How to make DIY Ollas: Self-Watering Systems for Plants
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2017
- Two simple ways to make your own ollas. These traditional self-watering vessels are low-tech, easy to DIY, and will help keep plants watered in the driest conditions. The way it works is that you bury the pots into the ground near plants that need regular watering. Top up the water in the vessel rather than the soil around the plant. Moisture seeps through the terracotta, and eventually, the plant's roots will grow right up to the pot. They'll suck moisture directly from it.
The first way to make an Olla takes only a few minutes, and the second more permanent DIY takes a day. You can also use a cork to fill the hole, as you can see in my olla update video for using these self-watering pots outside in the garden: • Ollas for Healthy Seed...
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What a great idea!!! Never would’ve thought of it… I live in Mexico, ollas are very cheap around here, and they come with holes sealed, even more handy!! I will definitely try it!!
With masonry, it's good to wet down the surface where new mortar is applied, so that moisture doesn't wick out of curing cement too quickly. That can reduce the finished seal and durability of the cement. So perhaps a good additional step...to wet down the Terra-Cotta pots before adding the cement. ....another great video!
Thank you for the additional tip!
Good point, though I don't think it matters on such a tiny surface and purpose.
wow found this by accident and it's exactly what I need for raised bed gardens and watering my veggies 🙂
I found you in an interesting way, and I’m happy I did! I do the NYT crossword puzzle (app) and a clue was “ollas” so I googled it. I thought it was a cooking pot. When I saw that it’s also something used for watering gardens, I had to check that out, being a gardener. Google had a lot listed, including your video. So I watched it. And I’m so glad I did! I had heard of ollas, not knowing what they were called (or how to pronounce it) and really never knew how they worked. I now realize that ollas let water seep out, and the plant roots grow toward the pot to use the water. It makes sense. I don’t use terra cotta pots for container gardening for this very reason. The unglazed pots let the water seep out of the soil, and the plants in them need to be watered more often. So I learned so much from your video and reading all 579 of the comments! (You have such nice, informative comments. I read them all, since I wasn’t sleeping anyway!) To conclude my “book,” I want to thank you for this great DIY method to help water your garden, which importantly saves water! I am a new subscriber and will watch your follow-up videos. Now back to my crossword puzzle!
Of you want, you can also add a cute little garden creature or so on the olla "lid" and it can look like purposely placed decor
if you're using the base as a lid, flip it the other way around so that you can fill that with water & sand, and your olla doubles as a butterfly puddler!
New sub. Great idea! Quick, simple, and you are straight to the point...I dislike watching videos that are 20 mins for a 5 minute project. I will recommend you.
If anybody is concerned that the material used to seal the hole in the bottom of the pot is toxic, they sell food grade silicone caulking and the aquarium supply sells sealants that you can use like caulking and is non-toxic. They use that to make aquariums.
Don't you mean "aquaria"?
@@sanjaymatsuda4504 The drag queen? Or the video game?
I can't imagine that white stuff could be more toxic then most other polutants you would normally get from eating generic conventional supermarket vegatables...
Sweetearth1958 sand in bottom without covering the hole with anything else will work a bit better for water loving plants, even good for most plants. Old timers would bury a jug with holes punched in it, they also used coffee cans but that was when toxicity wasn’t as much of a concern. 😁
Daniel D Sizemore growing up we planted milk jugs in between the tomatoes with just 1 hole on each side at close to bottom of plants. Encourages plant roots to grow waaaaaayyyy down. It worked awesome. Daddy quit growing them that way once I went to college. He didn’t have to dig all those holes for the gallon jugs, ha.
Another great idea is to get the large terracotta containers, burry them, plant lotus, or water plants of choice into it, and you get an Olla water garden!!!
Amazing idea! I would probably do that in a covered closed area to avoid evaporation and mosquitoes
This looks like a great way to keep your vegetable garden watered. I will give it a try. Thx!
We're in northern Colorado and this is huge for us. Thank you!
Works a treat in my little vege patch, thank you.
