How to Build the BEST Self Wicking Containers! DIY Self Watering Tubs
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- If you want to enjoy gardening without the hassle of watering every day then you have to try these DIY self wicking containers.
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You are, without a doubt, one of the hardest working guys I’ve ever witnessed. Not only are you spending tons of time recording, you are probably spending a like amount of time editing. Your channel is my favorite and your kids are so fortunate to live on a Homestead.
Totally agree!
I agree also. To work a very stressful full time job , quality time with his family, keep up 110 acres of land, feed and take care of the animals,take care of a garden ,film, edit and I’m sure there’s stuff I’m leaving out. This man sets the bar HIGH. This world needs more Daniels. God bless you and your beautiful family.
@@lindanichols7296It appears he's using his life WISELY, not wasting any of it. WORK has a reward through the outcomes of it. He is having his life blessed because of his choices, like compounding interest in the bank. Reminds me of a scripture: "Well done good and faithful servant". It speaks volumes in integrity and due diligence of time and money. Very good role model in many areas.
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I am in Kenya in Africa and i have enjoyed the video very much. Very clear exposition. This is a very new concept to me and i will try to implement it. Thanks to you and to leon for this exposure. It is mind blowing. If people in Africa can embrace this simple technology, they would solve the perennial problem of food shortage due inadequate rain.
I’m a Pakistani Muslim chick originally from NYC learning from your awesome channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
I just built mine two days ago with a bucket and it's doing great, I just want to thank you both and Mr. Leon to introduce me to this wicking bucket. I was hook and born again farmer. I thank you again for doing an awesome job.
"Dont over think it" probally the best advice i have ever recieved. Thanks
My wife loves your channel now she’s wanting too do self wicking tubs...which means honey do list longer now..what ever makes her happy..
I like how you keep things simple while building to last. Two years ago I bought several different types of fabric (felt and tarp) containers. Most of them have either fallen apart (tarp), gotten partially eaten by critters or showing a lot of green moss like growth on the sides and weakening (felt). You're right about going with industrial strength materials. Cutting the PVC pipes at an angle makes it so you don't have to make elaborate false bottoms in your containers for the water reserve.
I basically do this setup. The exception is that I put a closeable valve on the side toward the bottom . I open and drain the water once or twice a season. It extends my growing season for a few months. The plants really perk up after a water change.
I drain and leave the valve open at the end of the season, so it doesn't freeze to a block of ice in winter. Probably extends the life of the tubs as well 🙂
I know this is an older comment, but what type of valve did you use. Like a spigot they have on rain barrels? Or something different. And where did you buy them?
If you have time to comment back, thanks. If not, no prob. I can look around.
Love wicking beds. When I get more space I am definitely going to put them in too. So convenient!
Could you tell me the name of these red containers? Thanks in advance!
@@coreyfmiller Not sure my memory is right, but think he says the source for them, or it's link might be in description below video.
Love the Migardener channel. I am in Northern Indiana and there are not a lot of channels that talk about Midwest climate.
I just bought 5 blue tubes, soil, and vegetable plants at Leon's this past week. I'm 2.5 hrs drive from his place. Turns out, my youngest daughter's science teacher is Leon's daughter in law, small world😍. I plan to start on this project after Easter. Thanks to you and Leon for sharing your wisdom and awesome videos💜.
What is Leon's contact info..thanks
This is so much easier than all the ways I’ve been researching. And I have 100’ of the perf pipe I was about to throw out that previous homeowner had on the gutters. Great idea!
The way that you can open the end of your greenhouse is awesome.
If you don’t want to fuss with the garden fabric, you can instead just cap the ends of the pipes with the fabric (duct tape it on), then fill in the void space with either wood chips or or gravel. Because you’re using potting mix, it won’t get into the perforations like a top soil would. Good idea to use perlite or vermiculite in that bottom layer of topsoil that’s surrounding the pipe, just to help with the wicking.
I've been trying to determine if I should get perforated or non perforated pipe. It seems from your comment above, that you use perforated. It also sounds like you are using wood chips, gravel, perlite or vermiculte in the bottom of the tub around the pipes as you are not using the garden fabric... Is that correct? Do either of these 4 substances clog the watering pipe?
Wouldn't soil rotten?
Drove to Kingston today from Dallas, and bought a truck bed of the divine potting soil, sustain fertilizer, and the sea minerals. Im building exactly how you are brother! Thank you for your guidance. Keep up the great service on youtube! Even Texans can use your good sound advice!
