Set It & Forget It! Automatic Self Watering Garden Grow System | Gardening With Plant Abundance

[@user-vb4fb3qw9s]

Lol heeeeyyy🎉 poppin grommets heeeeyyy!!

[@jessied3822]

My thoughts exactly aayyeeeeeee 🎉

[@diananazaroff5266]

You have just solved my watering issues. I have 17 garbage can rain barrels. I have them stationed near where I'm growing my plants (pretty much all are in pots) and I transfer the rainwater from the 'collection' rain barrels to the other rain barrels via a transfer pump. I then water the plants using a bucket or watering can. It's been difficult to keep schlepping heavy buckets. I just couldn't figure out which pump to use, or the hose setup, to move the water from the barrels to the pots. Your video has now given me answers. Also, instead of using the concrete bins, one can use a rubber feeder bowl from Tractor Supply. They're only $10 and they hold 6-7 1 gallon pots or 3-4 3 gallon pots. They're about 3' across and 6-7" deep and are perfect to hold the pots. I used them one year to hold my pots of peppers and it worked wonderfully. I still had to monitor the water and pour water in them, but now I can do it automatically! Thank you, so much, for your ingenuity. It helps a lot!

[@JennyPost]

That was amazing! You have me jamming in my chair and putting grommets on my Home Depot list, just because...

[@everdrakonis9587]

We all poppin grommets now

[@brendaguide9960]

Great job! Step by step instructions

[@brendaguide9960]

Success could not beat these ideas.

[@brantswanson3763]

Poppin gromits

[@shandysgarden]

Yep. Me too! Just because 😉

[@bethnia9053]

That interlude was fantastic! Unexpected, and a nice break from the seriousness of the work of a food forest!

[@porqpai7082]

Was not ready for you to drop "Popping Grommets" though! Low key goes hard! lol

[@godsgreenacreshomestead708]

Not a rap fan, but poppin grommets was hilarious! 🤣 Thanks for this video as I've been planning a manual plant watering method with trash cans on my off grid property. The cans will be my rainwater collection method with a hole in the lid with insect screening, and the lid curving downward into the can for maximum input. I put a standard outdoor faucet near the bottom of the can to connect my hose to and use gravity to feed the water. I can have as many cans as I need as my garden grows larger. I will be using a similar system of cans for my personal use water where they will be lined up around my house with the first in-line can at a downspout, and small diameter pvc pipe connecting the cans to overflow into the line. Bottom faucet on each one. Blessings, Texas Deb ❤️

[@brendaguide9960]

Thank you for the video Will share with another friend who is planning a garden. She takes vacations often 😑

[@PeteCorp]

You should look up Dr. Kratky and his siphon. That's what I did with my similar set up, except I don't need electricity due to siphon action and a float valve.

[@forrestodell4322]

I agree. This is a bit of overkill.

[@toniastownhousegarden7878]

Poppingrommets was the best!!!! Thanks for the videos, I find them useful and I can implement a lot of what you show.

[@pearlsalsman6946]

Tell your wife she did a great job she will make her feel she is really needed and appreciated have a blessed day 🙏

[@rockreader4298]

Dan, Thanks so much for being so thorough in descriptions and directions about your projects. Great camera work Alice, but not as great as your sunny smile. ( : Your fun "poppin' grommets" song brought a smile to my face, Dan. Love it when you add a bit of silly to your vids. :D

[@paulhutson5632]

Love your cost-effective garden hacks. Gardening doesn't have to cost a lot of $$$. Thanks for the great content.

[@CampSilkie]

Great setup, I appreciate you showing your original design and your redesign to show what what could go wrong and how to fix it. Great video

[@toniaplayer1936]

If and when you get signed😍😅😂 please don't stop making gardening videos I love your channel!🍃🌿🎤 Drop!

[@adriankap2978]

Great video! Thank you for showing us the whole video with mistakes and all. Alice you did a GREAT job of not missing anything. It takes a team to do great filming. I love your hat, you look so adorable. Pretty and adorable is a great combination. Just a suggestion, as a precaution I use Summit Mosquito dunks to make sure no mosquitos don't find a way in or something goes wrong. They last 30 days in constant water or 30 waterings meaning they dry out between waterings. To keep gnats away I use the Bits and put about 2T in a mesh bag and soak in my 2 gal watering can for about an hour, pull out the bag and water plants with the water. I make sure I water the plants first, let it soak in then water with the Bits water. It's safe for wildlife, pets, kids and organic gardeners. The Bits get moldy if you sprinkle them on top of soil by themselves. It's corn hulls with a bacteria that kills mosquito and gnat larvae. water once a week or so or if you're finding mosquitos. If there's an infestation of gnats do this every week until they're gone. This also works for indoor plants and seed starting. It's really amazing stuff. I'm doing due diligence this year in keeping mosquitos away and this helps enormously. I live in a wooded community so I can't keep them all away. Not that you have mosquitos but it's for those folks who might need a little help with those blood suckers.

