Use Milk Jugs Like This and You Will never Throw Away Used Milk Jugs!

Use Milk Jugs like this and you will never throw away used milk jugs!
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[@C3Voyage]

Don't cut top on milk jug, fill with smaller rocks/pebbles to about 1", and fill with water. Put cap back on loosely. This will keep the critters out and help with evaporation. If worried about algae, spray paint the jug. FYI, the more you tighten the jug top, the more you can slow the drip.

[@papambaye9608]

Physics law

[@ramonepedgio5964]

No need to worry about algae. The plants don't care.

[@C3Voyage]

@@ramonepedgio5964 Generally, from a lot of experience, algae won't hurt. But, in this case, algae can clog the holes. Give it a shot. It's living matter. In hydro, algae can certainly wreak havoc. It clogs lines and will suffocate roots. It will take over is very short order due to the nutrients.

[@kd-yd5pk]

WOW thanks!

[@Janeite445]

I like this better because I don’t want a mosquito breeding ground on my hands!

I imagine how my garden is looking with 90 milkjugs around

​@@cmbells7736 no just worried my garden look like shit

[@auroravazquez1222]

Weird! Hahah

[@SteveDistefano-b2t]

Forget that . What about drinking 90 gallons of milk to collect enough 😂

[@aquilaclark814]

😂😂😂

[@ilovemycatdexter8669]

I dont have enough room in my cute garden for those milk jug to stand

[@sherriparkin]

Thank you for this fabulous ideas 🎉

[@TheKrispyfort]

Thank you 🙂🙏

[@jamestomlin5525]

Also, if you live in areas with shorter growing seasons, plants that prefer warmer conditions, you can fill a water jug with warm water and place it next to the plant to extend their growing for a bit. You can also do this with stones, as they will absorb any warmth from the sun and radiate it

[@resurrectionsunday4164]

You can also bury the milk jug just half way and put pin holes across each side near the bottom . Also put one pinhole in the cap or near the cap ( this will keep it from collapsing inwards as the water gets drawn out ). Just put plants around the milk jug .You will be able to see the water level through the top of the jug and refill as needed.i have done this with soda bottles.

[@jst2708]

To avoid plastics, use an Ola pot. Spelling? It's an unglazed clay pot with a small hole in the top. You do the same thing with it as the milk jug Put a rock on top to help with evaporation.

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

​@@jst2708. ..to help . against. evaporation.

[@bethanydavis9023]

They break too easily after a year or so. Plastic shards *everywhere* at just the slightest touch.

[@saltrocklamp199]

And microplastics in whatever you grew

[@J.petty124]

I do the same thing for my fruit trees except use 5 gallon buckets. Slow drip watering all day.

[@judylandry302]

Unfortunately plastic jugs are made with PFAS and when heated by the sun leeches into the water. The fluorine is then absorbed systemically by the plant.

[@speakup-wq7yw]

Stop it 🛑 ✋️ chill out

[@modernwarrior24]

​@@speakup-wq7yw no wtf its true unless you want cancer and hormone disruptors?

[@seanhenderson8870]

​@@speakup-wq7ywGo back to the supermarket and buy your pesticide and herbicide laden products that are GMO. Then stop giving advice to people who are doing what they can to live healthier lives. Do not shame others because you are lazy and uneducated.

[@kaybee3798]

That may be true where you are, here in the us milk jugs are mostly hdpe and that is totally fine in the sun💝

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

You realize you drink out of these things every single day of your life, right? 99% of all the food you consume is wrapped in plastic. The govt. is spraying plastic particles from the sky in some places. Your polyester clothes leech microplastic into your bloodstream. There's good news though, earthworms actually eat and digest plastic, or the bacteria in their gut does, reducing it back into benign chemical forms. 😊

[@greglove8082]

I've been using cat litter jugs. Perfect greenhouse

[@rayachan1794]

Thank you sir for the info 🙏

[@eviemaddox3038]

Also, this is a great way to use the water from rain barrels!

[@melindaroth5796]

Thank you 😊❤

[@celieboo]

Cool!

