Drip irrigation

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[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

How much water is it getting to the plants? Care to elaborate a little?

That seems like an easy setup

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's a simple siphon setup, and there's a drip attachment at the ends of the tubing that's adjustable. I'm not entirely sure how much this system is running, it's being dialed in.

The idea though is, instead of watering once or twice a day in this weather, the plants can be drip irrigated with less waste and work. The goal is to only have to refill the bucket every 3 or 4 days.

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It's a simple siphon setup

Just bob the knob a bit! I love it if it works, dead simple.

[–]jamesK_3rd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Would be really useful if you could catch rainwater.

How far past 4 days can you realistically go. This seems like a great vacation setup. I was gonna buy one of those sprinkler auto watering attachments for my 2 week vacay, but honestly if I could setup this, this seems easier.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love the idea of rainwater. Around here care does have to be taken about standing water breeding mosquitoes. So a big open bin wouldn't work without treating the water.

How far past 4 days can you realistically go.

This is brand new, I have no idea. We're finding out.

I was gonna buy one of those sprinkler auto watering attachments for my 2 week vacay

A concern here is that the lawn people might accidentally cut any lines left out above ground, but if you don't have that issue, I'm pretty sure you can hook drip irrigation to an outside faucet and you wouldn't have to worry about running out of water.