Whizbang Bucket Irrigation For Gardeners

[@herrickkimball]

Some viewers are confused by this video. Let me clarify... Whizbang bucket irrigation is a simple, hassle-free, low-tech approach to spot-irrigating (or fertigating) individual plantings. It is a tool for deep-watering with a slow, steady trickle of water. Although I illustrate this tool by watering a row of strawberries, I do not typically water rows of strawberries this way. I typically use this tool for occasional watering (in especially dry times) of "hill plantings" of crops like squashes and cucumbers. I have also used it for deep-watering of fruit bushes and small trees. This idea is absolutely NOT being presented here as the solution to watering your whole garden. I have experimented in past years with drip-tape irrigation. It was a real bother to deal with. What I finally realized is that, in trying to keep my whole garden watered, I was doing something that didn't need to be done. The roots of young plants will strike deep for water and find sufficient water- if they are not continually watered from above. And if the plants are not spaced too close together, those deep roots will be able to supply the plant with all the moisture it needs.My "Planet Whizbang Idea Book For Gardeners" has an excerpt from an old farm almanac (from the 1800s) that explains this. The old timers knew. They didn't have the time or infrastructure to always be watering their gardens. But in a real dry spell, they would get out the buckets. Since making this video, I have pursued Minibed Gardening, which is an idea for growing a serious home garden without any artificial watering. After one year of experimentation, the idea worked beautifully. You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGbSp5Zujdx6iqs. For more information about the bucket irrigation kits I sell, click on this link: www.bucketirrigation.com

[@yousircantknow8987]

Labor intensive maintenance. Hand adjusting the drip for every plant on half an acre could take a fellow a couple of hours.

[@dianelanderson5504]

Herrick Kimball I cant get order to go thru. When I go to website I am told not secure. Can you send me an invoice thru PayPal so I can pay that way. [e-mail]. I would like 2 kits. I could not find an email for you. Need asap

[@herrickkimball]

@@dianelanderson5504 Sorry you're having a problem ordering. This is the first I've heard it. Are you ordering from this page? ... www.planetwhizbang.com/gardening My e-mail is: [e-mail] I will send you a PayPal invoice shortly. Thank you.

[@dianelanderson5504]

Herrick Kimball I used the link from you tube video. Thank you. Just paid invoice going on vacation in couple of weeks. Wanted to set up for watering in our absence. Thank you. This link works I will save it

[@shannontemple6716]

I have found that a gentle soaking that doesn't cover the leaves with water and doesn't water areas that I don't want voluntary weeds, etc, is what plants love and thrive. You have given me loads of great ideas. Love the little home made pins. Good job!

[@VladTheImpalerTepesIII]

I don't know where you live, but weeds in my area grow whether the ground is watered or not. Most weeds are drought tolerant.

[@Kayuu7]

I made something like this for a small plastic covered greenhouse. I had 3 pails on top of each other with water flow going to each bucket. pieces used were from the hardware store for irrigation and alittle improvised thinking. The buckets were elevated I had a micro irrigation setup to each plant, i had drip valves for control, the two bottom buckets were designated to the plants, each bucket watered so many plants.the top bucket was the filler upper bucket. this could be moved around when emptied. I would fill the buckets up in the evening on workdays and in the mornings I would open the control valves x 2 and away I went to work. worked like a charm. most of the hardware I already had so I just needed some imagination to put it together.

[@tenmilechicks]

Your videos are great, you clearly show what you are doing and don't over explain ... thank you .. . We have subscribed!

[@JamesJohnson-yh1oh]

Elizabeth L. Johnson said, I do use all the black colored irrigation stuff, but when there's a plugged up hole or spot, I simply cannot get it cleaned out. At least with your clear plastic tubing everything is visible, easy to clean, etc (and probably wouldn't ever have to!) I don't store my tubing, it is so lengthy. With your method it is easy to handle, easy to store, so you don't ever have to repurchase and reassemble as a result of exposure to all year weather, as in my case of irrigation materials. Great idea!