I'm currently in the process of building 5 large self-wicking raised garden beds based off of albopepper's similar design. The one key difference from this one is that he wraps the open ends of the pipes with garden fabric - tying them on - and then running a small pipe from the outside of the bed to the inside of one of the pipes.
No offense to Leon but you are much easier to understand and the fact that you have you containers on the ground so it’s easy to see inside of what you are doing is perfect. Thank you for translating Leon. I can’t wait to drive down to see Leon’s place in person! It’s a little bit of a drive from where we are in Kansas but not far enough that I would not want to spend an afternoon there!
I transplanted 6 trees around 5 to 6 feet tall, and with two of them, I put some rocks in the bottom of the hole and a piece of 2in. PVC running from top to the bottom like you did here, so the PVC would take water straight to the bottom of the root ball and figured the rocks would allow more water to collect down there, and those two trees took hold and grew and greened faster than the other 4.
Thats awesome
I have experimented with hundreds of plants - top watering vs bottom watering. Bottom watering has my vote hands-down. The plants are healthier, the soil surface stays dry and pest-free. I've grown 20 plants with bottom-watering against 20 plants with top-watering and watched the BW plants get bigger and greener every time.
This is an excellent tutorial. Great job! I've just recently used a modified version of your idea to make bottom-watering pots of a much smaller size for indoor use. House plants LOVE it and I love not having wet soil on top.
Thank you for sharing your experience and the experiment with the two growing methods.
Just found your channel. I have been a organic gardener for over 50 years. This system is perfect for me. I have raised beds with tunnels. Growing up has been a blessing. I am going to use your method now. Thank you, much appreciated. O yes, I Love all the sweet people from Oklahoma. 😁
I’ve been doing this method with five gallon buckets for two seasons now. It works great!
is this method good for all vegetables including root veggies... what is recommended?
What size pipe are you using for the 5gal?
@@TurkeyDart that is what I want to know
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Sorry I did not see this. Pipe size not matter I use 1”. You want it long enough to touch the bottom (cut it at an angle and to be above the dirt. I hope this helps.
I Love this video! Tell your wife she is a lucky woman. GOD BLESS YOU TOO
This man is fulfilled in his life. Has a balance between family work and gardening. I hope I can find a guy like him.
He is right. Using a good soil mix is super important.
Daniel you are a great teacher! I always learn so much! Thanks!💕
First off I'm all kinds of impressed with the drawbridge style end opener on your green house! I tried experimenting with the self wicking idea a couple years ago and I wish I had watched your video first. I have a couple points to improve and correct and I think it will work better. Thanks!
Arms Family Homestead is such a great and diversified experience. Thank you for sharing all of your valuable tips and tricks of being successful in gardening and family farming. Great presentations that are often very entertaining. You are doing a great job on your own, Daniel, but I really miss Houston. He is very special.
I loved: "While it's not important to feed your plants every day, it is important to feed them on the days that you eat"
Not true ...because the plants don't take up all the nutrients all at once. There are plenty of nutrients left and some from slow releasing nutrient.
Learning from you right in Quebec, translating in French for friends gardiners.
Oh my goodness! I’ve been a member for a few years but now I’m looking for container growing videos and this showed up on my feed. The kids are so young! So precious. You look like a baby! Lol I’m old.
PS...this is brilliant
Thank you for the wicking bucket idea. I made a few of these with your plans with a few changes. So far I am in love with these. Especially the mobility aspect.
Thanks so much
thank you for taking the time to both educate yourself and me I cannot tell you how much I appreciate what you have done for me and my family however I will say that I have come up with a plan to grow tomatoes utilizing the topsi turvi method and still keeping it within the hydroponic mainframe setup and what I have found is that this method can be applied to all fruits and vegetables that grow on Vines it is so simple I used 2""PVC pipe and fittings drilled the holes for the 1""net cups set them up above the ground at 5 1/2" off the ground attached the drip line and a return line to my resavor I also built a trellis for them works great for tomatoes cucumbers watermelon cantilopes grapes and whatever other vine producing fruits and vegetables you can think of I hope you can use this idea in your garden besides if not for you and the 5 gallon cucumber bucket idea to hang it up in your high tunnel I would have never thought of doing it myself so thankx and God bless ps keep growing keep learning and keep educating because without people like you and I and the rest of the gardening community's well food would become a scarce commodity and that would be a truly worldy catastrophic event
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Love the video, built mine, used 1.5" pvc so the hose could just drop down into the pipe easy peasy, next step, drip system to pipes
That sounds like a great idea!! I'm thinking about building these, but I'm a little confused on how you'd water them. Would you simply fill the water resevoir until you see the water coming out of the 1/2" drilled hole? Also, would you need to water from the top initially to get the roots to seek out the water down below? Lastly, what types of veggies would be good for these containers? 🤔 I'm thinking strawberries would do great with these, possibly even raspberries! Thanks for any advice you're willing to share!
