Skipped over 20 videos within one minute of watching because I knew right away it was not going to work...Yours definitely kept me watching till the end! Will try your method to see what works for me...
WOW, you are BRILLIANT! What a problem solver. I'm planting purple potatoes in 5 gallon grow bags on my porch. I wanted consistent water but not a wet porch. Thanks.
Take a glass wine bottle with a cap or cork on it. Shove it into the ground then remove it. Remove the cap, fill the bottle, invert the bottle without the cap, and quickly place it into the hole you just made. Watering will be automatic. The thirstier the plant the drier the soil gets. As soil dries, it shrinks and lets air into the bottle, and water out. When the water is released, the soil swells pretty quickly and stops the flow. Since no cap, the plant can get all the water it wants. With a cap and holes in the cap, the watering is very limited. I have done this for a few years now with great success. I prefer to use magnum wine bottles since they can hold more water.
The reason the water would not drip out in the original design is that, for water to drip out, it must be replaced by air. With a large volume of water in the bottle, the pressure exerted by the water is too great to allow air into the bottle. The solution is to make a hole above the water to allow air to replace the water that is dripping out. When you cut the bottom off the bottle, you solved that problem. To prevent the water from running out too fast in this design, however, the hole through which the water escapes must be very small.
@@alahatzaifat1872 My comment is about the original design in which she has only one hole in the bottle cap and no way for air to come into the bottle. You're referring to a later design.
Well I have found this video most helpful & I would like to thank you that you have taken the time to experiment to get the right outcome. I too looked into other methods of irrigation. I found on Temu you can purchase a holder for your bottle that lets the water drip out at a required speed. I bought a lot as they were so cheap. Then I got deflated as it seemed that I had to squeeze the bottle every time to get it to drip again. So I decided to do your clever tip for more air to get into the water/bottle. It works now & is an easier way to fill the bottle up as well.Thx a million from England !
Omg THANK YOU! I’ve been trying to figure out if I needed a hole or not. I did this (except took the lid off, flipped it upside down quickly and pushed it about 2 inches into the soil) on some of my containers and I remembered hearing that the water wouldn’t come out unless the soil was dry, like how an oya works kinda I guess? I don’t know, but with the lid off and doing this with a 2 liter about half full when I started, it’s still about the same since yesterday so I don’t know how hers went empty so fast with just holes poked and mine has the lid off completely. Now I’m confused lol. I’ll poke a small hole in the top of the bottle and see what it does I guess lmao.
I so appreciate you sharing your H2O drip plant hack. I'm always looking for ways to recycle things to save money whenever possible. My plants are small inside house plants, so I'm going to try my 10 oz water bottles this way. Another great reason is no over watering, and I can use my liquid (Superthrive) plant feed when needed. I can mix my Superthrive in a gallon jug before filling the bottles, plus the jugs and lids are WAY easier to clean and sanitize than a tiny hose/tube. THANK YOU ❤ ♻️
LOL!!!😊 YESSS!!! GARDENING IS A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR!!!😂 BUT THE PAY OFF OF THE PLANTS/VEGETABLES TURNING OUT AWESOME IS THE BEST PART FOR ME!!!😃 THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD IDEAS!!!🙋👍🔥🙏👑➕📖🔥
Hey Tikki, just want to say your videos on sprouting helped me so much! After covering my sprouter I get a better yield and they grow faster!! Appreciate your videos so much.
Great video; quite informative!! The Bluemat recommendation is also well appreciated as I will be traveling for two weeks and leaving my patio herb garden behind. Again, appreciate this!!
Thank you, this is great! simple (and cheap) to make, recycles my used bottles, simple to install, simple to refill, no external energy source, won't clog.... so many benefits of this design!
Years ago I bought a set of "waterers" that attached to bottles...you could cut them to achieve the water flow you wanted. But soil did tend to clog. Genius idea to use a second bottle as a sleeve..may have to round up those old things and give them another try.
