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Review & Giveaway: Greenhouse Sensation plant watering kits

June 7, 2016 by Catherine 106 Comments

greenhouse plant watering solutions

Welcome to a new giveaway, courtesy of Greenhouse Sensations.  I’m giving away a brilliant Quadgrow Planter worth £42.90, which is perfect for taking the hassle out of plant watering. 

If you grow plants in a greenhouse of any size, you’ll be familiar with the task of regular watering.  I’ve had a greenhouse on my allotment for a couple of years now, and I’ve learned the hard way that it only takes a day or two to create drought conditions in there.  I don’t live very close to my allotment, so having to pop down every day to water a few plants can be a bit of a pain in the Summer months.

Inadequate watering can at worst kill your plants, but even if you manage to keep them alive in your greenhouse, you can easily end up in the situation where you drown them one day, then parch them the next.  This pattern doesn’t create strong, healthy plants, so I’ve been looking for ways to make my greenhouse plant watering both easier and more beneficial to my plants.

Automated watering kits are a great option for smoothing out your watering pattern, and this year I’m trying out a couple of plant watering kits from Greenhouse Sensation.

I’m using the Quadgrow Planter to grow my greenhouse tomatoes; it’s also suitable for aubergines, peppers, beans, cucumbers, courgettes and peas.  In the box you get a 30 litre reservoir, four large pots, four feeder mats (more about those in a minute), and two bottles of plant food.

greenhouse sensations quadgrow plant watering system

The Quadgrow is really easy to set up, and it’s the triangular feeder mats which work the magic when it comes to watering.  You push the wider end of the mat through the hole in the bottom of a pot, until the tip is just below the pot’s surface.

greenhouse sensations quadgrow plant watering system

Then you place the pot onto the base, making sure the feeder mat goes through the hole into the reservoir.  Once you’ve done this, you just plant up the pots as normal, keeping the feeder mat upright in the middle of the compost.

greenhouse sensations quadgrow plant watering system

Here’s how my finished pots looked.

greenhouse sensations quadgrow plant watering system

You give your plants an initial watering from the top, and after that you simply fill up the reservoir from the access point at the end.

greenhouse sensations quadgrow plant watering system

The feeder mats pull water up from the reservoir into the soil around the roots, as and when the plants need it.  So the soil is never too dry, or too wet, which means the plants will grow stronger and healthier.  Perfect moisture levels are maintained for up to fourteen days, so it’s perfect for when you’re off on holiday too.

Greenhouse Sensations claim that harvests can be twice as big when using a Quadgrow planter; my tomatoes aren’t at the harvest stage yet, but they’re certainly thriving.

quadgrow watering kit greenhouse tomatoes

Compared to previous years, the plants look so much healthier; there are no dried-up leaves due to lack of water, and everything looks luscious and green.  So far, the Quadgrow really is living up to it’s claims.

The Click & Drip Growbag Watering kit with Timer is suitable for all growbag crops; I’m using it on my peppers and cucumbers.

Click & Drip

The components look a little complicated, but it’s actually very simple to assemble.  There are three 1m lengths of irrigation pipe (you can use it with up to three growbags); you simply peg these down into your growbags, then connect one end to the 25 litre water reservoir.

Click & Drip growbags

Click & Drip reservoir

Once you’re setup and have filled the reservoir, you just turn on the tap and water is dripped slowly into the growbags.  The slow dripping soaks the compost rather than forming puddles, which means the plant roots can take up the water more easily and gradually.  The reservoir will keep three growbags watered for between three and ten days, depending on plant size and time of year.  I was worried about the drip holes in the pipes becoming blocked by the compost, but as they’re designed to only open with internal pressure this doesn’t happen.

If you already have a water butt you can buy the kit without the reservoir, you can also buy it without the timer too (there’s actually a new version of the timer now, which looks a little different to the one in the picture above).  I think the timer makes such a difference though, as it allows you to really control the plant watering.  I used the kit without the timer for a few days, to see just how much water it provided, then I added in the timer.  It has taken a little bit of tweaking to get the watering duration and frequency right for my greenhouse, but now I just check the reservoir every few days and top it up if required.  The timer will also be great when we’re on holiday, as we can slow down the watering and avoid the reservoir emptying too quickly.

I’ve always struggled to keep growbag plants alive in the past, but the Click & Drip kit has made a real difference.  As with the plants in the Quadgrow, everything looks really healthy and green, with no signs of drought or overwatering.

greenhouse peppers

I’m really pleased with the Quadgrow and the Click & Drip kit.  They’ve made plant watering much less laborious for me, and they’re also helping to produce healthier plants.  Hopefully we’ll have a bumper greenhouse harvest this year!