[@michelemenard8364]

Thank you. I like this idea. I appreciate you sharing and your wife filming you. Have a wonderful day.

[@mdoreneb5315]

Growing plants in the winter when you live in a warmer climate, I found that I can make a greenhouse over the planted area, by using a 5 gal. water jar. When they leak and not useful to hold water, I cut the bottom off and the spout allows air in. The fact that they are heavy, the cold and frost are held back. On cold nights I put the lid back on. The bottom also makes a great plant saucer.

[@wisteria4981]

You be de 💣 🎶 - your such a genius in teaching people soooo many gardening hacks and that interlude was indeed poppi’n 👏😎💪

[@mustseevideos7777]

Daaaaamn! I gotta pop gromets!!! Pop grommets, Pop grommets, Pop gromets! @ 16:54! Yeah boi!

[@christinej2358]

The rap song was a surprise! Who knew!?…lol…you did it well! Great watering system, thank you for sharing!

[@lgrillo]

If I could like this 10 times I would! Great video, great interlude and a really nice *doable* project. Thank you!!

[@EmpoweredWithPiper]

Awesome video, as usual!! You help even a black thumb like me have a successful garden. ☺️ Thank you!!

[@mattriley8828]

Funny how all of us Xrp are connected. Thank You 🙏 for sharing your videos and helping us.

[@ksel790]

So now I feel like I need to go pop some grommets! 😂 Love it! Gonna sing that all night now.

[@mahoganyrootsstudio158]

We pop grommets! We pop grommets!!😄😂🤣😅 If hadn't already recently subscribed, that would've gotten me to do so. Love your videos.

[@seek2find]

Pop Grommets, Man!! YO YO YO!

[@tinapinch7494]

Lmao was not expecting the grommet rap. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you for the video. I'm doing raised beds with square bags as liners and this system is perfect for my beds.

[@DixieLivingHomestead]

Missed seeing your Fly Girl pop grommets with you. Include her next time! Lol.

[@victoriaburrell6358]

I’m going to be poppin grommets next week. Great video!

[@not-jeff_thered1233]

We poppin' grommets. Ayyyyye.

[@kimbeaux75]

I love how you always call us "my friends" 😁

[@danschram4052]

That is a slick project. Thank you for the inspiration. I have popped a lot of grommets, believe the music would have made the task more pleasurable.

[@kimbeaux75]

Great job Alice! You too Dan 😃

[@MzCAGOMEA]

I only have a balcony garden but I'm going to do a very small scale of this for science class with my kids. I'm just going to have them do it without the pump to show how the water keeps running after it starts. Eventually we will have a yard and I hope to have a real garden.

[@artisanshomerepair5790]

This is a great idea and we will be utilizing many aspects for our food forest. One thing we will be doing different though is where we get our water from. We collect water from a metal roof into 330 gallon IBC totes that are open to the air all the time. Mosquitos are a huge concern and we have found the best method to resolve the issue is with fish. There are many kinds of fish that can be used, but bait fish are cheap and plentiful near us so we use shad and goldfish. They have survived multiple freezes over the last few years, gotten quite big, and feed off of the algae that grows on the containers as well as the eggs and larvae from the mosquitos. If you add a few extra fish and feed them regularly, you'll get extra nutrients like in an aquaponics system. Just another idea for you. 🙂

[@theresamiller1446]

Great job Alice! Wonderful ideas as always Dan and I have to say I absolutely love “Poppin Grommets”! I’m still singing it in my head. LOL

[@AnteaterRae]

If I hadn't already subscribed I would've when you were Poppin' grommets! Loving your content so far. Once you get addicted to gardening you also get addicted to watching other people garden & learning about more gardening!

[@deecooper1567]

Another great idea Dan 👍👍👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@samt6885]

My plans with grommets are way too ambitious. Leatherwork and full plate armour come to mind.

[@marmotatita]

Just what I was looking for, now I understand why it kept flooding… thank you a hundred times!

[@kansaIainen]

You can also attach a Kerick Valve to one of the growing containers and then combine all the containers, that are on the same level to this container that has the Kerick Valve. No pump needed.

