This isn't an experience, more like missing out on an experience!

Ok...talk about taking one for the team (my plants): I had to give up two weeks of skiing in Aspen because I don't have anyone to take care of my green ladies while I'm gone! And to add insult to injury, the trip wouldn't have cost a red cent! ARGHHH! So now it's your turn....did you have to make a sacrifice for your grow? This could be interesting! Peace!

damn, i would have just ditched the plants, or set up timers or somethin, a free trip to aspen > a few plants

You gave up 2 weeks in Aspen where girls flock carelessly like whores? For shame. :p

Get a timer man. $20 I got mine at Wal-Mart for. One of the best things I ever bought.

If watering was a problem, I learned a cool trick a while ago where all you do is take a wick, and dig a hole that goes from the top of the soil, down the bottom, a small hole mind you. Take the wick, and send it through the hole, and bury the top end of the wick about 3/4 way up from bottom of the pot. Take a bucket to place underneath your pot that your plant is in, fill it up to the top, and make sure the wick that is hanging out of the bottom of your pot, sits fully saturated in the bucket below.

What you can do is, is if you can't find a large enough wick, is get 4 smaller ones, and make 4 small holes from the top to bottom, and have the 4 wicks sitting in the water.

The wick must stay submerged in order for it to suck the water up. It's like a self watering system pretty much. I learned about it after watching a late night info-mercial about this grow head thing that grew grass. It's the same thing I described here, but on a smaller scale.

Seems it would work for cannabis. I don't see why not.

Anyways, I've rambled on again. :)