The Quadgrow Planter costs £42.90 and the Click & Drip Watering Kit with Timer costs £46.00; both are available from the Greenhouse Sensation website.  As well as plant watering solutions, there’s also a wide range of gardening supplies available, including propagators, plant food and general gardening equipment.

Do you think the Quadgrow or Click & Drip could make your plant watering easier and more effective?  I’d love to hear what you’d grow in them.  You can also enter the giveaway to win a Quadgrow Planter worth £42.90, just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below.  Good luck!

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Comments

  1. Tracy Nixon says

    June 7, 2016 at 8:27 am

    I would grow some cherry tomato plants! Thank you x

    Reply
  2. GEOFF WICKENS says

    June 7, 2016 at 8:30 am

    LIKEWISE CHERRY TOMATOES

    Reply
  3. iain maciver says

    June 7, 2016 at 9:54 am

    tomatoes

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  4. Jim Kerr says

    June 7, 2016 at 10:14 am

    Got to be tomatos, maybe an aubergine just to seee if it will work this summer.

    Reply
  5. Joanne Beale says

    June 7, 2016 at 10:15 am

    I would grow Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Chilli and Aubergine

    Reply
  6. Tony Metcalf says

    June 7, 2016 at 10:32 am

    I’d try to grow some tomatoes again. Have tried before, but not very successfully.

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  7. Bev says

    June 7, 2016 at 11:03 am

    I’d grow salad leaves

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  8. Yvonne Bradley says

    June 7, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    Courettes

    Reply
  9. Susan Smith says

    June 7, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    Plum tomatoes, and cucumbers

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  10. David Shepherdson says

    June 7, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    I’d use it, should I win, to feed my Mammoth Strawberries, keeping them growing and swelling and tasting even better through out the hopefully hot summer months thus giving me one of my five a day!

    Reply
  11. Iona Cornish says

    June 7, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    Tomatoes, Peppers, Courgettes and Cucumbers

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  12. Julie says

    June 7, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    I would grow tomatoes and peppers

    Reply
  13. janine atkin says

    June 7, 2016 at 6:48 pm

    not sure, id give this to my mother in law who is always growing something or another!

    Reply
  14. Andrea Fletcher says

    June 7, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    I would grow cherry tomatoes.

    Reply
  15. laura banks says

    June 7, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    probably tomatos but the hubby is quite into fruit at the moment

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  16. Rikka Borston says

    June 7, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Toms of course

    Reply
  17. Alan Burrows says

    June 7, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    Chilies and tomatoes

    Reply
  18. Margaret Gallagher says

    June 7, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Cucumbers
    Always so tricky to gage the amount of water
    This sounds perfect

    Reply
  19. Ruth Harwood says

    June 8, 2016 at 9:05 am

    I’d try growing some herbs like Mint and Rosemary xx

    Reply
  20. Ray Dodds says

    June 8, 2016 at 10:39 am

    Plum tomatoes

    Reply
  21. Christina Palmer says

    June 8, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    Tomatoes or radishes

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  22. Denielle Nicol says

    June 8, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    I’d try tomatoes

    Reply
  23. Wendy Collard says

    June 8, 2016 at 3:56 pm

    Tomatoes and courgettes

    Reply
  24. Kim M says

    June 8, 2016 at 7:07 pm

    Tomatoes and cucumbers x

    Reply
  25. Joanne Oneill says

    June 8, 2016 at 9:57 pm

    I would grow moneypenny tomatoes and chillies

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  26. Terri-Louise Dudey says

    June 8, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    cucumber and peppers my children’s favourite’s xx

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  27. Cara jones says

    June 9, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    Chocolate cherry tomatoes plants and cucumber. . Wouldn’t have to worry about then when away

    Reply
  28. Alan Lord says

    June 9, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    I grow chillies and love the Quadgrow.

    Reply
  29. Kim Styles says

    June 9, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    I would grow cherry plum tomatoes

    Reply
  30. barbara daniels says

    June 10, 2016 at 7:22 am

    Id grow some hyacinths

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  31. Karen Jones says

    June 10, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    Would grow old varieties of tomatoes x

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  32. aaron broad says

    June 10, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    I would try and grow a sunflower

    Reply
  33. Kat Lucas says

    June 10, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    I grow some pumpkins

    Reply
  34. jo liddement says

    June 11, 2016 at 5:03 pm

    I would grow cucumbers,tomatoes and peppers

    Reply
  35. sallyann Johnston says

    June 11, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    Courgettes is my choice I love them and so do the kids when their roasted x

    Reply
  36. hannah brooker says

    June 12, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    Tomatoes, maybe start the strawberries off, peppers so much!