[@HammyGirl999]

Loved the interlude! 🤣🙌🏽😎💕

[@cynthiacarr2093]

Awesome video and the rapping and music was right on point yeah😁🎶🎤💯❤😁 tyfs such fun!

[@brownsugadiva]

This was very informative. Thank you very much. I have a container garden and I need to set up a self watering system.

[@maureenkoch7774]

The interlude made me subscribe 😂 Love the setup. I have been looking for a way to simplify keeping my grow bag garden watered consistently. Thanks!

[@postdawn]

My new favorite gardening channel. Love the low cost DIY approaches! Also, “we pop grommets” was hilarious and well done!

[@ginabaker9764]

Great job Alice!

[@HannahDavey]

Not only was this super helpful, the grommets rap was dope, NGL. Wonderful job and thank you so much for the help! With water restrictions in my state coming, I'm hoping this, will help me use water more efficiently. I'm also going to cut back a bit this year in my garden.

[@gypsyj9691]

Recently found your channel and have been binge watching from Australia; love all your helpful advice, I’m a newbie to gardening and not familiar with hardware stores so I appreciate the full explanation of equipment needed and the close up shots so I can show in store. I would love if you could put a little note up on screen for metric conversion if possible. I thought you were a quiet introvert sort of person till I heard your grommet rap🤣 Loved it! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Msmargret1]

Y'all are BOTH doing great! Thanks!

[@farmgirlzz2319]

I love this idea, I kill so many container plants each year by not watering enough! Thank you for sharing!

[@tata-pf1eb]

WOW! That was amazing👍👍

[@buttpyaaah2012]

Excellent detail teaching. I always wondered how the water pump system works. Thanks for the tutorial. Looking forward to more

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!! YESSSSSSS!!! We're Dropping Seeds & Poppin' Grommets!!! 100!!! LOL!!!!

[@plantabundance]

Aye! Cheers Z!

[@kivdronekim7916]

Good stuff Dan and Alice

[@arealcanadian419]

The chlorine will evaporate in a few hours without any help, if your concerned at all, just fill your bucket a day in advance. You could eliminate the valves and equalize your tanks with a short pipe between them plus you would only have to run tubing to the first tank. Love the pin hole trick for the siphon! I’ll be setting something like this up for sure.

[@plantabundance]

Thanks! FYI, many water treatment facilities now treat with "chloramine", which is an ammonia and chlorine bond that does not easily break down and dissipate like chlorine alone. It can take weeks and would need adequate UV and aeration to accomplish. A small amount of vitamin c crystals (ascorbic acid) will effectively neutralize both chlorine and/or chloramines in minutes. Your idea to run an overflow connection series is a good idea and will work but doesn't allow for custom hydration settings. This set-up will allow you to grow celery in one container and kale in another, dialing in more water to the celery each watering cycle.

[@terrykunst3883]

Super idea! Great filming, A! Thank you.

[@kentdavis6437]

Fantastic video as usual. Thanks for this idea. Never seen a set up like this. Im going to have to make me a few of these. Thanks again to you both.

[@sharonwachowski3951]

I have watched you for a while, this video right here made a fan. You are very educational and love following you. Glad you do have fun and not just down to business always. Loved the video and i am saving it so I can jam as I build mine.

[@GiantGrasses]

There are grommets made for the cord too, they work great! Glad you mention needing a siphon-break at a high point on your water feed line. Been using a similar system for 15 years, the smaller masonry trays fit perfectly into a Sterlite 30 gallon tote. Instant self-contained hydro-pod using a recycle timer.

[@Las_Maravillas]

Love the "pop grommets" song! More please! God bless everyone ❤️

[@knarlyknuckles6199]

I love the self watering container set up. I'm looking at every system to figure out what might work best for me. I've seen a similar set up, but they set everything up so that each feed line was slightly lower than the other. It was either an Alaskan Bucket system or a rain gutter system. They used a Float Ball Valve Shut Off so it automatically watered everything when the water line dropped. Once the waterline came back up to the designated level, it automatically shut off. Like a toilet. Your trouble shooting for the lines and the Grommet rap, are a great addition to my toolbox. Thanks!

[@sampinstaa3849]

Lol mean flow bro. Dangerous Dan and the Plant Abundance Gang. Love it haha

[@stephanieroyal3453]

I loved your rap! So smart, I was laughing my head off, I really did not expect to hear a rap on your vlog. Rap can be used as a tool for teaching adults and young people.

