pets are awesome, but keeping them in a small apartment is cruel ... so, no pets for me

+ Respect

I grew up with cats, dogs, horsies, cows and all other sorts of farm animals

Mostly cats and doggos though

I grew up with daddies cummies

💦

explains why youre a remainer

I love them, I enjoy playing with them and I know how to care for them
But
I know that right now I would not be a good owner because I would not provide the attention and care they need
So I don't

Pets need responsibility

then there are people like this

.. that too, and I have managed kill/dry the only two potted plants that I had ... both were cacti

Plants are easy

I just own plants that can tolerate drought and flooding

Cacti are relatively delicate

Ficus that is grafted onto a bulbous tree (for example an african bottle tree) will tolerate up to 2 months of no water

And the roots of that tree also tolerate soaking wet conditions without suffocating or rotting too

@tereško Ultimately you can buy a drip-feed watering setup that will keep providing water at fixed intervals and you only need to change out bottles once a few months

DIY wick feed

Needs a bit of trial and error though

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1KS9mXUvrK1RjSszfq6xJNVXaJ/Drip-irrigation-system-Plant-Waterers-DIY-Automatic-drip-water-spikes-taper-watering-plants-automatic-houseplant-watering.jpg_q50.jpg

This one comes with a regulator

I will have to look up something like that, because right after newyears I am moving in a new apartment and I want some potted plants there

In my experience one 2L bottle for a small-medium plant lasts 2-3 months

Oh and you want a bottle that is not transparent

Because algae can grow in a transparent one

naah, I don't need a getto solution, since at this point I can actually afford paying for stuff

Electronic ones are easier to set up

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61dXmIg0GpL._SX466_.jpg

... and I need something that would start beeping if I ave for gotten to refill it for a month

You only need one for several plants

unfortunately that solution doesn't really work well over larger distances

You can buy one that connects to the water main

those multi-plant options are for either crazy people of ones who grow flowers/weed professionally

Those things though, have a 1% chance to flood your house/flat

1% chance is actually quite a lot

Not necessarily for growers

People that have jobs where they are away at extended periods of times use those too

Well, less than 1%

Maybe 0.001%, but still I heard the stories where it happened

There are ways to make it work flawlessly: systems that work like toilet bowls are more reliable than those that connect to the pipe directly and use mains pressure

I.e. you want a system that refills the main tank with a float switch, but pumps out of that tank with its own electric pump for dip feed