"Matthew Durkin" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Matthew Durkin" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I fitted a gardena automatic watering system to my small cottage
carden
earlier this year. It has worked great, and saved me around an
hour
a day
watering. What I've noticed now though, is that because I
haven't
been
fertilizing anything, plants are looking a bit pale, so are
loosing
leaves.
So - I want to add some kind of automatic fertilizer dispensor
to
the
system. Gardena seem to sell one, but not as part of their
drip-watering
system. Has anyone seen anything (or is using anything) like
this
with a
drip feed watering system? One thing I'm worried about is
ensuring
nothing
goes in with the water that could block the drippers and hence
the
flow of
water so I'm guessing it would almost certainly have to be a
liquid
fertilizer system.

If anyone knows of anything let me know. The only thing I've
seen so
far is
one from an alternative brand product, that fits into the
pressure
regulator. I'd prefer not to go that route as I already have a
pressure
regulator, and I'm not sure what effect it would have on the
system
if I
relpaced it with an alternative brand one - I'm assuming the
drippers are
designed to work at a specific pressure. Another brand may have
a
different
pressure.

So, in summary, if anyone knows of an add-on I could use, please
let
me
know!!

Surely you can spare an hour applying fertiliser by hand once or
twice
a year?

Franz



That's not really my point! I can, and I have done and I enjoy doing
this,
but it would be better if the plants received a constant supply.

I have never seen any experimental evidence in favour of your point.
Have you?
Practically all agriculture and horticulture are based on applying
fertilisers once or twice per year.

I've busy
building a raised bed, pond, bbq, and greenhouse (not all started
yet), so
all my free time is doing that!!

One hour per year is all it needs to put fertiliser on a complete
typical suburban garden.
Surely you are already spending at least a hundred times as much time
sowing, planting, weeding, pruning, etc, etc.?
If you don't, it does not seem worth spending all the time you are
allocating to "building a raised bed, pond, bbq, and greenhouse ".

Once completely finished I'll have more
time, but just now, I could really do to have the watering system
deal with
it if it's possible.

It will take you as much time to install and keep the system serviced
and filled as it will take you to just strew the fertiliser directly
on to the soil.

As a matter of fact, in the time you have spent discussing the matter
in urg, you could have done the fertilising for this year.

{:-))

Franz