I bought an electric Cement Mixer this year to mix my potting soil. Works great, saves a lot of time and you'll get a perfectly blended mix
Wow great ideal. Have never thought of that.
Awesome video, you’re not only the goat man but also the garden man! 👍👍👍👍👍
Love your videos, you're such a natural teacher... I've learned so much from your channel... love your family dynamics as well, y'all are such a sweet family. 😊
Good idea Leon. Thanks for sharing Daniel. Y’all have a blessed day. Getting ready to get my learn on at church.
Thanks for this-very well-presented; terse and to-the-point but you still manage to give it personality and make it a pleasure to watch. I've planted for many years with a few EarthBoxes, and came here to learn about cheaper ways to expand. Re: soil amendments, the EarthBox folks recommend adding powdered fertilizer like you do here, only they use a lot more powdered fertilizer, slow-dissolving, and kept in a line away from the plants, to slowly dissolve over the growing season, without requiring other fertilization. Also, in place of your sea salt mix, they have EarthBoxers incorporate dolomite (dolomitic limestone) through the top few inches of the soil, not just for minerals, but also to adjust the pH of the potting mix. Just thought I'd pass that along in case it might be of use to you or your readers. -Tom
Thank you Daniel, I a looking for easy ways like this to garden. My wife and I have bad backs, and this looks like a way for us to garden and not have to bend over quite so much.
Greg Reed try putting them on a table that's even better
We have often used self wicking pots, but homemade is always better. Thanks for the video.
Looking forward to seeing some updates to this self watering garden!
Thank you for all of your hard work! Between you and Leon, I'm beginning to learn how this works, but most of all not to 'over-think' this!! lol Thanks, again!!
I thought that was so cute! He's working away then "don't overthink this"! Lol
I just wanted to learn how to trim my goat's hooves, and here I am two hours later still watching this channel.
This a great way to grow things. Thanks for passing it along to us from Leon, appreciate all you share with us.
Omgosh I going to try this for sure Thanks for the one on one step VERY helpful🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗GREAT VLOG as ALWAYS🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Miss. Bonnie I absolutely agree.. I couldn't say any better.. Iamma try to out myself in my apartment and see if it works in a apartment garden better then what iam already doing..
I really like all the things you do with the kids and family & friends. You amazing Animal’s are great and love the way you take care of them all .
You need a hole on the side to get rid of excess water, you can fill it also with just dirt, You don't need air for the roots. When you drill the hole you got to drill with the drill pointing down a bit to stop the dirt to come out. You dont need drain pipes, you can use plastic bottles, just stab them to let air and water through. Dont use salt.
Thanks! Watching your videos makes me want to go work in the yard.
FIRST OFF !!!! gorgeous soil Daniel ! love the tubs and loved to see how you opened the end of your greenhouse.... I was wondering , since I did not see a window !~~~Irene
BRAVO! I really enjoyed your video. This is a whole new gardening world for me. Thank you!
I have never been able to grow anything except weeds. I'm giving this a try. 😀
Excellent video, also love listening to Mr. Leon talk.
I just had my husband cut my plastic barrels today to make these. 😊
How did it come out for you ma'am?
Congratulations on your nearly 100,000 subscribers !! keeping it Dutch sent me over here 😊
Really like the addition of sea minerals. That's what is typically missing from our food because of the poor soil quality. So I'm getting my home ready to sell, probably early 2020, and I'll be moving to 17 acres I've owned for a long time. I'm building a completely self-sufficient home and leaving the suburbs. Great tips and enjoyed your presentation style. Just subscribed :)
Thanks for demonstrating how- to- place the drain pipes in the container. Mr. Leon, much like my Dad, assumed we should know how.