[@YasLoLo7]

😁😭😭😭😁I wanna Pop Grommets! What a great idea. Thanks for the lesson.

[@joebonner8665]

That was incredible, it also helped me solve my watering issue. I just have to adapt it to my grow bags and bucket system. I also enjoyed your "Poppin' Grommets rap. Very entertaining.

[@thomastessin1663]

I'm poppin grommets, I'm poppin grommets, and don't have to water no mo. Cool Mr. Plant. Made me fall out of my chair. Ha!

[@Carollori]

You pop grommets😂💖😂💖😂💖. Hope you grow green too!👌🏼

[@CristieRoach]

That interlude was awesome! Really enjoy your videos!

[@JenzJoe]

I appreciate the rap section of this video. Mad props my friend. I actually danced. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😎. Good tutorial btw.

[@danielapettus7693]

This is awesome you have so many great ideas iam totally impressed

[@rebeccazody1278]

Great job Dan and Alice!

[@1stofAllHaHaHeeHee]

Nice setup. I've been using a kiddie pool for watering my growbags & sandbags. You can get them for under $8 in my area. I'm going to start popping grommets & incorporate your irrigation system to lighten my load. 😊❤

[@11ELFs]

ok I wasn't waiting for that lit af rap, perfect video, more pls

[@brantswanson3763]

Pop grommets hits hard. Woke me out of a dead Sleep

[@CITYBORNDESERTBRED]

😆😆😆😆😆 poppin grommets going straight platinum! Sounded straight H-Town

[@melissaschloneger9902]

We poppin’ grommets! Best rap song I have heard in a long time! 😂

[@bobbiwest6625]

Great hat Alice, great idea for plants. Take care

[@maggiebenton6384]

Guess I’m gonna become a grommet popper. Really like your videos and have subscribed

[@tashaw3636]

We popin grommets 🎵 🎵 😂 😂. Wont be surprised if i hear this on the radio. That was great!

[@yellowbirdie2703]

you just gave me an answer to my problem. we have downspouts that go all of the way to ground level. I wanted to be able to collect the rain water from them, but my husband won't put anything on the downspout itself to make it high enough for a rain barrel( and I am pretty sure no rain barrel has a collection hole at the bottom. I am still trying to figure that part out,but my garden is a very long ways down a steep hill away from the house and nearest downspout. you just helped me figure out how to transfer the water from whatever I rig up by the downspout to some kind of container(s) placed at the bottom of the hill and be able to set up an automatic drip system. I was thinking of something like a water bladder or similar since it lays on the ground and lays flat but need to see into that part

[@veautifulstranger]

Love the bar-spittin' interlude.

[@lisalea3853]

This is what I need using the rain water off the metal roof to water the greenhouse. Love this video.

[@traceymariewade3435]

That was Great Rapping and of course your Vids are always Educational.💪

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

Poppin grommets

[@kalingzeye]

Do you need to add drainage holes in the sand bags or do they absorb moisture? This setup is awesome!

[@JadesLotusMeditationsMore]

That’s my question too.

[@HarshHazeStudios]

Pop'n Grommets! early 90s beat!!

[@flowerbanzai]

Great video ! いいね！

[@kathymueller5909]

Loved the rapper!!

[@ericjolene]

Love your work , thanks for sharing ‼️

[@javier0304]

This reminds me of Larry Halls kiddie pool growing method. RIP MR. Larry Hall.

[@kahalamorse8910]

Hello!👋Just watched your video and my first time watching. Thanks for the tips! Those cement mixing containers for great size for planting! I'm your new subscriber! Aloha🌺

[@amysnipes4245]

Great idea! I'm thinking I'd need to empty the cement bins after a heavy rain. I often get 2+ inches per storm in the summer. Thank you.

[@plantabundance]

I made mention of an overflow drain in the video. That would work well for your situation. Cheers!

[@ThaPepperPlug]

Bro! I knew something was up when you pulled out that hot tub 😂

[@brandonanderson3917]

We pippin grommets 😂🎉 , gr8 job brugghhh!!

[@roberthodges5039]

I am so impressed with this video. You just got a new subscriber. Thank You for your work and sharing your system.

[@jackiebetty1344]

You too funny. Poppin' dem grommets

[@kimadams2995]

I hate rap, but died laughing at your interlude. Very convincingly done...

[@angietorok8389]

Lol. I'm gonna be singing "We poppin' grommets" all day now?

[@janineahill186]

Loving that mini rap session!

[@fukoff5658]

I died at the “popping grommets” track