I've never heard of this. My daughter sent me a video and now I'm very interested. I have 12 raised beds and will definitely try next spring.
This is a great solution! Considering I go hiking, camping, and backpacking like 50 times a summer, lol.
This is amazing. Thank you for making this super fast and easy to understand.
That is a great idea for hot summers to keep a more consistent supply of water for the plants.
I love my ollos--thanks to your video! I have a perennial bed that gets full sun and tends to be dry in spite of all the compost I add there. I have put in 4 ollos and it helps my roses and other perennials to have extra irrigation on these hot, summer days (Michigan).
I made mine like you did yours. 8" pot, bottom hole caulked shut, set in the ground with saucer end up to hold water for the honeybees! :-)
That's a great idea!
Great idea, I been farming for our family and friends for 48 years. My health don't allow me to farm with a tractor in the dirt. Thanks I will use your information and Leon to continue farming. Our seasons have changed and it is hard to farm the old fashion way.
That's a great idea, so I think I test it this Summer in my greenhouse.
I love this idea. I'll have to try it in my last raised bed.
you can use a cork also at the bottom of the planter and cut the excess off.
Haha I was going to say the same thing. I think I'll do that. I've been saving corks for future use. Just the thing. : )
So smart!!
Would it not rot out?
@@Pocketfarmer1 - Don't know. Heck, corks keep wine in their bottles for many years and don't rot. Maybe that's not the same as having them in the dirt. Worth a try, though.
@@annwithaplan9766 you can buy rubber stoppers that work just fine but I would just use some two part marine paste epoxy. It you want to go back to a regular pot, just drill it out.
I love this idea and definitely going to implement it in my own garden. x Thank you x
I did like this video. Been thinking of my own solution since i saw one of the retail, autofilling sets that cost an arm and a leg. Naturally, my solution was massively overcomplicated and quite flawed. This video brought Me back down to earth and will be doing permanent ollas via your method in the next few weeks. I may still try to add a simpler version of my design auto-filling system as I have a 50 US gallon rainwater butt right next to the greenhouse. Thanks!
The heated pin is a great suggestion, wonderful video, thanks so much!
Thanks for showing us the easiest and inexpensive method. I will definitely try this one day.
I have a system of these connected by tubing to water containers for my garden here in the south of Spain. The system works really well, all I have to do is open a tap for a couple of minutes per day to top up the ollas and, of course, refill the water containers. Saves me a load of work and keeps weeds to a minimum, both of which I really appreciate as I have a chest problem.
Hi Carl
Im a Kiwi and live in Australia but my wife is from Almeria in the south of Spain. When I visited there I was amazed as we flew in to the airport seeing all the commercial growing houses. So where you live must be a great place to grow things. The climate is very similar to south Queensland where I live here. These Ollas look like a great idea. All the best, kind regards Paul.
I’d love to see a line drawing of your system (to understand how to put one together).
@carltaylor4942 can you post a pic or video or link so we can see please
Excellent way to water plants.
Great idea.
Great idea, I will use your ideas for my dahlias and other flowers that need watering. Saves me time from pulling the waterhose up and down the hill.
Thanks I have always wondered about
using the Terracotta pots for this.
This is absolutely brilliant!
I have never seen this before. I am so excited about trying it!
Love the cement idea. Thank you!
Nice idea! For the permanent solution, maybe just fill the base with Clay instead of cement, with gravel over the top to protect the clay from water pours. That way the base of the pot stays permeable and clay migh be cheaper or readily available from your garden dirt already.
Great video n super easy project . . Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for showing me how and where to place the pots
Very interesting, thank you so much for this tutorial!
Thank you for your tutorial I've been wanting something like this. You rock
Happy to help Linda :)
Really cool idea. I'm going to give this a try thanks for sharing.
This is a great idea I can't wait to try it I like the permanent pot fit Thank you
Thank you lovely :) Do you think you'll make some for your own garden?
Love the little cat in the back ground
I'm making these this year. Thanks.
This is such a wonderful idea I would of never thought of it .