Hi Sec Girl, I saw those attachment things on Amazon and was wondering if they work. Good to know the soil clogged those as well....thanks for the feedback! I found that elevating the bottle helps, or if you have a stake nearby you could tie the bottle just above the soil level and let it hang, that would also work to keep it from clogging. Good luck!
Nice idea with the extra bottle to set it in. I did this last year and even if the holes weren't clogged with soil at first, they eventually clogged with algae. Then the bottles collapsed as the water drained and wouldn't hold their shape any more. I have some plastic watering cones that you fill with sand and place the bottle into. It helps slow the flow and avoids the clogging issue. Always love new ideas to tinker with though. :)
Interesting idea filling cones with sand and then the bottle above it, it doesn't clog? I guess its more about the journey than the destination when we tinker! Thanks for the comment Susanne!
@@TikkiOOO no they don't clog because you don't put the cap on the bottle. Just the sand slows the flow. They are made for outdoor gardens or pots. They're working pretty well.
It really is trail & error , the hot needled is a good idea, my water comes out too fast, so going to try your tips, thanks again from Yorkshire England,
You are wonderful dear Lady,you could have joint any Agri University, imence benfit for your Country, look we have many institutions hardly hear so valuable info never come, worldly we are benifited lot, God bless you, thanks Guna Sri lanken.
Thank you I find your system the most efficient so far I’ve been trying to set up a system far to long now unsuccessfully I tried your system yesterday although I wasn’t so successful however watching you again I feel next time it may work I will use a smaller needle I also like how you use a cut out part of another bottle to hold the first bottle away from the soil thanks again.
Great idea, Tikki, I will try that. You can also wear oven mitts when holding the pliers over heat just in case it gets too hot. Thanks for the demonstration; think I will try that water bottle system on my squash in a half barrel.
Thanks Sheri! if you elevate the barrel and run some tubing out of it, you can drip on several plants from the one barrel. Put a drip regulator at the end of the tubing....experiment, and good luck!
Good work. I did a similar thing. I screwed the bottle to a stake. I also put a cue tip..ear bud..in the hole in the cap. I use liquid fertiliser in mine. The hole block but I can jiggle the ear bud to get it going again. The ear buds are hollow. So I guess some water will go through the ear bud. Filtered either end by the cotton. My next one I will try a screw in emmiter. Then I can set it to drip by x amount per hr.
Also using this drip drip system, you may have prevented the erosion of soil with the power of water. That is my humble opinion, I may not be absolutely correct 😊 If I ever start such vegetables growing thing, I hope I will do like you did. Thanks for the video...
You can adjust the flow rate by balancing the drip rate with the air entry rate at the top. Use a needle hole(s) in the base of the upper bottle, instead of completely open. Experiment with a timer to get the desired flow rate. This is similar to a Sparkletts type bottled water dispenser. Unfortunately, this does not allow easy refilling of each bottle with a hose, but having a second set of bottles and refilling them at one and replacing them actually goes faster, than standing and refilling. You can also use 3" or 4" PVC or ABS pipe as a more sturdy base to hold the bottles. Finally, you can buy drip system buttons that deliver a given GPH drip fro .5 GPH to 2 GPH and just insert into the lower part of the bottle, which allows for both benefits. With the latter, you can use one large bottle or bucket and string out multiple 1/4 inch hose to individual plants, filling up only one source as a distribution manifold, and you know exactly how much each plant is getting, with less filling.
Do you know how many videos of drip systems there are on youtube? I didnt either. Prob. 100's. Well maybe not that many. Yours is the best!!! I've watched many. of them and just didn't quite agree with their methods. Thank you for clearly explaining yours.
nice video, been trying different things myself, as I am going away for a bit and want to take care of my plants. I do wonder if when you cut the bottom out of the bottle it leaked quicker? Like shot gunning a beer! I tried a second small hole on the bottom and it leaked out too quickly. I m now trying something that looks more like a hummingbird feeder. but iI do like your bottle in bottle method. Going to give it a try first. or as well. Thanks for sharing.
even better than using sticks! my cats won't leave the dripping water alone .. lol another video just used to 'open the lid only slightly' to control the rate of the drip. got to try both ways.