[@leeh6705]

Love the idea and was ready to purchase several kits, however I need to drip irrigate several plants at a time! But I love the video!

[@haroldsmith6893]

make your own and modify it to your needs. make it into a soaker hose kink the end and zip tie it to seal it the poke holes were your plants are. don't buy the kit. if you drill the hole correctly it will handle the pressure without the barb seal.

[@nereidapr1]

that's an awesome idea for when it doesn't rain. 2 years ago we had no rain and they rationalized the water. i had to get as much water as i could to keep my garden alive. which i did, but this year it rained everyday and i had to bring them to my balcony. loved and subbed.

[@gordonreeder3451]

I've been doing the same general thing for several years. But I use 1/16th id tubing that I weight on one end. I just toss the weighted end of the tube in the bucket and start a siphon. That's all. You are right about the watering schedule, Once every 5 days is plenty.

[@herrickkimball]

Thank you. Great idea. And totally safe, unlike when I once tried siphoning gas out of my car as a teenager. I got a mouthful and it was a memorably terrible experience. 😣

[@SandoTrini]

Great idea. I had the same idea for squeezing the tubing to make the restriction. Glad to see it in service

[@StreetMachine18]

I love those homemade pins!!! I made large “staples” out of coat hangers (just a u-bend). But those little circular pull taps are great!

[@TheTortmad]

Hello I like the ideal of this .This gives a deep watering and is better than just tipping a bucket of water to a plant as when this is done most of the water runs past all around the plant, where as your way just drips water to the spot and soaks the soil right though. Very good

[@herrickkimball]

Thank you, Vic. You have grasped the concept of this very well! 👍

[@barbarareid387]

I like your gentle voice and the video is great. I use a similar bucket system but have an old cut off hose quick released onto the bucket (I use a baby sock with an elastic as filter on the inside of the bucket... filters are expensive). I then attach end emitters to the hose around the plants and water in a circle (better pressure) on a raised bed. I blow out the system every week by reversing the quick release on the hose with the garden hose. Every bed has a bucket with a top zapped to it (I don't like to drown the bees etc.). I collect the system in the winter and put it out when I plant out marshalling the plants by the emitters. My water is collected from two 2500 gal. tanks. That does me the whole year.

[@simpletruth9977]

Carrying 5 gallon buckets of water through the garden. You guys really know how to have a good time!!!

[@ThunderStruck15]

SIMPLE TRUTH move empty bucket. Fill with hose in place. Seems easy enough to me

[@marissarosaful]

Great system, I live in Australia and we are in a bad drought at the moment this will be enough to keep select things watered and keep within water restrictions.

[@matthewjohnson2853]

Some people are stupit, this is a good system. I had no problems with my setup & I recommend it to my friends.

[@YvonneCurry-jh2qe]

You can also put more spigots in one bucket to speed up warering

[@mateopucu]

THIS WORKS GREAT ON USED KITTY LITTER BUCKETS(!) I bought two and love 'em. Using water from my rain barrels. Thanks brah.

[@MMongoose1]

You can do the same thing with just a bucket. put a tiny hole in the side, bottom of the bucket and place near the plant. easy peasy. I do this for trees that are all by themselves. I use an old bucket with a crack in it. lol

[@herrickkimball]

Sounds good. Do what works for you! 👍

[@joyhenry8086]

Very nice 👍 good idea

[@coffinshaker]

Clever idea, I like it. However there is one mystery to this video I can't figure out. Why is it that in the opening of this video you have a blue pen in your shirt pocket but at the first break where you show the contents of the kit you magically have 2? It's kept me up for the last two nights, please explain it to me so I can get some rest. Thank you.

[@herrickkimball]

Good question. I've wondered that myself. Those Pilot G-2 07 pens are amazing. I started with one and now I have hundreds of them. :-)

[@ryanwaltos2206]

He drip watered his pens like his strawberries and the blue pens sprouted runners.

[@brandongibson1817]

I’m working on a hanging version of this where at the bottom I collect the water and re use it

[@lydvincecruz824]

Thanks for sharing.