Amazing what you can do in the greenhouse now. Your FREE lol. Looks awesome. We like the way Leon did the cucumbers to. Glad you made this video. I couldn't find the video where you planted the first 2 that you mentioned. Keep up the good work.
Yours is the first video I watched on this topic and now I do not need to watch any more. Great pace, appreciated how you showed each step but didn’t belabor any points. So good!! Thank you!
I started doing this last year. I have 4 pots (old tree pots from the local nursery). And I built 2 raised 3' x 6' cedar garden boxes. I lined the bottom 6 inches with pond liner, laid the pipe in but I covered the tubes with drain sock material. Works like a charm. Even though you method looks far simpler to do :)
Pvc pipe is good and I use caps to keep water from evaporating in the extrene heat. Water lasts about 4-7 days depending on weather.
Love this channel!
how do you know when to water again? Nobody mentions that?
Put a dowel or stick down the pvc pipe to show the water level
Great idea!
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fishing bobber a sodastraw in the tube and it will tell you your water level
I prefer DWC for a bigger quicker yields. Usually starts seeds in a spray cloner and once they have big enough roots they go right into 5 gallon buckets or totes with net cups. Once you go DWC you'll never garden any other way! Grows four times as fast and can be moved inside or just kept inside the entire time. My basement is only 5 feet tall but I harvest every 2 to 3 months in an unending cycle that provides all the fruits veggies and herbs my family needs… this is a great video and great idea for people that don't like to water every day. One of the exact reasons I went DWC. Only have to fill the reservoir once a week, sometimes twice a week during fruiting!
Good job...planting some Dutch cabbage I see lol you will never go wrong with anything named after me Haha.😁
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I would wrap the pipe in landscape fabric before putting them in the pot. Less fabric, less time, less mess.
tip when drilling plastic. after piercing the plastic, drill in reverse. Makes for a nice clean hole with less burs and squiggly pieces.
Not sure about Plastic and can be toxic idk.
@@cashonlyj3469 I guarantee everything from the store is grown in plastic and worse...
@@cashonlyj3469 holy cow
“ You know nothing- John Snow!” Don’t mix the politic and good gardening!
@@genur7106Some plastic is NOT safe for food, what part of that is political?
Great idea for container gardening, since the biggest problem is keeping them sufficiently watered!
you could also just use nylon cord to tie fabric around your 2 tubes and secure them that way. You'd use alot less fabric. Optionally you could run a water/filling hose up to the surface from inside the tubes (if you want to water from beneath instead of top-down
Wouldn't the soil rotten? If it was sinking in that much water?
@@Archzed Not if you have holes drilled in the side of the container and the upper part of the plastic tubes , to create an “air table” between the water and the soil. Maybe 4” up from the bottom. Amd holes in the top of the tubes to allow water evaporation into the soil.
Thanks for giving a shout-out to Gardening with Leon! A tip for the mixing of the fill, if you have a cement mixer, the process goes a lot faster.
Thank you, silly question....but could you also just cap the two ends of the pipe with the fabric and string or zip ties, etc to keep it closed, save material?
@@happytobehere1111Borders that makes perfect sense...thanks
I have a similar setup but with 4” perforated pipe instead of 6”. I capped the ends with weed fabric and simply connected a drain pipe of 1/4” flexible hose that went from the outside of the container through the fabric to the interior of the pipe. This allows water to freely flow and keeps soil from getting out. I also have peat moss on the bottom to enhance the wicking potential. I haven’t had any problems by capping just the ends and have had it like this for two years.
It would be easier to just sew a bag leaving one end open THEN insert the pipes and do a final sew.
I was thinking that same thing myself 😁
You’re editing is as creative as your gardening style. Excellent information. Thanks.
I'm going to give this a Try! I was planning on raised beds but this seems much simpler! I'm a newbie gardener because of your channel! I've been inspired to give growing my own food a try!😊
You should check out jess on roots & refuge
great thing your teaching a old dog new tricks in gardening since 1970 2 years ago I did 145 tomatoes plants in 2018 ///by the way if I remember you told us about Harry shaver's blades son in law loves it after the Nashville TN twisters of 2020
I love this. I just bought empty lick tubs from a cattle ranch last week.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with us. Bless you. 🙏💛
Nice video! I was just wondering three things : 1) what is the benefice of self-wicking containers; 2) how do you know hen to fill the reservoir; 3) more importantly : how do you know if the water is stagnating in the bottom? Do you need to empty your containers at the end of summer? Thanks!