I have cats so I buy 20 lbs plastic containers. Poke a small hole in each corner an inch up. Plant your plant right next to each hole. Remove the cap, fill the container, put the cap back on and enjoy your day (or two)
Very stressful for the plants to have that watering pattern! It leads to cracked tomatoes for sure! Drilling a hole where? I tried wick, didn't work, will have to experiment with that some more. Thanks Tess!
I use old wine bottles with short piece or metal wire stabbed into the dirt..place bottle over exposed wire. Helps create a wick out for the water. No clogging
Im going to try the right side up bottle with 4-5 tiny holes poked around the base of the bottle. To keep the holes from crogging. I will slip the whole bottle into a nylon stocking and secure the stocking at the neck of the bottle. I'll plant the bottle base at the same depth as the bulbs or a bit deeper so the bulb roots will dive deeper to reach the drips. I will keep the cap tight on the bottle and unscrew the cap to add more water.
Thank you!! I’ve been playing around with this myself trying to figure something out and this is perfect! Going to try tomorrow! Love your Chanel you do a great job!
A questions, and I think you’re the perfect person for an answer!! I have an AeroGarden Harvest in my home and it comes with their own plant food bottle. Whenever I fill in the reservoir with water, say every 2 weeks, I use 2 caps of plant food and it works! Now I also have Foxfarms plant food and an another DYI reservoir which I created. Now the question- When check the PH of AeroGarden water(after putting in plant food) it is about 4.89-5 but the normal tap water PH is around 8! Same water and Foxfarm plant food combine PH is around 6.8-7 I wonder why? Does it mean Aerogarden plant food reduces the water PH ? I am using lemon now to reduce the PH level of tap water but just wanted to check with since you use Foxfarm like always and I have seen your plants and food growth. That only inspired me for Hydroponics! Also one more observation- Your lettuce video which is for regrowing the store bought lettuce in water and plant food solution- In my case, lettuce only grew like 1-2 inches with nice leaves but it just stops right at 1-2 inches. I waited for 10-15 days and it did not grow and eventually died. I have tried this like 5-6 times now. Any thought?? Does the tab water PH affecting here as well? As always thanks much!!!
Hi Amit, thanks for the beautiful feedback, I really appreciate it! A Ph of 8 is really high, in my opinion. I use my filtered RO water and it is between 6 and 6.5, so the Fox farm works perfect for me. This really might be the root of your problem. It might also be the reason your lettuce didn't regrow. Do you use filtered water, or straight from the tap? Another problem could be chlorine, my filter takes that out as well as other impurities. I wish I had a better answer for you, good luck!
Tikki O. Thank you! And yes PH of 8 looks high. I directly use tap water. But I will soon try another experiment where I will bring PH down to 5.5-6 with few lemon drops.
@@TikkiOOO I used one gal Arizona Tea bottles with one tiny hole sticking entire tip in ground. Worked great first hour till no air getting in collapsed bottle stopping flow. Guess I’ve to put little whole in bottom too for air to prevent vacuum.
Great idea! Your use of the second bottle to solve the clogging problem was brilliant.
Ok, that double-bottle setup is genius!
Thanks for the info.
Great tip especially the part to prevent the soil from getting trapped in the bottle opening.
Thanks Rocky USA!
Skipped over 20 videos within one minute of watching because I knew right away it was not going to work...Yours definitely kept me watching till the end! Will try your method to see what works for me...
You have made the best explanation of this system from all the others I’ve seen. Thank you!!
I’ve been going through trial and error for a week now with this. These tips are exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
You must be a teacher, the presentation was amazing.
