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Have you heard of ollas! These genius little pots water your plants for you! I am going on a trip soon and I am worried about my houseplants. I hope these ollas will care for my house plants while I am away. 💚
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42 Comments
You may want to glaze the outside of the ollas that is above the dirt to minimize evaporation.
Those are very cute, that's a project I always wanted to do but didn't know how to go about it so I'm going to give it a try. Thank you for your video❤
Those lids would take 1/3 the time if you threw them off the hump. Have you done any throwing off the hump?
I’ve seen olla sellers say that the distance the water travels out from the olla depends on its width, so I’d be interested in an update about how far the water spreads into the potting mix with these
Idk if this helps or makes sense lol, but ive seen people put little globs of clay around the outside of the base of something youve already removed from the wheel, to reaffix it back for quick readjustments or just to hold it in place if you need to go back to it, then they just remove the globs and smooth it out after. Idk how fast they spin the wheel but it might just be a quick temporary thing to keep the clay from shifting on the wheel or being bumped off center.
I love these practical little projects with clay. Bringing art and function together
In the US, we call them "watering stakes" and they're designed so you can put an old wine bottle upside down in them!
It’s Spanish, so it’s pronounced “oy-ya”
Since your olla's stick out of the dirt you should glaze the part above the soil (inside and out) and leave the part below the soil unglazed so you don't lose your water to the air.
Hey Mia! I just wanna say thank you so much for inspiring me. I never thought of myself to be an artistic person but you inspired me to sign up for a pottery class. I found out I really enjoyed it and I think I found a new passion. You are like my comfort YouTuber, whenever you post it instantly makes my day better! Thank you so much 💕
Two of your smaller plants look like jades. If they are, you don't have to worry about regularly watering them since they're succulents and prefer having thier soil dry out between waterings. Instead completely drown them until the soil won't absorb any more water about once a month in winter and twice a month in the summer.
And if you're going on a trip during thier watering time, you can either drown them right before or after you leave, whichever is closer to thier normal watering.
I have plastic water globes that I use for my outdoor plants when I'm gone. They have an open tube at the bottom and the water goes out very slowly, works great
Such cute and handy little radishes!
When you were turning those lids it popped in my head that you should make little soy sauce dishes!!
Safe travels! 🐨👍
Skulle du inte bara öppnat upp botten så det kunde bli locket ?
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I love those lids and that method, definitely going to try it! Have a great trip, don’t worry about us we’ll be here ❤
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I've tried them with earthware red clay and I think it works!
Oh yes lake Konstanz is beautiful and as a Swiss citizen I cannot express how Switzerland is worth visiting ! 🇨🇭 I live in Valais in the alps 🫕
Fun interesting video! Thanks for sharing and good travels.
I have an off topic question. I received a stack of canvas batts (circles of canvas) from a retiring potter. She used them all the time and encouraged me to use them. I have found them very helpful, especially to avoid accidentally cutting through bottoms removing items from a batt. Can you comment on use, and pros and cons of using canvas batts over wooden batts?
Wait? You just bisque fired them?
I've made a these for my family in Arizona, USA. was told it kept the plants in an outside garden alive through the summer (100+F 38C) with only ~1/week filling. (mine were bisque 05 cylinders ,.25in/.6cm walls, with a lid and ended with w/ capacity ~3 C /.7L).
If your problem is underwatering, change the pot for plastic pots (or at least glaze your pots)
I think coloring and glazing everything above the soil can lead to really cute designs like honey pots, fruits or whatever, there would be dozens.
I have a ton of wild clay that I was struggling to know what to do with as it is beautiful at cone 04 but doesn't handle a glaze firing well. These would be perfect ❤
Pronounced "oya". In Spanish the double-l ('doble ele', I've also heard it called 'elye') is actually its own letter, separate from l ('ele'), it functions like a consonant Y.
To help the baby plants for up to two weeks, the easiest thing would be timing it so your plants are in dry soil by the time you leave, then you slightly over-water them and put them in a spot that gets slightly less light than usual. (in my case: 1m away from the windowsill they live, with the sheer curtains drawn.) But I
am a very lazy plant parentuse a moisture meter instead of a watering schedule, so that makes it easier to gauge how dry the soil is.You are so not a plant person – that's a female rubber tree.
You should never water plants on a schedule!
I love this project! I may do this myself. Ollas are typically fully buried in the ground. You'll get evaporation loss around the main bulb, though i'm not sure how fast. You could glaze all of it except for the part that goes in the soil (which would mean more time between refilling). I'll probably use the portion cut out from the base as the lid (cutting the hole with my pin tool at an angle and adding a knob).
They're gorgeous! Have a great holiday.
They are adorable! Love the little button lids 😍 Please let us know if it worked!
Olla (oya)
Love them! And making mini ones is a good challenge. Switzerland is beautiful, enjoy your holiday and family visit.
Your crassulas can live al three weeks without watering at all. The rest of plans are more waterloving
Just wanted to say, my friends and I took our first pottery throwing class today, in large part because I've been watching your vids and looked around for local places. We had a blast! We're already planning to go back, and maybe enroll in longer-term classes. Thanks for the fun videos, and for the inspiration! :]
The only plants I've been able to take care of are spider plants, I just water them when their leaves start looking dull, so notice how vibrant the green is when they're freshly watered and pay attention to their leaves getting duller, that's when they need more water. If you can get the watering down they're pretty forgiving plants in all other aspects, in my experience. Hoping your plants do well over your trip!
We need an update when you come back! I'm curious if they will be enough for two weeks.
16:00 – Me wondering if you've just created tiny ceramic bombs as the internal air has no where to go