This is so good. It will help me out a ton, as i am new to gardening. I feel like rain cycles and hot times have become less predictable recently.
@Rudimentary0075 ай бұрын
Never new this. Thank you.👍🙏🏼🇺🇸
@DrBernieOmodei6 ай бұрын
A very simple clay pot irrigation valve is an Hydraulic Float Ball Valve (AU$12.95 from Kegland) mounted inside a small container.
@IndieGuvenc9 ай бұрын
nice, worked, thanks
@terencedillon541911 ай бұрын
Been running hydro systems in the midwest WA for a few years, always comes with challenges because of hot weather and maintaining water and PPM concentration levels. Im moving back to soil based systems in wicking beds, your watering systems will be a game changer for me. I run of a couple of 300 litre reverse osmosis water tanks and with your wicking bed controller I will be able to maintain water levels without regular monitoring of the system. Genius
@DrBernieOmodei Жыл бұрын
clay pot irrigation is ideal for fruit trees: each tree needs only one clay pot.
@sage0925 Жыл бұрын
What size pots are you using in the video?
@DrBernieOmodei Жыл бұрын
12 cm
@user-zm3wd6nj8l Жыл бұрын
music reminds me the days when i played age of mythology back in 2005. Can i get the name of the song?
@DrBernieOmodei Жыл бұрын
The music is from a KZbin video "Hang Massive once again"
@user-zm3wd6nj8l Жыл бұрын
@@DrBernieOmodeithanks 🎉
@user-ki9ez8wx7f Жыл бұрын
I was literally wondering as to whether or not this could work so that I could do this for trees and bushes in land scaping. Wow Great minds do think alike, ey Sir.
@djazt.8053 Жыл бұрын
I really like clay pot irrigation. It is like wicking beds but even more water efficient as it won't feed the weeds. Plus, there is less installation effort needed compared to wicking beds. Automating the refilling of the clay pots with simple devices, like in this video, makes it even better. If I understand the mechanism right, your controller box simply keeps the clay pots filled up all the time, by maintaining their water level to vary only within the length of vertical pipe attached to each pot. This works fine when the controller and all pots are at the same level, but would not work on slopes, right? Maybe you want to invent something for slopes as well. I wonder if we could use fired clay bricks with a blind hole as emitters, similar to the current olla balls but cheaper. And then … I don't know … maybe repurposing a pressure compensating dripper as a pressure regulator before each brick, to make sure even on slopes each brick gets only a minimal pressure so that plants suck out water rather than it being pushed out by pressure?
@markmacthree3168 Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, bloody good idea 😁👍
@danwilson8991 Жыл бұрын
Love this
@mikejones1615 Жыл бұрын
What kind of solenoid is it?
@McDIY Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, Thank you
@user-us7vv8uv3y Жыл бұрын
nice music!
@TheNitsua59 Жыл бұрын
Has there been any commercial ag trials?
@declanoleary1 Жыл бұрын
As ever enlightening
@alexandernuhu3583 Жыл бұрын
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@twentyacresfarms3464 Жыл бұрын
As a young Irrigation Engineer I love to watch Your content
@SteveBoniwell Жыл бұрын
Very clever. Great innovation. Thanks!
@CredibleHulk10 Жыл бұрын
This is amazing.
@obi1kahnobee549 Жыл бұрын
Hi great channel I am also from Adelaide however I now live in New Zealand and cannot find drippers with a fine adjustment they all seam to be similar and I was hoping you would share the brand of control; dripper you use as I am having trouble with my drippers either running too fast or too slow, some plants get lots while others do not and the adjustment is terrible.
@hmhumes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing how you modified the electric solenoid valve. Genius.
@nrulona52762 жыл бұрын
Won’t the green evaporator box with water be good breeding ground for mosquitoes? How do you control them?
@unclebodieshomestead39722 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I’m new to homesteading and have been looking for this answer.
@bongagalliuci30262 жыл бұрын
I have never used this but it looks efficient I will have to try this
@vincent99792 жыл бұрын
Do you know what means the word copyright ?
@DrBernieOmodei7 ай бұрын
I know the meaning fo the word Copyright. Why do you ask?
@ninen95912 жыл бұрын
this is a poor shameless copy of a patented invention. Mind the law! Plagiarism is a crime.
@DrBernieOmodei7 ай бұрын
You don't know what you are talking about.
@bernardbalet15632 жыл бұрын
This is a sad and pathetic imitation of an invention created 20 years ago. A bad junk handiwork! Here is the official one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faaqqpyYfK12ntE
@fatemehnayebloie79142 жыл бұрын
It is a great and very practical invention! It is a low-cost solution to the water and food crisis!
@fatemehnayebloie79142 жыл бұрын
Great job! so practical
@juneburchfield97582 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful life hack! Took me two seconds to find the end and I didn't need the lighter after that.
@Bajnahi2 жыл бұрын
A 1000 lit water tank about 8' height allows me to irrigat 220' long and 4' wide raised bed with two drip lines! Only on gravity!
@mustangridge35982 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MMMMMUCH!!! YOUR VIDEO IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST EVER!!!! ty! M. R. 👍👏💪. !!-
@John.Doe-OG2 жыл бұрын
I hope you keep making Videos Dr Omodei. I just sub'd and I will watching you older videos, too. Hopefully they can help me get over one of my design issues. I'm planning on doing it without a pump, so stumping the flow to my reservoir when it fills is my current hold up.
@binhminh4173 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bernieomodei14443 жыл бұрын
Hi Luc. My more recent videos and the Measured Irrigation website have a lot or recent developments for irrigating from a rainwater tank.
@MrVictorchase3 жыл бұрын
Excellent guide. What would you say is the practical limit for area that could be irrigated by this method? Might it manage say a half-acre or more? Is there a real limit?
@flamarjr20003 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@dorothykennett26063 жыл бұрын
OMG Thank you so much! So quick and easy and saved me rolls of tape and much frustration! Did you discover this yourself? I didn't need the lighter either.
@anthkraus44333 жыл бұрын
I need to irrigate my hop bines
@orvwilliamschen26473 жыл бұрын
Where do you buy short plug stainless steel needles?
@nessav72583 жыл бұрын
Hello, can this work with micro sprayers? I would like to use this system for seedlings.
@bernieomodei14443 жыл бұрын
The system can work with micro sprayers
@nlra3 жыл бұрын
amazing technique, helped a ton! thanks!
@RustyYorkThievery3 жыл бұрын
Awesome tip, thank you for posting this. I never thought to search this common problem until now.
@RustyYorkThievery3 жыл бұрын
Cannot believe it took me too many years to learn this or find this video! VERY HELPFULL! I never thought to search it before.
@andys33273 жыл бұрын
Brilliant,superb,best tip thank you sir
@SatishKumar-ck4nd4 жыл бұрын
Dr Bernie - Eliminating unnecessary & expensive technology from irrigation is a wonderfull idea... for poor farmers, it can be a boon, specially in horticulture applications ( fruit trees). It reduces the entry cost considerably. I am planning to implement your systems in India . Maybe involve govt + ngo agencies to spread the usage too...many thanks for sharing such usefull knowledge...
@DrBernieOmodei4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind comment. I am 71 years old and I am looking for someone to continue promoting measured irrigation when I am no longer able.
@Charlesalex10004 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing in its simplicity and practicality. Charles Berkol