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Thank you for the review

Most plants will grow certain types of roots down into that water. And it's good for them. They like it. Also you could put rocks in the bottom.

The best video I have seen so far

l like how you demonstrate it. l understand. l will try it

This is so rich, My question is how long can you go without refilling your bucket?

Thank you for the diagram. Absolutely excellent instructions.

Wow! This is the best video I’ve seen on self watering planters! Your 3-D presentation was great. You’ve answered all my questions about self watering planters. Keep up the good work!

Pls advise.. how effective is a wicking method when using geofabric grow bags filled with perlite cocopeat compost mix?

What an excellent design and video, making it easy! Thank You

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!! ❤

Your video on the topic is the best. You’re also the only one that introduces the air layer above the water line to separate roots/soil from the bottom water reservoir. As a MS Office power user over the decades, I appreciate your diagram so much! Tell, then show, is always the teaching method that works the best. Thank you!

Well done!

Phenomenal video! I was feeling so optimistic about my ability to make these until you started talking about all the equipment required to cut everything 😭

Thank you!! ❤

Great vid dude. Gonna do some like that. I have a few with nested 5 gallon buckets and they work GREAT! On your fill pipe,try a couple 45s and a reducer at the top to act as a "funnel". Then cap it. The offset and reducer make them much easier to fill once they start bushing out.

Wonderful idea and good instruction

Great video!👌👏😃♥️

Can I use lowes 5 gallon buckets or does it have to be food grade buckets

Thank you for such a great explanation and demonstration! I bought one and it didn't last a year. I feel this is a much better and affordable way to have my garden as I either over or under water!

Best of class🎉 you explained this beautifully.

Very nice video and well explained thank you for the effort. New subscriber here from South Africa

Best video of all that I've watched. And i watched allot. Even the weed growing videos. Those guys go into detail but nothing like this. Now i gotta find out what item i have will wick the best cause i absolutely have to try your design

Great video, thanks much for sharing. Question: Can this method be used for houseplants as well? Despite following directions, is there still a possibility of a plant getting too much water?

Brilliant video. I have researched self watering pot videos a lot and this one is the best, hands down! Thank you!

Rosemary is a great plant in general for something that is not high maintenance.

Best explanation!! Ty!

The video was great! Thanks!

Cool, but you filled it till water cam out of the tube. So what happened to the air barrier?

What did you use for a platform in your tall planters?

You made this project look so easy, great demonstration ❤

I’m seeing this long after you created. Wow! I second what others have said. Your presentation is top notch. I’d never heard if wicking containers or self watering until just this spring. I’ve read and watched a lot. Your video is the only one I’ve completely understood. Thank you so very much!

I loved everything about this video! Thank you!

Your video is the best on RUclips at explaining this project. Love your philosophy too❤️

Amazing video! You couldn’t have done it better ✅ You made it so easy to understand. Well done! Thank you and God Bless you! ❤

Thanks for that one, I really appreciate the Sketchup overview and the step by step explanation! Now my plants survive during vacation time :)

Wonderful description and the diagrams are top notch. Thank you!

So any advice for planting Bermuda Grass? I ran across your post while looking for help with grass. I striped out old, have seeded 3 times! And no germination! Not to be rude but the old guys with how to videos assume too much! I need details, steps! I need help! 🤦🏼‍♀️

New subscriber here.. nice tutorial, thank you!

Have you used this longer term? I did a similar wicking planter for indoors-out of a liter bottle and the cotton "wicks" rot and break off at the water line. I did not try using something else like nylon... (?).

Great tutorial.😊

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you son. Thank you for sharing with us. this wonderful thing. Oh my goodness I have all of those materials at home. I’m gonna make me five of them. God bless you child.🙏🏼

I have seen another video and they used foam core insulation instead of plastic. I wonder how that would hold up under the wait of the soil?

This video is the BEST how 2 for self-wicking I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen a bunch! Thank you. New subbie. 😊

BEST instruction for making a Self-watering planter that I've seen! Very happy because I have to share with my husband and he's not familiar with them. Thank you!!!

Thanks.

Comments for this “gold standard”video made me chuckle. Who really needs CAD presentation to understand a bucket with lid, a piece of PVC and a t-shirt? Also, if I see someone use a drill to make a hole and a saw to cut things I can pretty well figure out that I will need a drill and a saw without the exhaustive list of every tool I will need before then showing use of the tools. For those clicking on “how to make a self watering planter” because they just want to know how to make it, skip the first 10 minutes. Oh, and you may use regular plants, not necessarily “organic,” because you will never detect any difference. I am baffled at people thinking a great video is one taking about 14 minutes to show what should’ve been demonstrated in four minutes or less. To be fair, the relatively few minutes actually showing the build are fine.

This is so informational. I finally understand how self watering pots work. Thank you so much for doing this video it was awesome how to break everything down!!!!

It’s the best presentation how to construct that idea. Thank you!

You have been gifted with teaching.Excellent presentation !Thank you

Like the idea of the filling tube. Used to fill my big driveway planters 1/3 with packing peanuts, then a layer of of landscape fabric. I would use heavy cotton rope as a wick, 3 or 4 poked through the fabric into the water/peanut packing well. Add soil and plants. Would just top water, extra water fell into the bottom and would wick back up into the soil. Going to try a couple taller decorative ones with a fill tube and drain hole for our seasonal campsite.