[@MMongoose1]

why the cut tires??? just put a small hole in the plastic and plant through the plastic. Wont dry out as fast if you use a small hole. You are also wasting space. Run your pvc pipe with small holes in it (or drip tape or old garden hose with the end clamped and holes in it) under the plastic (connected to the bucket) and plant through small holes in the plastic. This will save water and space and not dry out as fast. Leaves also will stay dry and healthier.

[@samirasamira73]

great idea i love it and thank you to share us your video

[@Karl_B]

Great idea Herrick and simple as well. It reminds me of the ones from ECHO from a number of years back. The ones that Chapin Living Waters used ECHO sold, but appears no longer. Perhaps your concept could be used for them?

[@herrickkimball]

Hi Karl, ECHO still sells the Chapin Living Waters irrigation kits. I bought one to better understand their concept. Their system stays in place, while my buckets are moved around the garden as needed. Also, they use the drip tape, which has a drip emitter every 12," while my buckets have the trickle valve, which allows a regulated drip or flow in a specific area. There are less components, less set-up, and more versatility with my bucket irrigation approach. However, Chapin Living Waters has a very well engineered and proven system for gravity-fed drip irrigation of a garden. I question the wisdom of everyday watering, which they advocate, but their systems are, evidently, helping a lot of people in third world countries grow their own food, and that is a beautiful thing.

[@eieio-mn9pm]

or you could put a drip tape along the entire row and then go sit on the porch ...nice and tidy garden ....ill give you that

[@farmbeet2542]

No, I haven't tried that. But I will this year. I do have some red plastic mulch (bought it and never used it) and I plan to plant some new strawberries in the spring. So thanks for the idea!!

[@CookingWithCows]

could you poke pinholes into the hose and tighten down the trickling valve to make the water come out over the whole length of the hose so you could irrigate multiple plants with one hose? Maybe use a longer hose. As long as the bucket is sufficiently high up to provide water pressure, it should come out of the pinholes evenly. To water deeply, you could just refill the bucket instead of changing it's location

[@herrickkimball]

I have not tried the pinholes in a hose idea. However, I have hooked one of my irrigation buckets to a 30-foot length of drip tape, just like is used by the Chapin Living Waters irrigation system (www.chapinlivingwaters.org) and it worked perfectly. The bucket needs to be higher to get more water pressure in that kind of setup.

[@CraigOverend]

Pinholes will block easily on gravity-fed systems.

[@kmac713]

I like your idea.

[@wagnerpd5921]

The guy is a Flagellist.

[@ellekay1721]

How could you use a regular garden hose instead of the small tubing?

[@DanielinLaTuna]

I love your homemade pin! I'll try your method, as I have sandy soils also

[@CraigOverend]

I like the simplicity of your wingnut and bolt adjustable dripper. How did you determine a bucket? :) I think Strawberry plant roots go down about 3 feet. So if the soil was bone dry, a 5 gallon bucket (0.66 cubic feet) would add 22% water volume over a 3 cubic feet area. Since yours don't look like they're wilting and the wilting point for sand is about 6%, or 12% for silt loam by water volume, you're at least 28% water volume which is near field capacity for loam, and pretty much ideal...

[@herrickkimball]

Interesting. I did not determine a bucket based on the knowledge you have. I just guessed it would be a good amount. :-) Thanks for the comment.

[@mattuk1310]

uhmm ??? "Strawberry plant roots go down about 3 feet "...what type of berries you growing Craig ?? I've been growing these for may years i've never seen more than maybe 8 inches

[@CraigOverend]

The bulk of the root will be in the first foot but Dunlap have been shown to go down 3 feet: soilandhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/01aglibrary/010137veg.roots/010137ch18.html

[@mattuk1310]

wow i never thought that to be tru thanks for sharing the link too...I have 6 type of strawberries OZARK BEAUTY, White Carolina Pineberry, alpine white (small ones but tasty ) Honeoye, & BEST BERRY & generic no name from home depot...lol I'll have to check out the Dunlap now ..i never knew they had so may types... i grow mine IN Ca 30 North OF San Francisco residential back yard berries flat grow... next yr i'm thinking barrels or rain gutters easier picking......i bet you grow in black plastic mounds...what the pros n cons do it that way ? and how do you get the plastic under on the sides Thanks for the share...Peace

[@wagnerpd5921]

How much yellowcake to make a fissile device? They sell SarahLee in grocery store.