    Reply
  37. Lisa Everaert says

    June 12, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    I would grow Tomatoes and Peppers and we eat alot of both.

    Reply
  38. Ian Campbell says

    June 12, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    I’d love to grow some tomatoes and courgettes in mine. Nothing beats home grown veg!

    Reply
  39. Rebecca Nisbet says

    June 12, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    i would love to try and grow some strawberries.

    Reply
  40. MARK PRITCHARD says

    June 13, 2016 at 6:37 pm

    Chillies all the way

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  41. cheryl hadfield says

    June 13, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    I would grow tomatoes

    Reply
  42. Rachel Butterworth says

    June 13, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    Strawberries and tomatoes.

    Reply
  43. Olivia Hinton says

    June 14, 2016 at 12:31 am

    I love growing heritage tomatoes, lots of different ones but the greenhouse at the allotment doesn’t always get watered especially now with a 13 month old…

    Reply
  44. Hannah Bee Griffin says

    June 14, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    I would grow my tomatoes in them. I am growing a variety called Flamingo this year, the whole family are looking forward to munching on them

    Reply
  45. grace collins says

    June 14, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    cucumbers

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  46. Nicola Marshall says

    June 15, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Cucumbers and tomatoes.

    Reply
  47. Pat Collingwood says

    June 16, 2016 at 10:25 am

    Tomatoes

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  48. Chrissie Curtis says

    June 17, 2016 at 7:26 pm

    Tomatoes!

    Reply
  49. charlotte wilde says

    June 17, 2016 at 7:51 pm

    I’d grow cucumbers – my fave things to grow!

    Reply
  50. Ellie Lane says

    June 18, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    I would grow piccolo tomatoes, they are the sweetest and tastiest cherry toms I’ve ever had.

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  51. carole n says

    June 18, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    i love growing easy vegetables and would use this for tomatoes

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  52. Sheri Darby says

    June 18, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    I would grow tomatoes

    Reply
  53. MANDY DOHERTY says

    June 19, 2016 at 11:23 am

    Chillies and tomatoes

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  54. JULIE WARD says

    June 19, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    I would give a friend who grows toms, peppers, cucumber etc

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  55. michelle o'neill says

    June 20, 2016 at 6:48 am

    I would grow tomatoes xx

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  56. Billy Dale says

    June 20, 2016 at 7:53 am

    Hi,

    My little boy and I like chilli’s and have decided to start growing our own, but we’re not very green fingered.

    I have ordered some Carolina reapers, Trinidad scorpions and some white but jolokias.

    Thanks.

    Reply
  57. Kirsty Hosty says

    June 20, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    I would try and grow Chilli plants again, however the slugs keep eating them!!

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  58. Louise Lumsden says

    June 20, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    I would like to try chilli peppers, tomatoes & cucumbers, we are growing them this year in our new poly tunnel so would be good to see how they compare in the quadrow planters next year

    Reply
  59. Emma Walton says

    June 21, 2016 at 5:30 pm

    I would try to grow some peppers because I haven’t had a lot of luck with them so far.

    Reply
  60. Christine Caple says

    June 21, 2016 at 6:37 pm

    We would try to grow some tomatoes

    Reply
  61. Sally Collingwood says

    June 22, 2016 at 9:35 am

    Peppers, all sorts

    Reply
  62. Niki Clifton says

    June 22, 2016 at 10:01 am

    tomatoes &
    gooseberries

    Reply
  63. Donna Caldwell says

    June 22, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    I’d grow so herbs and some strawberries

    Reply
  64. Bobbie Minthull says

    June 22, 2016 at 6:25 pm

    tomatoes and courgettes

    Reply
  65. Susan B says

    June 23, 2016 at 11:43 am

    It’s a bit late for tomatoes, which are my favourite vegetable, so I would try something in the brassica family and overwinter them.

    Reply
  66. Chris S says

    June 24, 2016 at 7:14 am

    I think I would give melons a try. I have had some success with them in the past and would like to try again.

    Reply
  67. kim neville says

    June 24, 2016 at 11:18 am

    cucumbers and tomatoes

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  68. Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog) says

    June 24, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    I think i’d try tomatoes or cucumbers as I haven’t tried these veg before.

