I travel often and are unable to tend to my plants daily, so the best way for me to keep them happy with to put them inside self-water containers. There are many sites that will provide great information about this setup, but I thought I’d show you all how to make one while transplanting my plant. Please like, share and subscribe! Please also join my pepper community below.
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OMG – you explained that so clearly and effortlessly, plus you're the only one (so) far that I've seen actually plant & WATER the entire tutorial. Thanks for showing the entire process. (and voice is so soothing : ) Makes me think gardening is indeed zenful after a long day : )
Great explanations. Step by step by step. Thank you.
Might be a dumb question, but is the water just going to come out of the hole on the side?
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It works! One question, how do I feed the tomatoes their nutrient solution? Do I put it inside the bottom reservoir or just water on top?
Thank you
Spectacular
Awesome
I just used a craft knife and cut on the same line I traced. A soldering iron works great too.
Nice
Excellent video. You did a super great job of explaining everything, thank you.
That design has a major flaw: the holes on the false bottom will let the soil inside the reservoir. You must isolate that false bottom with weed cloth or burlap. Also if you put expanded clay pebbles instead of of dirt in that cup you will not mud the reservoir.
I believe it would help if the PVC pipe was cut at an angle so it wouldn't sit flat on the bucket are at least drill some holes in it close to the end.
My favourite setup for uneven surfaces.
You drilled holes in the top bucket at the bottom. Below that is the resivour filled with water. The question I have which did not show is how are you stopping the dirt going from the top bucket to the water resivour?
I tried this method last year, summer 2021 and had the best luck with it. This year I plan to add more variety rather than just tomato plants. Seems that tomato plants have not liked being planted in my garden for the past few years. 🍅🍅🍅
Can I use this method for my fig tree
Did this last year..it works! I will only do this everytime..its genius..Mcguyver Gardening
Looks like you filled up the bucket with soil 3/4 of the bucket.Can you go higher?
Tks for sharing this method with us
Instructions are very clear.
The best explanation I got. Thank very much.
If that bucket is translucent, as you pointed out, algae will grow in the water. Might want to paint that.
Super cool idea!
I love this ! Do u find this to be cheaper then the kits they sell on Amazon
What kind of soil do you use I used coco and compost with some notes in a grow bag? And I rinsed the coco.
So how do you feed it with your nutrients
Очень интересная информация спасибо!
How do you add water soluble fertilizer? Just add it into the water reservoir?
100 percent this will not work. There are no aelf watering systems with direct plumbing or a watt butt gravity syatem involved don't be fooled guys.
Why don't you fill the bucket all
The way up with soil?
Maybe it doesn’t have to be perfect, as you say, but that fill tube hole could have been drilled out better than that. Poor job, dude!
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Отличная идея. 🤔😀Мне нравится!👍Будет очень интересно попробовать так же вырастить. Есть клон шоколадного 7pod congo. Для него такой горшок сделаю. Спасибо. 🤝
Can you use and old water hose?
The PVC pipe that is on the bottom of your inner bucket, cut at an angle so water will fill easily or you might have a problem.
And your netting cup, wrap with some landscape fabric so dirt doesn’t go into other bucket.
Здравствуйте. Подскажите пожалуйста, кто в курсе? Вода на дне ведра должна быть всегда? Или нужно давать просыхать?
Excellent tutorial! The only question I have is why didn't you fill the soil closer to the rim of the bucket? Not all the way up of course, but within 2 or 3 inches. It looks like you have about half a foot from the rim to the top of the seedling. Is there a specific reason for the depth of the planting?
I like that 'reverse first' trick. Thank you.
You channel looks great. I'm definitely going to check out all your pepper vids, and I'm recently thinking about some simple hydro methods, so it looks perfect for that.
I made several of these for my tomato plants this year. The system is working pretty good however, I am not quite sure how to fertilize. From what I have read it tells me not to leave the fertilizer in the water reservoir. Can anyone help me with what they do for fertilizing their plants.