nice setup. we have a similar system to collect rain and canal water. we use a 12V pentair shur-flo on-demand pump connected to a 400W / 200Ah solar generator. overkill but the solar system drives other things and can be used as a post-hurricane backup (assuming the panels don’t get smashed). the pump feeds a b-hyve smart timer drip irrigation system.
Nice clean and well thought out! Exactly what I plan to do to water my growbeds. I'm going to make one or two barrels isolated with diluted fertlizer that automatically opens on a separate timer once a week to fertilize the garden as well.
Love your setup. Although I plan to put a first flushing diverting system, I love your setup and will do something similar. I was wondering how is the pressure coming out of the spigot? Is their decent pressure? Could there be more if each individual barrel is elevated differently? Trying to get an idea. Thanks
I get pretty good pressure although I do plan on adding a booster pump. You could elevate some higher but any below that would have to be water tight as water will seek to stay at the same level in all barrels. You'd have to have a tall vent to allow water to escape the barrel but keep the water in.
Early in the video you quoted salt as a problem in your video on your plants. Since salt is made of NaCl, this means Na is similar to K in many instances. There are forms of salt with K in it also. So ... does this mean someone could use salt in their water naturally as a fertilizer either supplmenting or acting in place of K? Or helping the potassium?
Nice set-up! We are planing to capture the rainwater at our new place, but there's a hitch: The house is downhill from the garden -- probably 10-15 feet difference, if I had to guess. You mentioned a pump -- I was wondering if we had a barrel system at the house, and a solar-powered pump at the garden, if it might help bring the water up there (instead of me carrying 5-gallon buckets). Any thoughts? Thanks!
My use case is a little different, I need higher pressure for the EarthBox automatic watering system. I bought this pump: amzn.to/4bipccP It's designed to keep a constant higher pressure. I'll probably run it on a cycle (2 x per day for an hour). For your application there's many ways to go about it, maybe a float valve at the lower barrel to trigger a pump to push the water up to the garden reservoir? Solar & battery is a good way to go.
It's a pretty good flow but I'm not sure what the psi is, very low. I'm adding a booster pump to get it up to around 50 psi for automatic watering for my earthboxes.
I forgot how I found your channel originally but great information. Just watched your food forest video and you listed off so many plants I’m interested in haha. Cassava being a big one. Do you get frost in your area of FL? I’m in Naples, so I rarely do, but I’m wondering how the cassava handles it.
We get occasional frost but I think the heavy tree canopy here helps hold heat in. I'm hoping to get an updated property tour posted soon, there's been a lot of new additions!
make sure to check your local areas to see if there is a required permit or it may be fineable. not illegal. but some states/counties require a well permit inorder to collect rainwater. something you NEED to look into if you live in high drought areas. collecting rainwater does have an impact on the ground water. every single thing in life there is cause and effect.
No permit required here, they actually encourage it. I live in an unincorporated area but the city nearby will rebate you the cost of setting one up :) www.melbourneflorida.org/departments/public-works-utilities/environmental-community-outreach/rain-barrel-rebate
God made the rain and if you are so foolish to feel you need to check with someone to see if its okay to collect rain water, you are part of the problem. God made the rain and NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T COLLECT IT AND IF YOU WOULD LET SOMEONE MAKE YOU PAY TO COLLECT IT OR FINE YOU FOR NOT ASKING SOMEONES PERMISSION YOU NRED A REALITY CHECK
Uniseals, I've used them for years on aquaponic systems and never had a leak. Drill hole, pop uniseal in, press pipe through. There's a link to them in the video description.
I have the caps at the top loose and just let them overflow in place, it doesn't hurt anything in my setup. I plan on 3D printing some vent caps to keep mosquitoes and frogs out.
nice setup. we have a similar system to collect rain and canal water. we use a 12V pentair shur-flo on-demand pump connected to a 400W / 200Ah solar generator. overkill but the solar system drives other things and can be used as a post-hurricane backup (assuming the panels don’t get smashed). the pump feeds a b-hyve smart timer drip irrigation system.
This is freaking amazing! Simple and very intelligent.
Nice clean and well thought out! Exactly what I plan to do to water my growbeds. I'm going to make one or two barrels isolated with diluted fertlizer that automatically opens on a separate timer once a week to fertilize the garden as well.
