Plant watering system and process

Claim 1

A suspendable, plant-watering container for maintaining moisture/oxygen balance for roots of varied plant species, said container comprising means for aerating lower roots of said plant, said means including a container which is double walled at least in part and having an outer wall having a bottom comprising an aperture and an inner wall having at least one drainage hole leading directly to the ambient atmosphere at the bottom of the container, the space between said double walls forming a water-containing reservoir for receiving and holding water, the inner of said walls being a frusto-conical clay pot with said drainage hole in its bottom region; the outside diameter of the lower portion of said clay pot being no greater than the inside diameter of said aperture, said clay pot to be retained when inserted through said aperture, walls of said pot providing for the vertical wicking of moisture, said pot walls having at least 10% porosity for providing a moisture transmission capability, moisture-resisting means for precluding transfer of moisture from said reservoir directly through the walls of the pot and into a porous growing medium contained within said pot beneath a predetermined level while enabling said moisture to wick upwardly through said walls to a level above said predetermined level to moisten by capillarity the top 25-30% portion of said porous growing medium, whereby when said porous growing medium is wetted by said upwardly wicked water the upper portion of the growing medium being wetted to a percentage of water which results in a gravitational flow of water sufficient for a substantially even distribution of moisture inwardly and downwardly through the said growing medium, the outer wall providing a pot-bracing and orientation means extending inwardly from the outer wall, an exterior lower portion of the pot wall sitting within and protruding beneath a hole in a base wall of said water-containing reservoir means with a non-removable, waterproof, adhesive joint at the interface between said pot means and said outer wall, said joint being non-dislocatable by the levering of said pot and means whereby gases may enter and leave said porous growing medium through said drain hole, wherein water is prevented from dripping from such hole under normal watering conditions provided by said upwardly wicked water, said water evaporating to a lesser wetness by enhanced ventilation through at least the drainage portion of said clay pot which is inserted through said aperture, said water being held in place by capillary force.