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Title: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Emagggie on February 15, 2007, 18:02:15: Bottle Top Waterers http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!8489
Turn a plastic drinks bottle (from 500ml to 3 litre) into a watering can for plants or for use when ironing.
£1.99

Ref 8489

Pack of 4 - 2 fine rose, 1 medium, 1 precision squirter.

I have these and they are brilliant for watering seeds.
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Baccy Man on February 16, 2007, 02:18:19: Or £1.95 from the organic gardening catalogue.

http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=62_190&products_id=722&osCsid=49d12bd65f7f9e597fbc8c01800f840e
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Gillysdad on February 16, 2007, 19:23:31: Quote from: Baccy Man on February 16, 2007, 02:18:19
Or £1.95 from the organic gardening catalogue.

http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=62_190&products_id=722&osCsid=49d12bd65f7f9e597fbc8c01800f840e

Thanks for that information, I've sent for a set and saved on the handling charge. ;)
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Amazin on February 18, 2007, 00:29:02: I've had mine for a few years now (from Buckingham nurseries) - wouldn't be without 'em, especially for watering multi-stacked seed trays on windowsills!
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: GREENWIZARD on February 18, 2007, 20:06:55: i bought mine from the betterware catalogue
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: autumn leaf on February 19, 2007, 14:44:05: It may just be me but I find that these tops do not work on all sorts of plastic bottles. They always seem to leak and/or deliver a big gush of water which isn't very helpful with seedlings. Best bottle seems to be plastic tonic water bottles - have never managed to get them to work properly or fit evian water bottles or coke bottles.
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: kenkew on March 07, 2007, 15:14:31: Mine don't fit tight on plastic bottles so I wrapped a couple of layers of PTFE around the thread.
Also cut a hole in a bigger bottle top and glued the waterer into it... :D
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Emagggie on March 07, 2007, 16:29:42: Now there's clever. ;)
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Two Choices on March 07, 2007, 17:55:00: Had a set for a few years now. They work well on a tonic bottle (no shortage of these ;D) But I did try them on the large 2litre lemonade bottles but they are not as good - the bottles are not rigid enough when they are nearing empty.
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Big Al on March 07, 2007, 22:05:16: So if you have glued the top on kenkew how do you refill the bottle ???

Alan
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Big Al on March 07, 2007, 22:07:57: Sorry !!!!
Now that I have read your post properley I see that you have glued the waterer into
a hole in THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE TOP.
Excellent idea

Alan
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: quizzical1 on March 08, 2007, 19:38:15: Or of course you could save even more money by drilling a couple of small holes in the original bottle tops.
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: kenkew on March 08, 2007, 20:59:13: Did that too, Qizz....probably the better option to be honest. We get milk in plastic bottles and once you get the test holes in the right place and of the right size they work good...and there's no shortage of waterers once you get a stock on tap.
Sorry, couldn't resist that one! :D
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: kitten on March 09, 2007, 16:47:22: Emaggie, thanks for posting this, i saw your link earlier today so popped into lakeland whilst shopping & picked myself up a pack, thereby saving myself any postage costs at all! Well chuffed and my seeds are now happily drinking away! x
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: Emagggie on March 09, 2007, 23:04:57: My pleasure K, I do know that they fit on 2 litre pop bottles if that helps anyone. ;D
Title: Re: Bottle Top Waterers
Post by: beachlover on March 10, 2007, 18:51:06: I just received a set through the post and thought I would add that not only do they fit on 2L lemonade bottles, but they also fit on the 2L cider bottles, so I now have another excuse for buying them until the missus finds out about the lemonade bottles that is! ::)