[@0007nick1]

What if you put a inch and a half long half inch PVC in the ground and put the hose on it that way whenever the the inch and a half PVC fills up with the drops of water. Dripping slower and that he will stay moisture for a long. Of time

[@mmangla5575]

Thanks for the information

[@PickledPoacher]

Have you ever tried using a red plastic mulch sheet for your strawberries buddy? you will get a better crop from a red mulch plastic cover. I don't know why but ask James Wong who I took the tip from.

[@geaj4214]

Are you able to turn the water off also is there a way to attach a battery operated timer so the water turn on on its own

[@herrickkimball]

Yes, the water can be turned off by tightening the wing nut. No, this idea is probably not suited for using a timer to control on-and-off action.

[@Medzo2]

Great idea but now how to use this technique to irrigate several separate plants?

[@herrickkimball]

The idea is not suited to watering several plantings at once. There are other ideas for that. Some people think that you can just put a longer hose on the pail and that will work to water more plants. It doesn't work. This is a spot watering technique. As simple as it gets. But not the answer to every garden watering situation.

[@CarrieNita]

I have my qty 4 4'x6' beds set up with 3/8" soaker hoses. There are rain spouts coming off our roof beside the beds. If I set up rain barrels with 4-way manifolds to fill 5 gal buckets you used in your system, could I modify the fittings slightly to run them into the soaker hoses in each bed? I know it would have to be quite high off the beds.

[@herrickkimball]

I don't know. I had a soaker hose many years ago and it needed household water system pressure to work. If that is still the case with soaker hoses, gravity-feed water from a bucket would never do the job. A gravity-flow drip tape system like Chapin Living Waters uses would probably be a better way to go if you want to use rain water to irrigate rows.

[@CarrieNita]

You are probably right, but Murphy's Law strikes again. I had set up a soaker hose system 2 days before I saw your bucket irrigation system. Now I will have to find a place to use your system in my small garden, lol. Thank you for your reply and keep the great ideas coming. God Bless you.

[@wagnerpd5921]

Are you a Rocket Scientist?

[@smalltown9052]

With the bucket irrigation. Can I buy attachments anywhere that allow me to splice the hose to run to multiple tom plants? I have my plants in buckets and want to do D.I. I have 9 tom plants. Would love to set up one for my peppers also

[@herrickkimball]

Hi Morgan, When I was experimenting with this watering system I purchased some brass Y-fitting with the thought that I would divert the flow of water to several plants from one fitting on the bucket. In theory, it makes sense, but in practice, it doesn't, or it didn't for me. The water chose to go to one line and did not flow evenly to the other(s). Thus, the only way to effectively drip irrigate multiple plants from a single bucket is to have multiple fittings on the bucket, with a single hose going to each plant. Thanks for the question. Best wishes.

[@smalltown9052]

@@herrickkimball oh ok. Well each kit is 16$ so that'd be way too much for me to spend on this system to correctly send water to each bucket. Lol it is a great, simple idea though if you only need one or two. 😁

[@ThunderStruck15]

smalltown 90 cheap any easy way is to do a wicking system. Get a 5g bucket, and put between two of your Tom plants. Run a cotton line from inside the water bucket to inside the soil of the Tom plants as close as you can get it. Water is wicked from the water bucket slowly to the plant. Cheap and easy.

[@yasim9435]

What is th3 ordering part number for the bucket fitting that connects line to bucket?

[@birungikenneth889]

fabulous project!

[@totamtips2141]

okey.... Amazing! 👍👌

[@FigsForFunSA]

This is an amazing idea :)

[@cristalbeardsley4596]

Interesting indeed - but what about the tires leaching junk into the soil? Does that concern you? I am going to give some thought as to what I could use in place of those. Thanks very much, really enjoy your creativity.

