Bleach Bottle Button Dripper Waterer
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2023
- Plants which are located away from conventional irrigation sources may be effectively watered with bleach bottle button dripper watering devices. This video describes how to make a bleach bottle button dripper waterer and discusses their characteristics and uses.
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Great video! We're under voluntary water conservation here in NE and this is a great method to conserve.
I already had some 2 and 4 drippers so I'm excited to try it for my container plants that I can't bring drip to. Thanks for the video!!
You cracked me up when addressing the bleach bottle! Interestingly enough I just walked past a house and noticed they left a Detergent bottle outside. I think the intention was that it still had content and the were moving. I wondered if , after using the free detergent inside, I could somehow use it to irrigate something in my yard. That was yesterday and today this video popped up, almost as if the universe were answering my question. I am doing mostly passive hydroponics so I have no need for button drippers but for some reason , when I ordered irrigation tube connectors to make more bottom irrigation float valves, I added some drippers to my order. Now I realize I can just pop them directly to the reservoir if needed instead of dealing with hose.
I've seen similar with soda bottles with holes punched in the cap.
Thanks for a humorous and practical video. I do have a recycle bin full of various containers that could be used similarly if needed. I just planted some soil medium Pop-in-pot-in-pot chayote, kabocha, and ginger is next on the list.
I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the humor and are trying out some of the methods!
It's an very dry season in Europe as well, drip irrigation is becoming a good idea even for a small garden!
That's very helpful. Thank you!
Great idea thanks
Cool idea. I am just getting back into some soil growing, so this comes at the right time. I may be busy addressing my bottles, "Hellllooo bottles." Lol.
Glad you liked my humor, Mike! Actually, I borrowed the line from the Honeymooners tv show when Art Carney said "Hello ball".
Thank you for making these fun and educational videos. I'm enjoying them!
Fun project and measurable too.
Thanks, Matt!
Thanks for the tip. Not in Hawaii anymore?
Cool idea! I don't know if it's worth the hassle but one in principle could put the dripper on the cap and keep the bottle upside down (of course some kind of pedestal is needed to keep the bottle in place). I also built myself a olla with a unglazed terracotta pot and used it for some strawberry with some success. Not sure if it could work with bigger plants.
Thank you for sharing!
Dr Kratky, thank you for all your educational videos and contributions to the hydro community. I have 3 questions, if you don't mind. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
I've seen some videos of people successfully use your Kratky system and would like to emulate them, but I;m not sure about a few things.
1- Heat. I live in Lebanon, Middle East and our summers reach between 80 F and 95 F degrees (we rarely ever reach 100 F). I have no means of burying a reservoir nor partially shading it. All I can do is wrap the reservoir with foam insulation. My concern is how does a Kratky system handle heat. Would a 200 gallon reservoir Kratky system survive direct sunlight in such a climate zone?
2- Nutes. Since a Kratky system is fill-and-forget, what is the ideal EC or PPM I should use for a 200 gallon, given that with time as the plant drinks more, the nutes concentration would get higher?
3- Transplant age. I understand that I must harden a plant first before giving it full sun 24/7, but at what age can a plant survive in your system in full sun? Is 2 months old enough?
Thank you again for all you do. Much love.
I guess you could paint the reservoir white to reflect heat. Since you have hot, dry weather, it might be advisable to prepare a less concentrated nutrient solution eg. 1.0 to 1.2 mS and adjust as dictated by plant growth. Crops like lettuce often wilt during the midday heat, but rehydrate later in the day. Crops like tomatoes and cucumbers seem to handle the midday heat better. I think one month is ok if they are hardened.
Is their a way to do this commercially with indoor plats as it takes at least 3mths for anything to happen in soil.
Dr. Kratky, have you done any studys on the best ration of air vs water roots in longer growing plants such as tomotoes? Thanks for your channel, I'm a major convert to the Kratky system!
My practice has been to let the solution level decrease to 40% of the tank height and maintain it with a float valve. I don't have adequate research data to make absolute recommendations for different crops, but this generally works ok with the understanding that it can probably be improved based on your experience.
This is agreat question as I often worry about lettig the solution get too low, but they drink a lot of water during the hottest days of summer and I fear over filling them after a deep drink, so I've just been topping them off to their original water level and letting the air roots grow in the original air space. I might be working too hard at this.
Also my last float valve failed for some reason. I think it got clogged, so my tomatoes water was much lower than I thought but I knew it failed because the tank had too much NuteSol stil lin it and I caught the problem before they dried out too much. I am using large pharmacy medicine bottles and expanded/extruded polystyrene as my float. I think, my hose being old, it may have some sediment inside that just broke off and clogged the whole rig. Since I have another tank on top, I'm having to water with a funnel because I cannot get below to fix the float valve.
@@Metqa Yes, sometimes dirt can plug up the float valve nozzles. I recently have place an empty tea bag as a filter over the water inlet and that helps.
I prefer this to olla. Ollas may break easily and cost a lot.
Can we put master blend inside?
Nutrient Water Dripper Thingie ... good idea.
Yes, that would be an excellent way to fertigate plants.
Is it unadvisable to jut drill a tiny hole straight into the bleach bottle and leave it at that rather than add the dripper?
That should work!
So you just adding a gallon of water to your plants soil for 8 hours? And what the reason to not just spill this gallon into soil in 5 sec?
Spilling the gallon will result in some erosion and runoff, whereas slow watering will promote deeper wetting of the soil.
Say that five times fast
Can’t you just dump the gallon of water into the soil?
Yes, but there would be erosion, runoff and the water probably won't penetrate into the soil very far.