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Hi guys I saw a guy putting bottles with water in the soil for watering plants. I think this was a good idea for plants not to dry so that they can take water by themselves.
Any comments on this?
Thanks
Any comments on this?
Thanks
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Bottles with water in soil..
I have not heard of this method, but it makes sense.
other methods include, not limited to: ->
in the Permaculture line
"Rain water harvesting"
using both swales, and compost to store water.
Use of buried wood left to decay for some time it acts as a HUGE sponge which provides water even thru the hot months.
I use self watering containers, and aquaponics. I had considered puting containers in the ground to store water for plants, but can't tell how full the container is.. perhaps what we could do is a stick with a float in a straw, or even a dip stick...See my experiments here...
http://www.youtube.com/marthale7
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One ingenious method that I have seen is the use of a Terracotta bowl (shaped like a fish bowl), which leaches water into the sounding soil. It was used on a roof top container garden, the owner of the garden would just top up the bowls, and they would do the rest....
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Farmers in Africa use also buried water filled clay pot next to their trees/crop
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Clarifing
To clarify the bottle of water was put upside down in the soil .
Another thing interesting that I saw on youtube for self watering pot plants with a wick and a container of water under the pot.Comment
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