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self-watering of tomatoes plants
"ackeiyword" wrote in message
... In my bid to promote self watering of my tomatoes I have filled a couple of empty milk bottles, made a hole with a heated NEEDLE (so we are talking about a tiny hole) underneath hoping that the water would last at least a couple of days, and placed the bottle next to the tomato plant... The 6 pints bottle was empty after about three hours! What have I done wrong? I did leave the lid on. Other suggestions? -- ackeiyword My first thought is that the bottles were not air tight before poking the holes in them. I would also suggest poking only one hole in the bottle. The idea is to have the water drawn out with capillary action into the soil being the driving force. I have glass bulbs with a long thin stem terminating in a tiny hole. It takes a bit of time to fill with water but it lasts for days after shoving into the soil of potted plants. It does empty more quickly when the weather is hot and/or the plant is really growing. Other ideas: http://store.earthbox.com/default.asp http://www.globalbuckets.org/ http://www.insideurbangreen.org/ Assuming the plants are already in pots, you will have to be creative to adapt the ideas from each of the websites. Good Luck. |
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