Thank you for the idea on how to stop the soil from stopping the drip hole. I will use this in my science class. 😁
This is a *_GREAT_* idea!
I've been saving my 2 liter bottles and now I know why.
WOW, you are BRILLIANT! What a problem solver. I'm planting purple potatoes in 5 gallon grow bags on my porch. I wanted consistent water but not a wet porch. Thanks.
I'm so glad I found your video today! Thank you! I'm definitely going to try this.🙂
Take a glass wine bottle with a cap or cork on it.
Shove it into the ground then remove it.
Remove the cap, fill the bottle, invert the bottle without the cap, and quickly place it into the hole you just made.
Watering will be automatic.
The thirstier the plant the drier the soil gets. As soil dries, it shrinks and lets air into the bottle, and water out. When the water is released, the soil swells pretty quickly and stops the flow.
Since no cap, the plant can get all the water it wants.
With a cap and holes in the cap, the watering is very limited.
I have done this for a few years now with great success.
I prefer to use magnum wine bottles since they can hold more water.
By far this is the best DIY vid of the sort I have seen! Thanks!!
The reason the water would not drip out in the original design is that, for water to drip out, it must be replaced by air. With a large volume of water in the bottle, the pressure exerted by the water is too great to allow air into the bottle. The solution is to make a hole above the water to allow air to replace the water that is dripping out. When you cut the bottom off the bottle, you solved that problem. To prevent the water from running out too fast in this design, however, the hole through which the water escapes must be very small.
I guess you didn't see where she cuts the bottom of the bottle off almost completely, so that she can refill them when empty??? hahahaha
@@alahatzaifat1872 My comment is about the original design in which she has only one hole in the bottle cap and no way for air to come into the bottle. You're referring to a later design.
Well I have found this video most helpful & I would like to thank you that you have taken the time to experiment to get the right outcome. I too looked into other methods of irrigation. I found on Temu you can purchase a holder for your bottle that lets the water drip out at a required speed. I bought a lot as they were so cheap. Then I got deflated as it seemed that I had to squeeze the bottle every time to get it to drip again. So I decided to do your clever tip for more air to get into the water/bottle. It works now & is an easier way to fill the bottle up as well.Thx a million from England !
You fail at reading the first comment for context. They are exactly right. HAHAHA @@alahatzaifat1872
Omg THANK YOU! I’ve been trying to figure out if I needed a hole or not. I did this (except took the lid off, flipped it upside down quickly and pushed it about 2 inches into the soil) on some of my containers and I remembered hearing that the water wouldn’t come out unless the soil was dry, like how an oya works kinda I guess? I don’t know, but with the lid off and doing this with a 2 liter about half full when I started, it’s still about the same since yesterday so I don’t know how hers went empty so fast with just holes poked and mine has the lid off completely. Now I’m confused lol. I’ll poke a small hole in the top of the bottle and see what it does I guess lmao.
Great video, I love how you showed your thoughts and progress up until the optimal solution. Thank you very much!
That’s a good system for those of us who have balconies and garden. It stops the flooding that can happen
It can still use some improvement I think, but its working so far, thanks Streamerbean!
I so appreciate you sharing your H2O drip plant hack. I'm always looking for ways to recycle things to save money whenever possible. My plants are small inside house plants, so I'm going to try my 10 oz water bottles this way. Another great reason is no over watering, and I can use my liquid (Superthrive) plant feed when needed. I can mix my Superthrive in a gallon jug before filling the bottles, plus the jugs and lids are WAY easier to clean and sanitize than a tiny hose/tube.
THANK YOU ❤ ♻️
LOL!!!😊 YESSS!!! GARDENING IS A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR!!!😂 BUT THE PAY OFF OF THE PLANTS/VEGETABLES TURNING OUT AWESOME IS THE BEST PART FOR ME!!!😃 THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD IDEAS!!!🙋👍🔥🙏👑➕📖🔥
Brilliant ideas. Probably the best and simplest method ever watched.
