Woman explains how you can use a tampon to save house plants - and it's 'genius'

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I'm terrible at looking after plants. There, I said it. It doesn't seem to matter what I do, one way or another they just always end up dead.

Do I not give them enough sunlight? Too much sunlight? Too little water? Too much water? I'm not sure, but at least now it seems there's a simple solution for one of these issues.

If you find that you're accidentally overwatering your house plants, you might want to grab a tampon. Yes, really. This trick was shared online by a woman from Canberra, Australia, called Empress Eyrie.

Writing in a post on her Facebook page, Empress, a burlesque dancer, explained: "Well. Need a laugh AND a hack? "I overwatered a few of my hoyas of late and I was worried about these new ones having the same issue. "I