[@farmbeet2542]

No, it doesn't concern me. I'm persuaded from researching the issue that any leaching is very minimal. And plants are not biologically capable of taking up the molecule leachate, if there is any. But I can understand not wanting to use the tires. For another option, check out my Minibeds-On-Plastic blog. It's a new gardening system. minibedsonplastic.blogspot.com/

[@wagnerpd5921]

Don't use tires made in Red China.

[@aboveallholidaylighting9305]

cool tire scraps, whered you find those?

[@herrickkimball]

They are tire sidewalls. I cut them out of used tires. I have nearly 100 of them. They are useful in many ways.

[@cd1168]

what a beautiful weed free garden ... what is the name of that back fabric.. great natural waterers

[@anonh5691]

How long will that plastic hose last in the sun and heat in your experience?

[@herrickkimball]

Mine are a few years old. Can’t remember exactly. I use them intermittently. They don’t look like new any more but are still in working condition.

[@binhminh417]

Thank you!

[@bishnubohara9271]

Thanks a lot for sharing a valuable information .

[@mrwhipper21]

OK for a couple plants but seems labor intensive if you have many plants to water.

[@donaldrouleau4269]

I like your tire sidewalls how did you make them or were did you get them from. Thanks

[@herrickkimball]

Donald... I cut the sidewalls out of old tires using a jigsaw. In less than a minute I can have two sidewalls cut out. This is discussed in my "Planet Whizbang Idea Book For Gardeners." But I'd bet someone has made a KZbin showing how easy it is to do. :-)

[@wagnerpd5921]

Have you ever driven down an interstate hwy or a lonely stretch of road? Plenty of tires.

[@onetruehoneydip]

why do you plant a runner plant? i love your system and plan on buying a kit for my lil community plot (perhaps for my sisters plot as well).

[@siddasgupta679]

Do you have a way to connect the hose to a t-tape drip tape so I may irrigate an entire row instead of a single plant? Thank you

[@herrickkimball]

No. Sorry. Check out Chapin Living Waters: www.chapinlivingwaters.org/

[@adaholmes9210]

Great work!

[@willemsdominica]

If i have 50 plants do i have to put 50 buckets?

[@andreajohnsMyPotteryBliss]

Washington State University trialed garden plastic mulches. They found red plastic is the most effective color for tomatoes.

[@wagnerpd5921]

The school in Bellingham? Went there. Wouldn't go back.

[@joyceohman4789]

Pretty sure WSU is in Pullman, Eastern Washington. Bellingham is Western Washington University.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Can't afford $16.50 for the kit. Sticker shock prevented me from even looking at the shipping costs. May have to manually water due to the costs of semi-automatic watering.

[@kathyrapp671]

can you run multiple lines on one bucket 🪣?

[@TheTortmad]

Hello Herrick I have another question. Your strawberry plants being deep watered are under raised beds. How or what is the black you used and how do you raise it up like that I see orange trees here in Spain the same I would like to do the same but yours look nice and smooth domed How did you do it. Thanks Vic

[@herrickkimball]

Hi Vic, That black plastic is some inexpensive plastic mulch that I rolled down the row and tucked into the soil. The ground was tilled up first and then hoed and raked into a neat mound. The plastic is straight along the row because I took the time to set up a string line. I'm an old carpenter and I like stringlines. 🙂

[@TheTortmad]

Great Job again

[@SolanaGalaxy]

Hi there just wondering if the wingnut is able to completely shut off the water or not?

[@herrickkimball]

Lazy Hitman Yes. There are washers under the wing nuts. He hose can be pinched shut.

[@SolanaGalaxy]

Herrick Kimball Thank you very much just needed to clarify

[@HazeOfLife]

Where can I buy just the hardware brass fittings? I know those were purchased somewhere. A link would be appreciated! Thanks! Also, could you explain the hardware for the drip hose wing nut adjusters? Thanks!

[@StreetMachine18]

The brass hose barb is probably like five dollars at Home Depot or your local hardware store. The wing nut is on a screw that goes through the hose, Not much to explain there

[@wagnerpd5921]

Warning: this information may have been stolen from NASA... copyright infringement rife!