Yes right on all those questions 🥺
thank you . What an awsome idea. I can use this idea for several things.
Wow, those look awesome! I need to find me some tubs so I can try this. Leon has a very good design there. You make it look easy, thanks for sharing.
Yes where did you get those tubs?
Yeah I’d like to know where you got those tubs too!
I love that comment, "You don't have to fertilize everyday, but, you should feed your plants everyday that you eat". Emphasis on what is important 🤗🙂
I noticed several times during the video you said "Keep it simple". I had a teacher in high school who called that the Kiss Method.....Keep It Simple Stupid. It works for many things in life.
I learned how to make wicking tubs from Leon out in Oklahoma and they serve me very well
That was the least complicated method of self watering on you tube. Makes perfect sense. What happened to Bear today? Camera shy? Lol
Your video of showing how your work develops at each stage is fabulous. You are so clear and easy to understand. You are such a good teacher and presenter. Thanks so much for sharing.
Watching from southern Spain where it gets very hot. As such simple and efficient watering methods in container growing is of great interest.
Keep up the good work of inspiring others. Would be good to see raising of goats video too (you mentioned you have goats?)
Great how-to video, Daniel! The garden is looking awesome. Greetings from a new viewer in NE Oklahoma! God bless Arms Family Homestead❤️
NE Oklahoma here as well.
Love this idea
Omg I live in north texas! I need to meet Leon! Great video!
Thanks for sharing your homestead ideas.
Where did you find the tubs? This is a great idea I'd like to try. ....I wonder if the idea could be expanded to fit a raised bed also?
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Leon’s tubs that he did on Oklahoma Gardening were empty mineral buckets for horses and cattle. I just found out my college roommate just got rid of 50 tubs. She will be saving future tubs for me. You might find somebody with livestock who wants to get rid of some empties. A feed store that sells them might be able to get you in contact with a customer who buys them.
@@margieherrold5286 how many gallons are the tubs?
I am glad I found this channel. Both informative and down to earth. Made me laugh several times
Question: when you first plant, do you wet the whole tub to get the wicking process started, and do you water the little plants for a while before letting them feed totally from the wicked up moisture?
Yep
Very clever and interresting ,thanks for so work in garden 😀
You forgot to tell the people brother when you water it that when the water comes out of the hole in the side of the pale it's full
Thank you for that missing info
i have been using a system like this for about ten years and i have found that it is far better to fill the first third of the container with sand so that there is a clear seperation between the soil and the water res. in my experience when ever there is not enough sand in there the soil goes anerobic if it becomes submerged in the water. the plants can still send a root into the sand if they decide too. the small gaps between the sand allows capillary action to work .
Do you just keep the plants in there then as a raised type garden bed? I love this idea. Thank you for sharing Daniel
Yes it’s just like a raised bed
Thanks for your video, you explain many key points better than anyone else !
I use used plastic juice, vinegar, and soda bottles and punch small holes in them for my reservoir, instead of buying the irrigation pipe.
A modification I propose....add a length of 2" pvc going to the bottom of the container...this allows you to see the water level, and (if you start experiencing root rot) drop an aerator down to give those drowning roots some air.
BTW, I LOVE the end of your high tunnel!
Could you please source the red pots you used. Thank you🤗
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Waiting for the pots used source, thanks!
@@stevenantunes-kenyon I have no idea but I ordred some from State Line Tack www.statelinetack.com/item/fortiflex-muck-bucket/SLT310278/
Makes great sense....thank you!
OMG I need that greenhouse hoop! Do you have a video on how that’s built
Monique Gebeline I also want to see that video
Same here, ladies!
Me too!
I want to know too.
When I made my wicking buckets, I put a piece of screen in the drain hole. The reason, keep the mosquitos from laying eggs. also I capped the pipe so the critters don't go down the pipe.
I love those red tubs. I can't find anything like them where do you buy them?
200 litre /20 gallon plastic barrels cut in half are about the same size...
Are the plastic barrels ordered online? Cannot locate similar in the Phoenix metro area.
If you know anyone with cattle, ask them if they have any lick tubs. They'll likely be happy to give you as many as you want for free. One person gave me red lick tubs like these. Another gave me some that were a bit smaller and blue and black.
The best!
I'm so glad I found this video again