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An apparatus for the delivery of water, nutrients or other liquid materials to the growing medium of potted plants, including a refillable chamber for the storage of the liquid, and means for attachment of the chamber to the vessel in which the growing medium is maintained. The chamber is equipped w

An apparatus for the delivery of water, nutrients or other liquid materials to the growing medium of potted plants, including a refillable chamber for the storage of the liquid, and means for attachment of the chamber to the vessel in which the growing medium is maintained. The chamber is equipped with a rigidly supported wick in the shape of an inverted U, one end of which is equipped with a float support, holding the wick in the liquid storage chamber. This allows adjustment of the depth of the wick into the chamber. The other end of the wick is inserted in a rigid passageway co-located with the growing medium. The apparatus is also equipped with an adjustable moisture-sensitive brake mechanism, regulating the movement of the wick support in relation to the liquid level in the refillable chamber thereby regulating the flow of liquid from the refillable chamber to the growing medium.

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An apparatus for the delivery of liquids to the growing medium of a plant comprising: (a) a refillable reservoir for the storage of said liquid; (b) a receiving reservoir for the receipt of said liquid; (c) a wick for transmission of said liquid from said refillable reservoir to said receiving reser

An apparatus for the delivery of liquids to the growing medium of a plant comprising: (a) a refillable reservoir for the storage of said liquid; (b) a receiving reservoir for the receipt of said liquid; (c) a wick for transmission of said liquid from said refillable reservoir to said receiving reservoir; (d) support means for holding said wick in the approximate shape of an invert U, and float means for suspending one end of the wick support means inside the said refillable reservoir; (e) means for transmission of said liquid from said receiving reservoir to the growing medium of a plant; (f) a moisture-reactive adjustable pawl of bi-expandable material for regulating the movement of said wick in said refillable reservoir; and (g) means for attachment of one end of said pawl to said receiving reservoir so as to cause the opposing end of said pawl to contact said wick support means when said bi-expandable material is deformed.