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

Wagner PD so using a water tank connected to a pipe is a infringement ?

[@vnswamy2008]

How do you fill the bucket with hose dragged around or you carry down the line? I am jealous looking at your garden Lol

[@herrickkimball]

I have a 50ft length of hose from my house that reaches to the edge of my garden. So I fill and carry from there. In an off-grid situation (something I think about with my gardening), I have a creek behind my house and would carry buckets from there using a shoulder yoke (I actually have three shoulder yokes-one for me, one for my wife, and one for a guest). I was a Boy Scout. :-)

[@mattuk1310]

why not get another 50ft hose and water w/ it ...seems like them buckets take you all day.

[@rajariyasat717]

very.nice.Tip

[@reneecase8678]

How many would you need to do an entire garden?

[@herrickkimball]

These bucket irrigation and fertigation devices are not intended to irrigate an entire garden. They are for occasional deep watering of certain plantings (like squash or cucumber hills) in a home garden. Or of newly planted trees and bushes. Occasional liquid fertigation of such planting is also an ideal application for these drip-feed devices. Check out my top pinned comment for more explanation.

[@richardmartin7484]

Good video. Cured passenger tires contain carcinogens.

[@herrickkimball]

Correct. The question is if the carcinogens leach, and they probably do to some degree, though that degree is negligible. The next question is if the very small degree of leachate is taken up by the plants. The answer is no. It is not molecularly possible for the plant to absorb such leachate. The next question is if the negligible leachate does any damage it the soil biology and there is no study that I know of that has been done to find out. For me, the usefulness of the tires outweighs any extremely minimal carcinogenic leachate. There are many other carcinogens in the environment that concern me a whole lot more than tires. But to each his own. Do what you are comfortable with doing when it comes to these things. 👍

[@purwanchalscientific642]

Needs to istallation small drip irrigation project in the high school.

[@countryfrau8328]

I mean, maybe you could do something like that Cajun gardener does with pvc piping that he fills with water that goes right to the soil. I guess you could put some kind of valve in them at the bottom to control flow if you wanted to.... This would just be TOO slow....

[@crazysquirrel9425]

I did something similar. 5 gal of water gone in 2 hours. So I built a hugelgarden....

[@agustasister5624]

Good god what a tdoy garden

[@thewandywanz]

Anything I can use in place of tired sidewalls? I don't have access to lots of used tires nor the ability to cut them. Thanks.

[@herrickkimball]

You can make a square of 2x4 wood instead of using a tire sidewall. Check out minibedsonplastic.blogspot.com/

[@maryhornbostel6959]

A sharp knife cuts the sidewall of the tire away from the tread easily

[@simpson6700]

watering one plant at a time seems tedious and slow.

[@herrickkimball]

Deep watering with a trickle is slow, but not tedious. I just set the bucket up and walk away. It is not a universally applicable watering technique. But it works remarkably well in certain situations.

[@sunnifreyer2759]

Why not natural mulch rather than plastic, which prevents rain water from percolating into the ground and alters the microbial system in the ground. Natural mulch will add to the soil and prevent the weeds.

[@herrickkimball]

Natural mulch is fine, if you have a plentiful supply, and it does not have herbicide carryover. There is plenty of subsoil moisture under the plastic. The microbial system is altered to some degree but not to any negative effect. Almost all organic-certified food you buy these days has been grown with the aid of polyethylene mulch. I resisted polyethylene for decades. Now I'm an advocate for it. Do what works for you. 👍

[@smittys19daytona]

you must have a lot of time on your hand why not just install a regular drip system ?

[@herrickkimball]

I have installed a drip system in years past. It was a hassle. For my climate, and plant spacings, I rarely need artificial watering. Occasional spot watering of some plantings during a very dry stretch is sufficient. Last year, however, I experimented with the Minibed Gardening system and no artificial watering at all was needed.

