This will help the connection between the water, soil and eventually roots of the plant.
After the wicking basket is filled and the soil is wet alternate between pouring a few inches of soil and water into the planting container. You want the soil to be moist, but not soggy.
Continue to pour water into the soil so that it’s moist, but not soggy.
Do this until the soil is about 2-3 inches from the top of the container.
This is really the only time that you are going to water a self-watering container from the top. This will allow the plan to get settled and being to suck up the water from the reservoir container.
Using your hands or a shovel dig a hole about 2-4 inches down, depending on the plant, pop your plant into the hole, cover it back up with the soil.
Pat the soil so that it’s firm, but not too compact otherwise it will stunt the roots.