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If you are looking for the best self wicking container to grow trees or bushes you’ve found it.
I’ve made modifications to Leon’s self wicking tub or bucket for gardening by adding a water gauge removing the angle cut on the watering tube and no hole or landscaping fabric.
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I am growing tomatoes in 10 gallon plastic pots. I was watering 2 or 3 times a day. I build a water trough 18 inches x 54 inches x 3.5 inches high. I lined the trough with green house white plastic to make it water tight. I am keeping about an inch of water in each trough so the plants can draw on the watering as needed. The trough can hold a lot more water than the conventional saucers that go under the pot. The white plastic stays cool in the sun, so evaporation is held at a minimum. Most of the construction was done with reclaimed materials, so the only real cost has been the cost of the plastic, 10 ft x 10 ft plastic cost $13.
Aren't the half whiskey barrels you get at garden centers made to hold soil/water? I don't understand why you would need to line them with plastic. Maybe if you were going to make a mini pond out of them, but damp soil shouldn't need that.
Beautiful!
great video…. did you mean "Mittleider Gardening Course Book"? sounds like you said "Midlantic"
If you're not installing any drainage hole near the bottom if it rains and water logs your plants how is the water going to come out of your bucket without killing the roots I like your method everything about it is great fantastic but I don't understand how you're going to get the water out of your bucket if it rains real hard and feels the bucket up with more water than you have need of thank you
I'm sorry now I understand I listen to your comments again one more time and I did hear you say geothermal greenhouse so the water cannot get into your containers unless you put it in there thank you sorry about that have a good one but I do like your method it's fantastic
Barrels like these rot over time..
how does the water leach out, are there holes in the tubing?
Why u add the plastic
What happens when it rains. It will fill it up causing it to go anerobic
Less than 10 seconds in and I already Subscribed just for the mere fact you mentioned your Zone. [Mine is 8 but it's frustrating hearing others I like not mentioning their Zones but speaking about season specific crops or what works for them as if it would work for every Zone, at the same time.]
Nice work
Simple
You might want to add that only no overflow outlet is needed in the controlled way of growing under a roof. If these are in a setting where rain can fill up the barrels/wicking bed then a drain IS required!
Without an overflow hole, where does the excess water go if one of your helpers inadvertently overwaters?
Is the pipe in the water safe or will it leach poisonous chemicals and microplastics into water which is picked up by the plants?
Me interesa la traducción al español, gracias
Wow, this is brilliant! I'm new to this wicking system. Why is it that you need an air space at the bottom? Trying to understand. Thank you so much.
if you're doing this for prepping, you should be using coconut coir, and you can store those bricks instead of using peat moss. the harvesting of that peat moss is also destructive to the environment. please use coconut coir instead. also, you definitely want to have an overflow drain if you have this planter outdoors. if it rains, that water will be trapped and you'll have root rot. this is a great design and i think i'll use it for my grape cutting that i'm currently trying to root
Great Video, One idea I see is to drill a few holes into pvc near bottom 2 inches where it passes into drainage pipe. Reason is the way you have it now, pvc can go all the way to bottom of drainage pipe and prevent water being filled from actually filling container.
Thank you very much! Exactly what I needed, great idea!
Well…. You DO DRILL A HOLE for drainage …
Considering you do not have holes in the containers. How do you keep from over watering?
Is the reason why there doesn't need to be a wicking agent (like sand or gravel) present between the reservoir and the soil because these tubs will never be top-watered? Looking to set up one of these for a larger house plant. Thanks for any answers!
Your cork floating dipstick is a great idea.
Plant roots give off metabolic waste products that need to be washed out of the container. Your design appears to prevent water from leaving the container, so chloride and sodium ions would collect over time and might make the soil salty and alter pH in a way that makes the plant unhealthy and unable to absorb nutrients.
What a fabulous idea!!! I'm now a fan- follower!
Very good – Improved design.
Thanks for sharing your idea. Did you place a layer of barrier between the socked black pipe and the soil?
Dear Sir, Excellent, Please show and explain on a micro basis , after putting the perforated hose pipe how to provide holes to it so that water comes out
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The cork is a genius idea! Yes, trusting in Jesus.. prepared.. no fear! 🙂
Love the design and the cork idea. I still like the idea of having an overflow port just in case. Could do the overflow port with the size to use another cork to seal it from the outside. The water level would tell you if you needed to open the drainage hole.
Great design. Though, I would need the drain hole, I have blackberry plants in wicking tubs, and I need the drain hole because my tubs are outside and I can't control how much rain is dumped on them. My only question is, how long with the "sock" over the pipe last before it deteriorates and starts letting dirt through. Having some landscape fabric inside the tub works great for me, since I am confident it will last for a long time before it fails.
Best wicking video IMHO
Please help, is the perforated drain pipe toxic toxic to the plants?