Self Watering Green Bean Machine

Haaah.... love the dogs playing tug of war. Which one won?


Ray
 
Ray, Thats a fight that never ends.They will play with that then drop it to chase frogs or bark at squirrels then a dip in the pool followed by a quick game of chase around the house and then a short nap under my feet till they wake up and start again. Like is never dull when you got two dogs. ***********Dog Days Of Summer*********Gator**************:allgood:
 
Gator Great info. The wife is dragging the barrels from the barn now.


TKS Conibear
 
If you put a stick with a floater sticking out of the watering pipe (a sort of oil dipstick) you can even check the water level from a distance.
BTW, what about a pipe connecting the gutters to the water reservoir?
 
Dave, Glad you and Linda can make use of my build. Any questions you have you can always shoot me a Private Message and I will try to help. Marco, In my part of Florida at this time of year lack of water is not a issue. In fact it's too much water due to daily rain that can drown the plants. 15 gallons of water in the bottom should last for a week with no rain.But I do like the floating water gauge and keep it in mind. *********Thanks All***********Gator***********
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Season Two,
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This is two weeks after planting.
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And at three weeks.
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Starting to flower at three and a half weeks.
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It worked so well I made smaller versions for the tomatoes.
Next week I will make some more 5 gallon buckets into self watering cans.
******More Later***********Gator****************


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Hi Gator, have you considered getting into aquaponics?
Awesome plant growth plus edible fish.
(pics available if required)
 
I'v been looking into it and saving up all the bits and pieces I need for the project.
The instructions I have for the system are fairly complicated but still doable.
Here are some pictures of my poor mans seed starter.
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It's just the plastic container some cupcakes came in .
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Just punch some holes in the bottom add dirt and seeds and more dirt to cover.
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Then just water and close the top and wait till your seeds come up and transplant.
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When these pop up I'll add a picture.
*G*
 
Six days later I have beans.
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Unlike you guys up north still getting snow it's been real nice down here.
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By the look of things I'm going to have to get the canning jars out.
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The swiss chard is doing great.
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No flowers on the tomato's yet but they are growing an inch or two a day.
I have to make ten more self watering buckets up for the rest of the starters.
The good thing is there is a bakery with in walking distance that I can get food grade buckets from.
***More next week**********G********


 
How about the peppers Gator?

Sent from somewhere in East Texas Jake Parker
 
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