    Reply
  69. janet clegg says

    June 24, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    Chillies and peppers

    Reply
  70. Pam Smith says

    June 25, 2016 at 7:44 am

    Peppers and tomatoes

    Reply
  71. Allan Fullarton says

    June 25, 2016 at 10:15 am

    Tomatos

    Reply
  72. Sam McKean says

    June 25, 2016 at 11:34 am

    I would plant tomatoes and cucumbers, we get through loads every summer!

    Reply
  73. Keith Hunt says

    June 25, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Quadgrow Planter looks good for kids sun flowers or tomates for my pizza

    Reply
  74. Gillian Goodwin says

    June 25, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    Peppers and chillis

    Reply
  75. tee simpson says

    June 25, 2016 at 11:36 pm

    I plan to grow tomatoes

    Reply
  76. Adrian Bold says

    June 26, 2016 at 12:49 am

    Plum tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.

    Reply
  77. Karen B says

    June 26, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    Tomatoes, probably the sweet cherry ones.

    Reply
  78. Amanda Gregory says

    June 26, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    Chillies and courgettes are probably what i would choose.

    Reply
  79. donna l jones says

    June 26, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    i would do chillies

    Reply
  80. christine WESTLAKE says

    June 26, 2016 at 5:33 pm

    tomatoes , salad leaves and anything else that takes my fancy

    Reply
  81. SUSAN L HALL says

    June 26, 2016 at 6:41 pm

    I would grow Tomatoes and herbs

    Reply
  82. lynn savage says

    June 26, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    I’d use it to grow some tomatoes, cucumbers and maybe chillies

    Reply
  83. Margaret Abram says

    June 26, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    A variety of tomatoes

    Reply
  84. lynn neal says

    June 26, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    I would try tomatoes first underplanted with basil!

    Reply
  85. Sparklett21 says

    June 27, 2016 at 12:57 am

    I’d love to grow some Shiso & Parsley❤️

    Reply
  86. Jane Gorton says

    June 27, 2016 at 1:26 am

    I would grow a selection of tomato plants as all the family love these. Fantastic prize, thank you x

    Reply
  87. carol boffey says

    June 27, 2016 at 8:34 am

    Id grow tomatos

    Reply
  88. Melissa Lee says

    June 27, 2016 at 10:56 am

    I attempted some tomato plants this year which didn’t work out so I would love to try those again!

    Reply
  89. Michelle Sykes says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:23 am

    I would grow Tomatoes and cucumber

    Reply
  90. Kirsti Peters says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Some vegetables, like tomatoes and chilli, maybe a herb like basil

    Reply
  91. Stevie says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:53 am

    I’d start with peas and strawberry. It would be a great introduction to my nieces.

    Reply
  92. Dawn F says

    June 27, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    I’d grow strawberries and tomatos

    Reply
  93. louise gazeley says

    June 27, 2016 at 6:29 pm

    As I can’t grow Quorn, I’d be torn, between stir-fry goodies and berries for ‘puddies’

    Reply
  94. Claire Nelson says

    June 27, 2016 at 7:15 pm

    I would grow tomatoes

    Reply
  95. Karl Borowy says

    June 27, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    FRESH SMALL YELLOW AND RED TOMATOS

    Reply
  96. Teresa Sheldon says

    June 27, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    Your tomatoes seemed to do well so id do them along with cucumber and peppers I wonder if their good for flowers?

    Reply
    • Catherine says

      June 28, 2016 at 11:57 am

      I think they’d be great for keeping any plant well-watered!

      Reply
  97. Alison Johnson says

    June 27, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    Chillis for Hubbys cooking

    Reply
  98. Natalie Crossan says

    June 27, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    salad leaves

    Reply
  99. Victoria Prince says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    I’d love to try growing some herbs in it 🙂

    Reply
  100. Melanie Burton says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    I would grow tomatoes and attempt to grow some raspberries.

    Reply
  101. Kat Glynn says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    I would grow peppers, mine always need a bit more attention than everything else.

    Reply
  102. Kate Smith says

    June 27, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    Aubergines, tomatoes and cucumbers

    Reply
  103. Pauline black says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    Peppers tomatoes and herbs!

    Reply
  104. Natalie Gillham says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:20 pm

    I would grow tomatoes, peppers and herbs x

    Reply
  105. Leanne Bell says

    June 27, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    I would love to try and grow peppers x

    Reply

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