Homemade Garden Drip Irrigation with Rainwater

http://www.elperfecto.com/2011/05/11/homemade-drip-irrigation-for-fertilizing...

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Howto & Style

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• organic
• DIY
• tomatoes
• carrots
• drill
• zucchini

[emsapowell]

I've been using a similar technique on some of my plants and am gradually expanding as we use and have empty plastic containers. I drill one small hole in the lid of the soda bottle or whatever and turn it upside down in the plant container. As the heat expands the gasses in the empty space, it pushes the water out in a slow drip. Then at night as it cools and the gasses in the bottle decompress, it pulls air into the bottle starting the process again for the next day. Got a vid on my channel.

[field16]

@emsapowell That sounds good. I checked out your channel and see the video is titled "Self Watering Container using recycled containers". ( /watch?v=kfHklUMghjA ) I am letting the video load up now so I can watch it.

[Brown969]

Since your tom's are planted on a slope, I would only suggest that you mulch around the plants with compost forming a well next to the plant. That should help prevent water run-off. Glad to hear your thinking about the bigger issues of water conservation. Keep up the good work. ENGLAND

[field16]

@Brown969 That's a great tip. I occasionally make wells around my plants and have verified it works.

Good luck with your allotment in the UK. :-)

[RimstarOrg]

Innovative. Keep thinking up these good ideas.

[field16]

@RimstarOrg Thank you.

[buyerofsorts]

Youre not a sucker pincher huh? :)

[b5kalad]

Question for you, how big or small should the holes on the bottom be? if the holes are too big, it will drain too quickly.

[emsapowell]

@field16 yeah, that video is a different one. I'm not sure if I made a video about the bottles I use upside down or not, but you'll see them in my garden here and there. The self watering container is working out great though. It keeps a steady source of water available to my squash and zuchinni. They are already looking better than when I put them in. Today I've started a slow drip of fish emulsion on some plants. Hoping to see a good result from that too.

[sugerbear520]

nice