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(Updated below) Hands down the best wick I’ve found. I tested a piece of nylon rope from the home improvement store, another brand of wicking rope from Amazon, and this one. I took equal lengths, and placed one end of each in the same container of water with the other ends in separate cups.This one out performed them all by a wide margin. I haven’t tried them in plants yet, but I’m sure they will work out wonderfully.Update 6/8/2025: I've now used this in a wicking set-up (from a bottom reservoir, up into the dirt from below) for a tomato plant in a 3 gallon fabric pot, in the Texas sun. It has worked every bit as well as I had hoped it would. My tomato plant is doing crazy good. The soil ALWAYS feels just slightly moist, while still being very loose and friable. I've been using it for over a month, and have not watered in any way, other than the wicking action of THIS ROPE (and one rain shower). The plant is still growing rapidly, and is currently wicking on average about 1 gallon per day through 4 pieces of this rope, each extended about 5" up into the soil. As it continues to grow in size and set tomatoes, it's demand for water is sure to increase...but at this point, I have no doubt at all that the wicks will keep up just fine.Get, ya some!

Works as it should. Used this in a concrete pour combined with brick that was designed to water internally and come out the flashing at the bottom, but we could not incorporate the flashing. So I used tubes on the inside of the poor to match up with the brick and I wrapped the tubes With this wicking material and let the wick hang out the bottom where flashing would’ve normally been placed. It works perfectly. Now during the change in seasons, the concrete will work similarly to the 6 x 12 brick that the house was built with in the 1950s and the moisture can get outside. You don’t have to leave a Tail. You just cut flush and don’t mortar over the end. This would be very useful for watering plants or getting moisture out of a place that you have trouble accessing like a void in a boat. You could drill a small hole put this inside and let the wick pull the moisture out to the larger atmosphere. This could help prevent or slow rotting that happens inside voids on boats. Small boats, of course.

We have five 5-gallon containers of vegetable plants on our apartment balcony. Filled up two 5-gallon Home Depot buckets with water and cut various lengths of the rope based on the space we have. I also kind of wove the rope in a spiral from the outter wall of the container to the center just to try and cover a majority of the soil. Went on vacation for 6 days and this wicking rope kept them all watered and alive. Granted our apartment balcony is well shaded and does not receive a lot of direct light (maybe an hr or two's worth a day) and the top temperature was in the mid-high 70s F.

Seems to be strong, still have to test it with my plants though. Good size, good fit .

I would love if the customers that wrote negative reviews could see my comment. Many if not all of you were doing something wrong. In most all cases your rope dried out because your watering container was too tall. Water can only travel up the wick about seven inches. So if your water level dropped below 7 inches from where the rope touches the water and the top of the water container then it would stop wicking. The absolute best way to use wicking rope is to push it up into the plant from the bottom. Or put it in the soil while you are first initially planting to make it easier. Then place a watering tray underneath for the other end of the rope to soak in but elevate the plant so it is not sitting in the water. The plant will only drink what it needs. It really is fool proof as I personally have had great results. The instructions that come with the rope show this example at the top of their page. Good luck!!!!!!

They included a 2 sided sheet of paper chock-full of information including contact info, product info, and helpful tips. All for a $5 piece of ropeIf you own a business, grab a pen & pad and take notes