[@yeshuaisthewaythetruthandt515]

Thanku. God bless you

[@hunglafung2948]

Can I use this for a few flower plant at the same time?

[@herrickkimball]

You can only water one plant, or group of plants that are together, with the drip valve. If you wanted to water more than one plant, you could put more hoses on a single bucket.

[@TheJunkyardgenius]

hung la Fung just run a long tube from the bucket and put holes in it wherever a plant is with a sewing needle and at the end put a plug/bung or bend it over and clamp it. play about with different sized needles to get different drip rates depending on the water needs of your plants and local climate. great idea but watering one plant at a time and then moving it is a lot of time spent watering you would be quicker using a watering can

[@wagnerpd5921]

No. Only veggies.

[@josephnmn146]

Holy F! This will take forever! Here I am complaining it takes 45 min each morning to water all my plants and garden but here you are spending all damn day lol! Sure its water efficient but some of us still work bro!

[@PabloRGNRNDO]

Hello. Did you try with Jadam EM in the bucket , with some rock dust ... o a Bio ferment with manure broun sugar yeast and rock dust .... ? 👍🤠🌱🌞

[@wagnerpd5921]

Bet that makes great biscuits!

[@raycut8]

Put that table on wheels

[@bharadutaChannel]

thanks for the information, but I have one question. can this system be used for irrigation of spinach plantations, which have a tight spacing? thanks.

[@herrickkimball]

No. This watering technique is not suitable for that application.

[@chickencoop4439]

Could you tell me the actual name of that white covering fabric? thanks!

[@herrickkimball]

It is Agribon row cover fabric. Available from numerous places. Johnny's seeds has it. Comes in different weights. I don't recall the weight I'm using but it is the lighter fabric, which allows more light transmission.

[@OldAlabamaGardener]

Agribon 19, it is the lightest of that line of row cover. I have at times put it on double when the weather forecast it was going to get down in the teens at night. Hello Chicken Coop! OAG

[@wagnerpd5921]

Netting for gardens.

[@oregonpatriot1570]

I hang my bucket from a tree branch next to the garden (which is only 12' X 12') I had to paint the bucket because the wife didn't like an orange Home Depot bucket hanging in the tree. 🤣

[@wmluna381]

Sounds like she'll keep you from sticking a mailbox in a Home Depot bucket in front of the house too. My kind of woman. I would seriously not live on a town / street / next to a person that allowed or did that. Looks super trashy.

[@oregonpatriot1570]

@@wmluna381 Ha! Where I live? You would need TEN cement filled buckets to hold that mail box upright. Troutdale has hurricane winds almost every winter. (70 mph plus) If you want to see what that's like? Watch this video from a few miles from my house, and try to imagine that for days on end, several times each winter... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmiUlZZnoqigrJI

[@wmluna381]

@@oregonpatriot1570 Holy cow, I would need to strap myself to some of those buckets. That wind would blow ME away. I'm in SE MI. The township over where I work has no qualms over HD, ir even pallet, mailbox 'holders'. Some perfectly nice houses and they put that out front. Boggles my mind that no effort is made to paint, camo, or cover them in some way.

[@oregonpatriot1570]

@@wmluna381 What a crack up! I was born & raised in the Grand Rapids area, and I remember seeing mailboxes in cement buckets along the rural back roads.

[@countryfrau8328]

I like this but there HAS to be a faster way to water more plants at a time. Is there a way to hang buckets or do something like that?

[@herrickkimball]

Hi Country Frau, There certainly ARE faster ways to water more plants at a time. Lee Reich, the garden writer, has his gardens hooked to drip tapes fed by a hose and controlled by a timer. That would be ideal. The method I show here is NOT in any way good for watering a lot of plants easily. It's a very simple, very effective low-tech approach to deep-watering individual plantings. Although I show it on a row of strawberries, it is better suited to spot watering of more widely spaced plantings, like squash plants, bushes, or young trees. My objective is to not have to do any artificial watering in my garden. I have pretty much achieved that with my Minibed Gardening system, but last year I still resorted to using these buckets to deep-water individual tomato plants in Minibeds at fruiting time, and the buckets with trickle valve worked great for that. If you are a slave to watering your garden, you may want to check out the Minibed system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGbSp5Zujdx6iqs. Thanks for the comment

[@nroger01]

Subbed.