[@lanettelawrence6308]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jeandudley7841]

It’s food grade. Will not hurt your veggies

[@BeccaNiederkrom1]

Perfect solution when I go away for 5 days. Thank you!

[@lb6110]

@BeccaNiederkrom1 - yes, exactly what I'm thinking!

[@rhondahumes6338]

Yes! I live in Texas and feel like i can't leave all summer due to my garden and my chickens!

[@y0nd3r]

It doesn't work. It drains too fast. I was hopeful, but sadly this is Barbie science.

[@FFT-J]

@@y0nd3r few ways around this - make a smaller hole in the bottom and don't cut the top off. Apply the cap which creates suction and slows the drip down.

[@lise-annetijerino5624]

Thanks for the advice

[@1211foster]

Here in Texas, the UV rays from the sun quickly causes #1 & #2 plastic to crumble into bits. I've often tried to make it across the yard with a jug of water, only to have the handle disintegrate in my hands.

[@barbarat5729]

Oh, my neighbors would LOVE THIS.

[@gsssprocket]

excellent

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

COOL

[@footletuce1376]

They will if you're in India😊😊😊

[@Ropeorsnake]

you could paint some leaves/flowers on plastic jug if needed 🍁🍃

[@spiderman0863]

@@footletuce1376India 😅

[@gmc8099]

Hey my neighbors could use the one about protecting your plants from frost because they like to put their garden out in february 😂🤣

[@pinkcashmere1908]

Love this!

[@ajsanything8489]

Constantly wet roots isnt always a good thing

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

❤😊

[@joyfisher8008]

Love your practical, waste-not tips!

[@rickstephens1130]

This is a really good idea, and I thank you for sharing this with us God bless you and your family and your health

[@sassywithattitude1765]

Cool. Good to know. Thank you 😊

[@sentenall338]

Good work son 😉👍

[@brandonj3058]

That’s a great idea I wish I seen this clip when my strawberries were growing. The birds were eating them up before I could pick them 😂

[@pamthompson3170]

I've seen people hang tinfoil pie tins on strings over strawberries, they twist, flutter in the wind scares birds. Old cds would work too. Also when cut bottom off jug, setting jug over plants, if you don't have the metal stakes you could set the jug slightly off center. Put a long stick or what ever through the top of the milk jug and push the stick into the ground of course watch out for the tomato. Saves a couple of steps, and if you don't have the wire stakes it saves buying those. Recycle your long tree triming branches as the sticks through the jug. Recycle the jugs in the fall, the sun breaks them down after awhile, and use the sticks for your fire starter in your fire ring. Start over saving jugs for next year, if you don't drink a lot of milk find a neighbor with a bunch of kids. They'll be happy to give them to you. See then they don't have to deal with them. Someone is always triming trees just ask to use some, or ask to help trim their trees. They get basic triming done, and you get you get your sticks. I had a green house program at my school, l scounged all sorts of stuff for the green house. The stuff like starting trays for example, some deli boxes, pastry trays, Styrofoam trays. It takes time to gather the stuff up the school staff is usually willing to assist, just set out box for donations. If you Recycle it saves you $$$$ for other stuff, if you get plant trays and such donated, if used you might give them a quick wash to ward off any pests that might be living on them. Have fun.

[@mssixty3426]

Thanks, I live in the desert, great watering idea!

[@MissBetsyLu]

Blah!!!!!!!! This is from the '80s when that growing craze started. Blessings everyone everywhere and always

[@mssixty3426]

@@MissBetsyLu I wasn't much interested in gardening in the 80's, and I lived in a very different region then, not the desert, so didn't pay attention to ideas like this.

[@kellyb8237]

Plastic and hot sun don't do well

[@samnjoeysgrama1]

To protect from frost you do not need the stake or wire to stake the milk jug to the ground. Only cut three sides on the bottom. Fold the bottom to the side and put a rock or brick on it. Protects from frost, without buying metal stakes. Great post. With the bottoms cut that way you can stack the jugs on top of each other the way you stack paper cups. They take up less room to store.