Glad you liked it, and thanks for the comment harry papas!
This one of the best and easiest drip systems yet! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Tikki, just want to say your videos on sprouting helped me so much! After covering my sprouter I get a better yield and they grow faster!! Appreciate your videos so much.
I'm glad you are having success, thanks for the comment!
Very simple and effective solution and good for the environment too! Thank you for sharing
Great video; quite informative!! The Bluemat recommendation is also well appreciated as I will be traveling for two weeks and leaving my patio herb garden behind. Again, appreciate this!!
great idea. I love the flap for easy refill, genius
Thank you! I have had so much trouble with these self-watering devices getting plugged. I am going to try your ideas!
Thank you, this is great! simple (and cheap) to make, recycles my used bottles, simple to install, simple to refill, no external energy source, won't clog.... so many benefits of this design!
Years ago I bought a set of "waterers" that attached to bottles...you could cut them to achieve the water flow you wanted. But soil did tend to clog. Genius idea to use a second bottle as a sleeve..may have to round up those old things and give them another try.
Hi Sec Girl, I saw those attachment things on Amazon and was wondering if they work. Good to know the soil clogged those as well....thanks for the feedback! I found that elevating the bottle helps, or if you have a stake nearby you could tie the bottle just above the soil level and let it hang, that would also work to keep it from clogging. Good luck!
Nice idea with the extra bottle to set it in. I did this last year and even if the holes weren't clogged with soil at first, they eventually clogged with algae. Then the bottles collapsed as the water drained and wouldn't hold their shape any more. I have some plastic watering cones that you fill with sand and place the bottle into. It helps slow the flow and avoids the clogging issue. Always love new ideas to tinker with though. :)
Interesting idea filling cones with sand and then the bottle above it, it doesn't clog? I guess its more about the journey than the destination when we tinker! Thanks for the comment Susanne!
@@TikkiOOO no they don't clog because you don't put the cap on the bottle. Just the sand slows the flow. They are made for outdoor gardens or pots. They're working pretty well.
Plastic watering cones with sand? How do you make them?
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago
Great instructions. Very clear. Waiting for spring!
It really is trail & error , the hot needled is a good idea, my water comes out too fast, so going to try your tips, thanks again from Yorkshire England,
Best process I've seen so far. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your ideas it's look good i will try it as a beginner Farmer In Liberia
Omg well done. Absolutely brilliant trial and error and you cracked it
Lol I had the same issue with the bottle hole getting blocked. Defo gonna try using another bottle as a cap thank u for the tip 👍👍👍
Great idea using the second bottle.
Thank you for the valuable and useful information.🎉
Best engineering is the simple type and this is a simple solution. Wish I had thought of it.
KISS, a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960, stands for “keep it simple and straightforward.” (credit Google) Thanks James!
You are wonderful dear Lady,you could have joint any Agri University, imence benfit for your Country, look we have many institutions hardly hear so valuable info never come, worldly we are benifited lot, God bless you, thanks Guna Sri lanken.
Thank you I find your system the most efficient so far I’ve been trying to set up a system far to long now unsuccessfully I tried your system yesterday although I wasn’t so successful however watching you again I feel next time it may work I will use a smaller needle I also like how you use a cut out part of another bottle to hold the first bottle away from the soil thanks again.
Excellent! You must be an engineer!
Great patience! Thank you for your trial and error!
This was so helpful! Thank you for sharing!
THANKS FOR YOUR TIPS
Thanks Karie!
Great idea, Tikki, I will try that. You can also wear oven mitts when holding the pliers over heat just in case it gets too hot. Thanks for the demonstration; think I will try that water bottle system on my squash in a half barrel.
Thanks Sheri! if you elevate the barrel and run some tubing out of it, you can drip on several plants from the one barrel. Put a drip regulator at the end of the tubing....experiment, and good luck!
@@TikkiOOO Hey, thanks Tikki.
