How to Water Your House Plants

Throughout this Instructable, we will cover what tools are needed and the steps for watering house plants.

#1- A plant (the plant used in the demonstration is a Philodendron).
#2- A water source (faucet, rainwater, spring bottled water will all suffice).
#3- A watering can (a measuring cup or glass can be substituted).
#4- A watering tray (large plate would work).

Sometimes watering your plants can be messy. So you always want to find a place that can easily be cleaned and that you won’t have to worry about getting wet. For this example I just used a black side table inside of my kitchen. You can also do this in the bathroom, the kitchen, patio, outside, etc.

Our second step to watering our house plants, is to gather our supplies. We will need our four essential tools mentioned earlier to begin watering.
#1. A plant (the plant used in the demonstration is a Philodendron).
#2. A water source (faucet, rainwater, spring bottled water will all suffice).
#3. A watering can (a measuring cup or glass can be substituted).
#4. A watering tray (large plate would work).

The third step to watering is to check the plant. To check our plant and see how dry the soil is. Do you do this all you need to do is stick your pointer finger about 1 inch into the soil, if the soil feels dry the plant needs to be watered. If the soil is damp you are probably safe to wait a few more days.

Our fourth step to watering is to prep out plant. To do this, we are going to take our plant from its home and bring it to our watering station (whether this be dismantling a hanging plant, or bringing one from a shelf/table). Then remove the plant from a decorative vase (if applicable) and place onto watering tray.

Our fifth step to watering our house plants, it’s to fill our watering can. Plants best react to rainwater, spring bottled water, or tap water. In this demonstration we will be using tap water. Take your watering can and collect enough water, but not too much, to get your watering done.

After you’ve made sure that your plant is sitting comfortably inside it’s watering tray, and you have your watering can ready; we can finally start watering. It is important when watering any plants that you would let the water soak into the roots rather than just spraying all over the leaves on the top. This ensures that the water is going to have the opportunity to travel to all needed areas.

After watering it’s important to let your plant take a moment to absorb all of the moisture it just received. This also lessens the chance of having a mess when trying to put the plant back because of any extra water.

After you’ve watered all of your plants, do you want to dispose of any extra water that was collected in the watering tray or watering can. The watering tray usually has dirt so I put it in the drain. The water from the watering can usually goes into my dogs water bowl.

For our ninth step and watering our house plants, is to clean up. Put back the watering can and tray, place the plant back into the decorative vase, and wipe area clean.

Our final step to watering is to put the plant back in its home. The demonstration plant has to be placed back onto a ceiling hook. Congratulations, you have successfully watered your house plant!