Love the cement idea
Cement solution: Excellent idea! i will use this idea to water some plants that don't get enough water here in WA during the dry season. If you need the pot as a pot again, you can use a masonary bit to drill-out the cement.
Oooh love this idea🤗❤️ awesome now I feel better about going away on holiday.
This is great, thank you! Off to buy terracotta pots tomorrow.
I'll try an Olla this summer for my peppers.
This is an incredibly elegant solution and at 1/10th the price.
That is brilliant. Very clever.
Stars, this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
great idea!! I did this when i started my garden but didnt wanna loose space so i planted lettuce in there now and can just rip out when im going out of town and its needed!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Great idea - and much cheaper than buying a custom Olla (if you can even find them) - saw an idea elsewhere, for sealing that bottom hole use a wine cork.
I like your plug idea best, non-toxic!
Perfect solution :) I'm going to vacation this summer and this gives me peace of mind. Hopefully it will help the plants get through a week in July.
Each should keep a single tomato plant that has already grown its roots up to the pot watered. If it's hot, I usually top up every few days, but it may stretch out to a week.
It's awesome this idea, cheap and easy 💚💚
Very helpful. Thanks.
Fantastic ideas. Thanks.
🙏 thanks for the great idea will try it out!
From all you have the best Ollas idea
I made some terracotta pot olla's and they work great
Wow! This is a great idea!!!! Tks for sharing this method with us
Cool. Thanks for the tips 👍😉
The best one yet!!!!
This is awesome! Thanks!
Thank you for the video, ollas where im at are around 50-100$ this will save me a lot of money I can put towards more seeds!😄
WOW that is so cool - I will try one of these in my largest container.
This video was all the way , Beautiful! Thank you!🌟🙏🏽💚
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Hi Lovely greens. Today I just learned about olla's. I live on the Gold Coast of Australia where it is both very hot and my water rates bill is more than my electricity bill so water conservation is paramount. Anyway like you after a little online pricing of ollas which I would need a lot of, I also thought, I wonder if the terracotta pot idea would work. Then I saw that you have done it already and so this was very helpful thank you. We can buy these for just a few dollars and maybe the same for the tray from our local mega garden and hardware store. Thanks again. I hope you holiday went well. Kind regards Paul. happy gardening.
Amazing idea!!
I did this last week. I used JB Waterweld to plug the holes. Thanks for the data.
A very useful drip-irrigation system.
Awesome!! Thanks so much.
Love this video!
Wow! Great idea
That's a wonderful idea , will certainly use that 👍👍
They've come in so handy this summer. One thing they really help with is making sure that the tomatoes always have the right amount of water. Meaning no splits on any of them.
Wow, I never heard of this idea. But it is so clever, I will definitely be using it this summer. TFS.
It works well! Good luck :)
Great inspiration, thanks for sharing💚
Super simple solution!
In some climates, the terra-cotta cover could heat up and transfer the heat to the pot and water below, which plants don’t like, but it would be really simple to make a wooden cover to reduce the heat buildup.
I like that or paint white
thankyou for mentioning this.
Saw your post on insta & I RUclipsd this and found you again 👩🏼🌾💚
Love the idea
Great video and info... Thanks for sharing!!!
Great! Thank you!
Brilliant!! Thank you. I love the way you present this, and your phrase "... the best you can." Takes the stress out of my perfectionist's mind set! ;)
thank you for this tip
Love this!
Well done God bless you
Enjoyed listening from Australia
Excellent tip, will definitely be using this idea come August when I go away
I'm finding that the water dips by about an inch per day so ask a pal to water your Olla accordingly.
Thank you!
Brilliant.
Brilliant. I'm going to do this in my squash mounds this weekend. Next year, I'll figure out how to incorporate this into my tomato and pepper planting areas.
Great idea, thanks😸👍
Hi. Thank you very much for your idea.
Awesome 🌺✨
Brilliant!
love this!! thx
I loved it Ty!
Lovely garden 😍
This could be both useful and really cute if you did some sort of artsy thing on the lid. Can't wait to do this next spring when I re-do my beds.