You might also use a 1/16th inch drill bit to put the holes in the caps and avoid the heating up of the pin on a stove
In quarantine right now and I decided to make this for fun! Love your video :)
This is extremely clever! Thank you for sharing!
GENUIS. I will be using your idea this summer 🌸😊
Thank you. This is the best explanation of the drip system
Brilliant! I will be making some of these soon.
thank you. great video. best i have seen so far.
Thank you so much from Bosnia🤗.. Problem solved 100%
Good work. I did a similar thing. I screwed the bottle to a stake. I also put a cue tip..ear bud..in the hole in the cap.
I use liquid fertiliser in mine. The hole block but I can jiggle the ear bud to get it going again.
The ear buds are hollow. So I guess some water will go through the ear bud. Filtered either end by the cotton.
My next one I will try a screw in emmiter. Then I can set it to drip by x amount per hr.
Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing.
just what i was looking for thanks for the brilliant idea. More videos like this.
Yes. Thank you ❤️
Thanks for the inspired idea! Love it
Thank you so very much for the trail and error it was definitely not a waste
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. Placing the bottle in another bottle was excellent idea.
Also using this drip drip system, you may have prevented the erosion of soil with the power of water.
That is my humble opinion, I may not be absolutely correct 😊
If I ever start such vegetables growing thing, I hope I will do like you did. Thanks for the video...
Hii i realy like your beatiful video water plants.
You can adjust the flow rate by balancing the drip rate with the air entry rate at the top. Use a needle hole(s) in the base of the upper bottle, instead of completely open.
Experiment with a timer to get the desired flow rate.
This is similar to a Sparkletts type bottled water dispenser.
Unfortunately, this does not allow easy refilling of each bottle with a hose, but having a second set of bottles and refilling them at one and replacing them actually goes faster, than standing and refilling.
You can also use 3" or 4" PVC or ABS pipe as a more sturdy base to hold the bottles.
Finally, you can buy drip system buttons that deliver a given GPH drip fro .5 GPH to 2 GPH and just insert into the lower part of the bottle, which allows for both benefits.
With the latter, you can use one large bottle or bucket and string out multiple 1/4 inch hose to individual plants, filling up only one source as a distribution manifold, and you know exactly how much each plant is getting, with less filling.
Thanks Daniel, that was very helpful! I was looking into IV drip lines.....thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for taking your time perfecting this and sharing with all of us. Tikki to the rescue :)
Thank you it works so good it is takinng 10 hours to drain❤
I'm so glad it worked for you, thanks for the feedback!
Do you know how many videos of drip systems there are on youtube? I didnt either. Prob. 100's. Well maybe not that many. Yours is the best!!! I've watched many. of them and just didn't quite agree with their methods. Thank you for clearly explaining yours.
I will need this when the Aussie summer arrives. Pots dry out in a single day.
nice video, been trying different things myself, as I am going away for a bit and want to take care of my plants. I do wonder if when you cut the bottom out of the bottle it leaked quicker? Like shot gunning a beer! I tried a second small hole on the bottom and it leaked out too quickly. I m now trying something that looks more like a hummingbird feeder. but iI do like your bottle in bottle method. Going to give it a try first. or as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much, you should me that I had the right idea and how to do it.. very helpful
Great idea mam🙏🙏🎂
even better than using sticks! my cats won't leave the dripping water alone .. lol
another video just used to 'open the lid only slightly' to control the rate of the drip. got to try both ways.
Good teaching😉😉😉😉😉
Greta idea. What about the fact that probably the plants get water during the hottest part of the day. Is that a problem?
You're brilliant. Thank you.
YOU'RE A GEM!!!
Brilliant! Yes, it helps me a lot!
So glad! Thanks Lifetools-help!
This is very smart !
love this type of video.
Thank you. Will be trying this out.
Excellent
Best video yet ty. 👍🙋🏻♀️🇨🇦
Good video.