[@VermaRajinder]

Great idea !!! 👍👍👍

[@mrsducky3428]

And then get up the next morning with every milk jug shredded by the dogs. 😂😅

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

lol

[@cynthiacollins2668]

I've NEVER had that problem & I have 4 dogs! Maybe you failed to rinse out the jugs first. Yuck!

[@freedom_born]

Any bottles, especially with water in them or near them, is a deterrent for dogs. Whether urination or just leisure, they won't go near, or rather won't disturbed them

[@SigXman]

Dogs….yuck. Gross animals. Plus they stink. 🤮

[@MissBetsyLu]

If you want it to flow slowly, put cover partially on. Blessings everyone everywhere and always.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Great tip!

[@Notrightnow6111]

I just use my drip system and don’t want my yard to look like a bump

[@lenorekoch6494]

Do not cut top off- not only are you providing water to unwanted, you are nurturing a mosquito nursery-- Put a hole or two on the lid and a small screen (keeps yellow jackets out) under lid...

[@drholt2]

I bury the milk jug which trains the plants to seek water deeper in the soil

[@regig.9493]

Unfortunately I'm my country we don't have milk jugs...

[@slksol]

Step one. Beat my lactose intolerance.

[@christinelarocca9709]

This is great!! Thank you!

[@AbolitionInAction]

💟💟💟

[@davidhardman6291]

Looks trashy. My dad buried the jugs beside the tomato plant with the lid showing. The holes were halfway down the jug. The roots grew into the jugs. Fertilizer too.

[@meme-tf8ih]

So my garden is going to look like a plastic container garden.

[@valerieescabi6104]

Thank you for your help. Be blessed.🧡🙏

[@philliproberts4103]

I did this in my front yard and my city said I needed to get rid of my trash lmao

[@inezvasquez8104]

Fabulous ideas 💡💡

[@cynthiacollins2668]

On warm sunny days, be sure to take any jugs off of plants. In past years i baked some of my poor plants. 😢

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

True! only use to protect from frost.

[@t.b.5476]

When you are going on a vacation... 🎉

[@oksanalarue6217]

I did that last year, and it did not protect my plants from the frost. They all died.

[@xmobile.]

I kept wondering about this. I'm in Pennsylvania, USA and it's very cold here. I had a lot of stuff in my plastic greenhouse die at the end of the season from cold and figured that was full of more warm air than a tiny milk jug could be.. i considered a milk jug and then plastic over top, but with our below freezing temps, i think my best bet is not to spend the time planting outdoor yet and just sprout and keep everything indoor until last frost (which for me is mid-May).

[@yasinhenfs4540]

​@@xmobile.this is how it is - if we go outdoors at freezing temperatures a milk chug wont keep us warm through the whole night as well

[@abba3629]

Excellent Idea💡💡

[@HollieAndApollo]

My neighbors are going to be super confused but awesome idea!

[@ImSonnyBurnett]

What if you're lactose intolerant?

[@johnrobertd748]

What if you never buy milk?

[@XTREMEINDUSTRIEZ]

Creative

[@Juliana65]

I used to have a garden that I planted in milk jugs and hung on my fence. The plastic in milk jugs does eventually disintegrate and will have to be thrown away or into the recycle bin. But, this is a great idea if you only have a few plants to water this way.

[@trumpwon2240]

I do this for newly planted trees with 5gal buckets. And the seap hole is tiny. 1/32nd also the size of a thumb tack.

[@worldpeacefrog]

PEACE 🍂🍁 🌎✌🏾🐸

[@ichooselife1916]

Except I don't want to use plastic in my garden. Especially running water to my plants

[@mvy40]

Keep in mind HDPE will become brittle after a year due to UV exposure.

[@RH-cv1rg]

Or just hook up drip irrigation and save the garbage look for the town dump.

