Simple Bottle drip irrigation system. Anyone can make. You need only…
It’s common knowledge that plants prefer drip irrigation. This works best for them because it enables them to take in and absorb water gradually. Cucumbers and other shallow-rooted plants need frequent irrigation in order to flourish. Drip irrigation systems are a flexible choice for gardeners because they can be used for a variety of other vegetables and flowers.
Using simple materials, one can easily create a drip irrigation system. You must first obtain a one-liter plastic bottle. Start by chopping off the bottle’s bottom. This will make it simple for you to fill it with water. Next, drill a few tiny holes along the bottle’s cut edge. The purpose of these holes is to attach the bottle to a bamboo stick, so they are crucial.
Create a tiny hole in the cap now. The water will trickle out of this hole gradually. Insert the half of an ear cleaning stick into the cap’s opening to manage the drip. By doing this, the hole will be nearly sealed off and very little water will be able to pass through.
When the cap is ready, fasten the bottle to a bamboo stick with a twist tie. When you place the bottle in the ground, the bamboo stick will help keep it stable and upright. To ensure that the bottle does not move or topple over, make sure it is tied securely.
Now that your drip irrigation system is prepared, install it in your garden. After deciding which plant to water, drive the bamboo stick into the ground close to it. The bottle’s cap ought to be slightly elevated from the ground. This arrangement enables water to seep straight into the ground close to the roots of the plant. You can build as many of these systems for your garden as you require.
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Thank you for sharing this.
Growing up we would collect our milk jugs with screw caps, make several small holes in the bottom of the jugs using a brad, and fill them with water, and cap. Place near our tomato plants daily. When the day heated up the warm water would be pushed out of the jugs watering the plants.
but it is not easy where we have 1000 plants
Ive done this. I didnt cut the bottom off. No water seems to be dripping off? Does cutting the bottom off help with that?
What about mosquitoes?
Not working… The ear bud stops dripping after one day
Best idea 😊
When you were a nurse, but now mostly garden.
Thanku
Love this idea… thanks 😊👍
Fair enough, but some plastics do contain hormonal disruptors like BPA, we might need a proper scientific study on how this won't affect human health.
Nice hack! 🙌🏾
Or just put a hole or two in bottom snd one in cap. Then mount the same way. Take cap off & use funnel to refill. Less evaporation and no mosquitoes.
Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up. AWESOME.
I don't have an ear cleaning stick. Will a butt cleaning stick work?
Good
Cool 👍
way more complicated than needs be. Just poke a tiny hole (with a large needle) into a one gallon milk jug and place it at the base of the plant. if you get the hole right it will water all day long. fill ity every other day.
No steaks, no tape, no string and no top-heavy, bamboo water towers to fall over.
The KISS method, right?
Thank you .
Nice
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This is done in Africa 😊
Are these cotton buds hollow stemmed, if not, doesn’t glueing them stop water reaching the bud.
Two comments.
I thought your presentation was very succinct, well stated, and to the point. I wanted to learn the principles behind the technique after watching a less clear video. You explained it easy and fast.
Thank you.
I have a question (2nd comment).
Did you learn that technique while growing up?
If the knowledge was yours, inherited from generations, you should represent.
If you, learned it somewhere else, from YouTube, elsewhere, that doesn't matter.
You did a good video. I learned what I wanted to in seconds flat.
You should credit your sources.
Lucky garden, very fine drip system!
That's not water, that's beer