[@douglawton3990]

What area of the country are you in? It looks like desert....

[@herrickkimball]

Upstate New York, USA.

[@hunglafung2948]

I order it and try , I want to know that how I can prolong the host?

[@herrickkimball]

Thank you for the order. It will ship out tomorrow. You can make the hose longer with another length of hose and a barbed connector, which should be available at Lowes or Home Depot.

[@wagnerpd5921]

Don't deprive 'em of oxygen: people Luv breathing.!

[@javiergarcia---]

thats quite of hassle dont you think?

[@حمیدرضانیکفرجام-ش3ذ]

Wery good

[@staceystory7175]

Nice

[@kmac713]

I admire your ingenuity, and I like how well made your devices are. But that seems like an awful lot at work just water strawberries! You mean to tell me that you move those buckets and that table up and down that row? All due respect but that's crazy! Now if you had big fat wheels on the table so you can easily roll your buckets up and down that would make a little bit more sense. I would Bury a 2 inch PVC pipe with holes cut in a matching where the strawberry plants were, put an elbow on one end and a cap on the other end. Stick a hose in the elbow, and you get fantastic watering because, as you know, the pipe is in the ground and osmosis will pull the water through the system.

[@kingtyson333]

I would hope he puts that table on wheels soon...

[@crazysquirrel9425]

works fine until the algae builds up in it. A 5gal bucket will drain in about 2 hours....

[@timjones1583]

What about HEAT!! 4 or 5 hours in the sun and youd be watering with hot water.

[@jamesgarrett4030]

Why not add another line to each bucket and do four plants every two buckets, quicker, you would have to work into the night going at the pace you were going at.. it's only really the first watering that needs to be a real watering. I'd say half a bucket every day would be ample. You would end up over watering and stunting the plants broth that way and be inviting bugs in if like a swamp in there.. I'd perminant!y have one bucket to every two plants and then fill the buckets via a main water line unless nature fills them up. I'd add some nutrients periodically also.. not kicking the system. It's quite good but just wants a larger reservoir or something ... You want to eliminate the time spent watering not make it a routine choir.

[@jamesgarrett4030]

Plants looked healthy mind.!! Happy gardening ....James

[@MrWierdwildstuff]

Genius!!!

[@timpage5021]

Bro there's no way you can make money selling these by showing them EXACTLY what they can go out and buy cheaper themselves.

[@jeanfisse6736]

Quand vous publiez en France, ayez la politesse, soit de parler francais ou de soutitrer Merci d'avance

[@romygime5822]

One bucket for each plant? You are very rich person Better coca cola bottles that is for the poor people

[@helenwilliams3115]

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[@phd5753]

It's not a good idea ! It's a time consuming method ! I can use a garden hose to water those plants 50 time faster than those buckets. Save time and energy to go getting those buckets filled up ! Save tons of money on buying those material ! And more !

[@ThunderStruck15]

hung pham the point is to slow release the water.

[@MMongoose1]

This is stupid. I use a pvc pipe with small holes along the length of my strawberry row and connect the pvc pipe to a bucket and water all my plants with one bucket. Put water into the bucket and it waters all my plants. The small holes allow a slow watering. Can do several rows with one bucket.

[@herrickkimball]

Hi Mary, I'm sorry that you have totally misunderstood and mischaracterized the point of this video, and of the idea I present. It is NOT an idea for irrigating rows of plants. Please read my pinned comment at the top of this page for some clarification. As for your idea, it is not stupid at all. You are a genius. Thank you for adding to the discussion.

[@marieluise2759]

You're not showing hose connecting to bucket. You're not showing how 1 hose does whole row. It only shows drip coming out end of ONE hose. Not a good video. Please explain it better.

[@herrickkimball]

Please read the pinned comment at the top of the comments section. It answers your question.

[@phatpig4012]

That is ridiculous. Who has time to water like that.