I took the first example, with the hole in the cap. I tried it but put a thin piece of cotton through the hole and it drips nicely.
wear did you put the cotton
I have cats so I buy 20 lbs plastic containers. Poke a small hole in each corner an inch up. Plant your plant right next to each hole. Remove the cap, fill the container, put the cap back on and enjoy your day (or two)
Great video! Have you tried drilling a hole? Or using a wick? In Texas either pour buckets or we have two week stretch of scorcher days.
Very stressful for the plants to have that watering pattern! It leads to cracked tomatoes for sure! Drilling a hole where? I tried wick, didn't work, will have to experiment with that some more. Thanks Tess!
@@TikkiOOO Using a drill to make the holes. Probably with a needle they could be made smaller...
Very helpful thanks.
Thanks! Good idea!
Superb thanks for sharing
Nice idea 👍
Wow. That is really smart
Do you find the water spreads evenly around large pots or creates a moist 'tunnel' down to the pot's base?
Great idea! I gotta try this! I have those orange thing you screw on your 2 liter bottles but the water drains out too fast. Thanks for sharing! :-D
I liked your method 10:27 am mountain standard time I am going to try it
Thanks 😊
FANTASTIC!!!
I use old wine bottles with short piece or metal wire stabbed into the dirt..place bottle over exposed wire. Helps create a wick out for the water. No clogging
Very helpful!
Im going to try the right side up bottle with 4-5 tiny holes poked around the base of the bottle. To keep the holes from crogging. I will slip the whole bottle into a nylon stocking and secure the stocking at the neck of the bottle. I'll plant the bottle base at the same depth as the bulbs or a bit deeper so the bulb roots will dive deeper to reach the drips. I will keep the cap tight on the bottle and unscrew the cap to add more water.
Thank you
Thank you!! I’ve been playing around with this myself trying to figure something out and this is perfect! Going to try tomorrow! Love your Chanel you do a great job!
Good luck Feliza, and thanks for the comment!
A questions, and I think you’re the perfect person for an answer!! I have an AeroGarden Harvest in my home and it comes with their own plant food bottle. Whenever I fill in the reservoir with water, say every 2 weeks, I use 2 caps of plant food and it works! Now I also have Foxfarms plant food and an another DYI reservoir which I created. Now the question- When check the PH of AeroGarden water(after putting in plant food) it is about 4.89-5 but the normal tap water PH is around 8! Same water and Foxfarm plant food combine PH is around 6.8-7 I wonder why? Does it mean Aerogarden plant food reduces the water PH ? I am using lemon now to reduce the PH level of tap water but just wanted to check with since you use Foxfarm like always and I have seen your plants and food growth. That only inspired me for Hydroponics! Also one more observation- Your lettuce video which is for regrowing the store bought lettuce in water and plant food solution- In my case, lettuce only grew like 1-2 inches with nice leaves but it just stops right at 1-2 inches. I waited for 10-15 days and it did not grow and eventually died. I have tried this like 5-6 times now. Any thought?? Does the tab water PH affecting here as well? As always thanks much!!!
Hi Amit, thanks for the beautiful feedback, I really appreciate it! A Ph of 8 is really high, in my opinion. I use my filtered RO water and it is between 6 and 6.5, so the Fox farm works perfect for me. This really might be the root of your problem. It might also be the reason your lettuce didn't regrow. Do you use filtered water, or straight from the tap? Another problem could be chlorine, my filter takes that out as well as other impurities. I wish I had a better answer for you, good luck!
Tikki O. Thank you! And yes PH of 8 looks high. I directly use tap water. But I will soon try another experiment where I will bring PH down to 5.5-6 with few lemon drops.
@@TikkiOOO I used one gal Arizona Tea bottles with one tiny hole sticking entire tip in ground. Worked great first hour till no air getting in collapsed bottle stopping flow. Guess I’ve to put little whole in bottom too for air to prevent vacuum.