Vacation Irrigation System

Here's my setup for a self-timed watering system for my urban deck garden. It works beautifully. The kit we bought came with 60 ft. of tubing which was not enough. A trip to Home Depot and Pep Boys secured 40 more feet of tubing and enough tee joints to finish. The joints will be in the vacuum parts of your auto parts store and the tubing is 1/4 inch. A great weekend DIY project.

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[Jesse Teeters]

Hi Vincent,

Thanks for watching! I'd say the best hint for growing healthy container garden stuff is that you gotta have the right stuff in the right spot. We monitor our plants with the EasyBloom. It's a sensor that plugs into your computer to show you sun, moisture, and temp. readings. It's great to know if you have the right plants in the right spot. We also move all the plants around a lot to get them more sun. Our favorite resource is "you bet your garden" on NPR. It's great.

[blakeinkzoo]

Lovely garden! Great work on the dripper :D

[Sarah Bellum]

That's great! Just what I am looking for. Thanks for posting. Where did you get the duration/cycle timer kit? Also, what's the maximum time you've left your plants on this system? I want to go away for 2 months this summer. Is that doable or should I get someone to water occasionally?

[jmackinac]

That's pretty sweet, Jesse. I'm truly impressed. Won't be long though and your balcony is gonna need a pressure washing and some stain, right? Keep growing.

[William Mooijer]

O_O

you have a lot of plants....

[lzchlze]

NO excuses for not having a nice garden, U dont need a huge backyard! I remember when, I had my apartment! I grew watermelon once! Yea...it was all over the place, but It was my watermelon plant! Now I'm blessed with a house and this year alone, I planted over 20 tomato plants, over 30 sunflower plants, sweet peas, red beans, 4 bird house plants, eggplants, 4 avocado trees, 3 mango trees, 3 citrus trees & 5 raised beds. Yes I love my garden! even when I used to live in an apartment. Nice Vid.

[Vicenteful10]

Thanks again Jesse,

I am following your advice and will most likely be trying the EasyBloom system. i looked into it and it sounds great! Whatever happened to old style gardening?! No complaint on my part! I am just happy that i can be just as good a green thumb as my dad now!!

[Vicenteful10]

Hello! Thanks for your wonderful presentation. I am looking into setting up the same system so i will share later how it goes. In the mean time, i also wanted to share that i was rather impressed with your container gardening system and would like to know if you can provide more advice or maybe you already have a video to show about how to garden in small spaces. Your plants looked very healthy and i would like to learn more as to how you got started. Thanks in advance!!!!

[YourGardenShow]

Great irrigation system. Perfect for making sure your plants get all the water they need while you still get to take your vacation!