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Jan 17, 2015 8:31 AM CST
Name: Terry Layman
Natalia, TX. 78059
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Gardens in Buckets
cathyweid said:That looks very interesting. Do the containers stand in water? That would solve the problem of our very drying winds we have. I have to water almost twice a day. Thank you for the information.


No the containers have their own water reservoir built into the planters bottom. On the larger containers, they are 25 gl re-cycled Molasses tubs, the reservoirs are 6" deep and hold 7 gl's. of water. There are 4 ea. Polyester wicks that bring up the water into the media chamber by capillary action.

The SIP planters in the pictures above have 8 vertical planting holes in the side, and are great for growing herbs with a sprawling growth pattern, But in mine they were planted with Bell Peppers and Japanese Eggplants. They were trained to grow out and them let to grow vertical, increasing the plant production per planter. In the top were planted 2 Tomato plants. The peppers and eggplants were planted Mar 1, 2014 and lasted to the first freeze in Dec. The tomato’s were planted twice last year Mar.1 and
Sep 1.

What you don’t see in the pictures is that the reservoirs are hooked together by 1/2” drip lines. The reservoirs are then kept full of water 24/7 by a gravity flow Horizontal Float Valve bucket. Just hook it to a dedicated water spigot. Turn on the spigot 1/2 to 1 full turn and never have hand water again.

Or hook up the Float Valve bucket to a Rain Barrel, and gravity takes over from there. Also if you use a Rain Barrel, you can blend in your own "Tea" brews at a low concentration, then the plants get growing nutrients the same time they drink the water.
Terry Layman
c/o Herbs Mint 4-U
Natalia, TX. 78059

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