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Hi,
With the current weather conditions (in Melb) I've started saving empty softdrink bottles to make those reservoirs / waterers for the trees in my yard as their leaves have started to curl in the heat. As I understand it all I need to do it cut the bottom off and drill a couple of holes in the lid, then bury it neck down. How far down do you need to bury it? So far I've made two. The first I filled and it emptied in a few hours and since I refilled it has gone down about a centimetre in the past two days. Is this the rate water is meant to empty from it? Is it blocked? Can it get blocked? Pixo |
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:23:28 GMT, "Pixo" wrote:
Hi, With the current weather conditions (in Melb) I've started saving empty softdrink bottles to make those reservoirs / waterers for the trees in my yard as their leaves have started to curl in the heat. As I understand it all I need to do it cut the bottom off and drill a couple of holes in the lid, then bury it neck down. How far down do you need to bury it? So far I've made two. The first I filled and it emptied in a few hours and since I refilled it has gone down about a centimetre in the past two days. Is this the rate water is meant to empty from it? Is it blocked? Can it get blocked? Pixo I've been using a 2 litre bottle with a few pinholes in the bottom. I fill it up and park it next to the plant I want watered, and it slowly drains. This seems to be pretty good for deep watering of small to medium plants (like my dwarf lemon tree). It's been so dry that watering with a hose just causes the water to bounce off the surface and run away. Tom Elliott remove `mapsitna' from email address to reply by email. |
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Hey look what I found!
Tom Elliott" wrote in message news:3dc0c12c.24985437@news... Well, looks like water restrictions are hitting melbourne soon. While I realise this doesn't make a huge difference to me as I don't have a lawn, and don't wash my car that often (I figure the dust layer acts as an extra crash buffer). However, it seems that things will get worse before they get better, so I'm making sure I have plenty of water saving going on. How safe is grey water to use on vegetables? My main source of this will be the drain from the washing machine. Do the chemicals in the detergents break down quickly? Should I alternate between garden beds to spread it around? I've also devised a gravity fed drip feed system for my vegies. Nothing revolutionary, but it's probably worth sharing. I use a plastic garden stake, to which I attach a 2 litre juice bottle , upside down, about 1/2 a metre above the ground, From this I run three plastic tubes, each with an adjustable dripper on the end, which is positioned at the base of the plant. The drippers are about 60c each. I don't cut the whole base of the bottle off, leaving just a tiny bit so that it remains as a lid, preventing debris getting into the lines and causing a blockage. Then, all that I have to do is top up the juice bottle with water, and let it go. It takes about an hour to empty, and delivers the water right to the base of the plant. So far, it seems to work well, and it's a good candidate for grey water. If anyone's interested enough to want more details, post a reply here and I'll get some photos online. Tom Elliott remove `mapsitna' from email address to reply by email. And this! I mentioned in my last post that I had worked out a cheap and efficient drip system for my garden, and some people expressed interest in seeing pictures of it. I posted a description of how it's made here. http://members.optushome.com.au/tegm/garden/ Hopefully it's of interest! I'm thinking of extending this site to encompass other water saving tips for gardeners, so anyone with good ideas, I'd love to hear from you. Happy gardening! Tom. Tom Elliott remove `mapsitna' from email address to reply by email. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Pixo wrote in message ... Hi, With the current weather conditions (in Melb) I've started saving empty softdrink bottles to make those reservoirs / waterers for the trees in my yard as their leaves have started to curl in the heat. As I understand it all I need to do it cut the bottom off and drill a couple of holes in the lid, then bury it neck down. How far down do you need to bury it? So far I've made two. The first I filled and it emptied in a few hours and since I refilled it has gone down about a centimetre in the past two days. Is this the rate water is meant to empty from it? Is it blocked? Can it get blocked? Pixo |
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"Tom Elliott" wrote in message I've been using a 2 litre bottle with a few pinholes in the bottom. I fill it up and park it next to the plant I want watered, and it slowly drains. This seems to be pretty good for deep watering of small to medium plants (like my dwarf lemon tree). It's been so dry that watering with a hose just causes the water to bounce off the surface and run away. Tom Elliott We've had that hydrophobic soil thing happening here too... I'm saving up the big 3 litre juice bottles so I can have a row of them all down the flower border beside our scrap of lawn. In my case it is not so much water conservation that is the issue (our backyard is so tiny I could probably water by hose twice a day without breaking the bank... I can stand in 1 spot and reach it all with the hose! Here I am the watering system. ) but the ability to go away a couple of days and not come back to fried flowers is very tempting. If it weren't for the garden terrorists (2 toddlers, our cat, the neighbour's cats) I'd seriously be thinking about organising some chimney pots or terracotta pipes to put around the juice bottles to make them look pretty. |
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Nice bit of research there, Willow!
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:39:49 +0800, "Willow" wrote: Hey look what I found! Tom Elliott" wrote in message news:3dc0c12c.24985437@news... Well, looks like water restrictions are hitting melbourne soon. While Tom Elliott remove `mapsitna' from email address to reply by email. |
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