That's a great idea. I might just add a barrel for that :)
Love it. I plan on building one for my garden
Very nice setup..appreciate ur hard work and showing us the vid..impressive...well thought out...ty
I appreciate that!
@@GardeningSolutions I got the barrels but the tops are sealed. How did you get them off to make connections. Nice job. Looks great
Great job bro looks really professional.
Thank you so much 👍
Hello, in cold regions, does it freeze and crack?
Love your setup. Although I plan to put a first flushing diverting system, I love your setup and will do something similar. I was wondering how is the pressure coming out of the spigot? Is their decent pressure? Could there be more if each individual barrel is elevated differently? Trying to get an idea. Thanks
I get pretty good pressure although I do plan on adding a booster pump. You could elevate some higher but any below that would have to be water tight as water will seek to stay at the same level in all barrels. You'd have to have a tall vent to allow water to escape the barrel but keep the water in.
Early in the video you quoted salt as a problem in your video on your plants. Since salt is made of NaCl, this means Na is similar to K in many instances. There are forms of salt with K in it also.
So ... does this mean someone could use salt in their water naturally as a fertilizer either supplmenting or acting in place of K? Or helping the potassium?
Looks good!
Nice set-up! We are planing to capture the rainwater at our new place, but there's a hitch: The house is downhill from the garden -- probably 10-15 feet difference, if I had to guess. You mentioned a pump -- I was wondering if we had a barrel system at the house, and a solar-powered pump at the garden, if it might help bring the water up there (instead of me carrying 5-gallon buckets). Any thoughts? Thanks!
My use case is a little different, I need higher pressure for the EarthBox automatic watering system. I bought this pump: amzn.to/4bipccP It's designed to keep a constant higher pressure. I'll probably run it on a cycle (2 x per day for an hour). For your application there's many ways to go about it, maybe a float valve at the lower barrel to trigger a pump to push the water up to the garden reservoir? Solar & battery is a good way to go.
WOW, great system. Well thought out. So without a pump, what kind of Water Pressure (psi) do you get based on the 4' stand?
It's a pretty good flow but I'm not sure what the psi is, very low. I'm adding a booster pump to get it up to around 50 psi for automatic watering for my earthboxes.
I forgot how I found your channel originally but great information. Just watched your food forest video and you listed off so many plants I’m interested in haha. Cassava being a big one. Do you get frost in your area of FL? I’m in Naples, so I rarely do, but I’m wondering how the cassava handles it.
We get occasional frost but I think the heavy tree canopy here helps hold heat in. I'm hoping to get an updated property tour posted soon, there's been a lot of new additions!
make sure to check your local areas to see if there is a required permit or it may be fineable. not illegal. but some states/counties require a well permit inorder to collect rainwater. something you NEED to look into if you live in high drought areas. collecting rainwater does have an impact on the ground water. every single thing in life there is cause and effect.
No permit required here, they actually encourage it. I live in an unincorporated area but the city nearby will rebate you the cost of setting one up :)
www.melbourneflorida.org/departments/public-works-utilities/environmental-community-outreach/rain-barrel-rebate
God made the rain and if you are so foolish to feel you need to check with someone to see if its okay to collect rain water, you are part of the problem.
God made the rain and NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T COLLECT IT AND IF YOU WOULD LET SOMEONE MAKE YOU PAY TO COLLECT IT OR FINE YOU FOR NOT ASKING SOMEONES PERMISSION YOU NRED A REALITY CHECK
how do you install the pipes into the barrels
Uniseals, I've used them for years on aquaponic systems and never had a leak. Drill hole, pop uniseal in, press pipe through. There's a link to them in the video description.
@GardeningSolutions awesome. Thankyou
Nice
So what do you do in the winter? Just drain it out? Or do you disassemble?
Nothing, I'm in Florida. No threat of freezing.
@@GardeningSolutions LOL! Well that helps me none, Im a bit further north.
Why plastic barrels and not metal?
I live in a very corrosive environment plus the plastic is more available and easier to work with. They had contained food grade products.
What do you do for venting/overflow?
I have the caps at the top loose and just let them overflow in place, it doesn't hurt anything in my setup. I plan on 3D printing some vent caps to keep mosquitoes and frogs out.