General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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May 28, 2006 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 174
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Attempt at a self watering container
You guys are Soooooo Contagious!!! I had today off so made my first attempt at a self watering container.
I was up early, first store went to was closed so went to mine and got the silicone and PVC pipe. Then I went to this Bargain place and they said they were out of totes. Wandered around and found This perfect sized planter for 6 bucks. So this is what I ended up with. I think it's pretty good, and I did it all by myself. Took me a bit to figure out how to get the hole saw on the drill, have to use the hole mandrel (my Husband says that's a typo it's supposed to say Man Drill ha ha! Anyway by the time he got home I was done ) Oh that is a 20 Gallon tote (the Blue one) |
May 28, 2006 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Middle Georgia
Posts: 241
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Awesome JBinkC!!
Welcome to the fun! Your Self Watering container looks great. Have you measured how much water it takes to fill the resevior? I always like to know that as it lets me know how often I will need to refill the water. When I build one I aim to get 4 / 5 gallons of water in the resevior after the soil is completely saturated.
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May 29, 2006 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 174
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With the wick in place and full before I put it all together, it held 6 gallons of water. I put the overdrain hole a tad lower than the top of my wick so prolly 5 to 5.5
I'm realizing now I should of siliconed the PVC pipe into place too...sigh Afterthoughts are better than no thoughts ) |
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