[@theresamarie7679]

Makes the garden look trashy 😮😅😅 no thanks. Just water & enjoy your garden 😉

[@nikkinoodlesoup]

Aw man I wish I had seen this days ago. I was thinking about growing a pineapple but the winter gets a little too chilly for them and didn’t want to spend money on making a little greenhouse for it but now I know I can do these kinds of things

[@froginprogress8510]

I've found that slugs also love creeping into the jugs that are over the plants for frost protection. I have to check them often. Doesn't matter how firmly I jam them down over the plants. Taking the lids off during the day does seem to help.

[@thomasflores7817]

I did this alot, but then my wife told me the yard looked like a landfill

[@swaggerdo7231]

And always make sure you poo in the loo.

[@kimberly4120]

Thank you yes early frost in Minnesota sometimes.

[@sofire6852]

Omg my hubby will have a field day!!

[@adnan9520]

You can also pour milk out of milk jugs

[@AbsolutelyNOW]

Very nice ,will use the milk jugs going ahead and 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@donethatbefore100]

I've done this for years.

[@cassandrawright-mq5kp]

Love this idea💖

[@calbog1990]

Water will run out 15 mins

[@KB-uj8vk]

❤

[@jewelweed7427]

Great tips, thanks!

[@LINativePlantConservation]

Thank you!!

[@fgbtv3803]

Just install irrigation

[@SuzAnne-kgnJM]

I tried this and the jugs collapsed in the heat of the sun. The sides were suctioned inwards. A big fail for me.

[@sonyaluhman4648]

❤

[@Flowerpot24]

What great ideas thank you

[@Eminembest4eva1]

Fill milk jug with certain organic food scraps- cut up fresh peppers, spent coffee grounds, orange peels, banana peels, etc. and fill with water. Let fester for a few days, filter poopy juice out and use it as liquid fertilizer. Scraps left behind after filtering can still be composted, milk jug can be re-used

[@TheKyleSmith]

I’d rather not put forever chemicals with those plastics in my garden…

[@ppmtrader]

I get it, this youtuber wants to earn money from this video but the idea is so stupid.😅

[@planttherapy1860]

Very practical 👌🏽

[@PreachCastro]

I’s it safe for baby plants 🌱? Poking one hole for growth

[@bantshizdorhat1946]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT 🕯️🕯️ THANK-YOU 🕯️

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

No need to yell tho.

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

For 100s of plants??? 😂

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Use row cover

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

Yes, that’s what I use.

[@nickfosterxx]

Been doing this for years in southern UK, using hundreds of bottles. Make two holes well apart so that the water can reach 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock of the plant roots rather than being a single point source. Caveats: we used old nappy pins to make holes. This caused problems because the inevitable growth of algae /bacterial film inside the bottle would eventually clog the holes. So yeah, a nail is best. Also, don't expect to re-use all your bottles for more than 2 summers, the plastic has a limited life in the constant UV. Just keeping saving bottles all year round.

[@mjqow3128]

Personally i would NEVER put plastic in my garden, it just introduces microplastics to the soilbed & produce that im growing!

[@christywatts3855]

I love your videos!!

[@JeannineBoehm]

Problem is they are not very attractive. Try green tinted, large size, plastic pop bottles. Even paint designs on them. Will look much better. 🌝

[@billyandrew]

I prefer using empty, clear, soft drink containers for shrub and tree seedlings, as they act like a Tulley tube, a small, individual greenhouse for each plantp, as well as protection from being eaten by any herbivores.

[@VickyShawcooksalot]

Used to use the jugs in the spring here in Idaho. We can have days in the 70's and nights with frost or snow. Like this week. 🙄 Shoots like tonight! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@SiddiGorsky-xc7ub]

Finally! One sensible hacks that I would use

[@davidjones6509]

Geez, I place a bucket over the plant if a frost issue and have drip irrigation. Someone always want to make something hard or 1 plant to deal with. 😏

[@cesschartz7813]

Thank you, much appreciated

[@bennym1956]

I have too many plants..... Milk jug over plant, it would cook the plant down here in the South.

[@Jenna_Tailia]

I can not believe nobody commented on the Glurp GlurP SlurpSlurpy glurppy glurp flurp When he said to cut the top part off the jug

[@karenpaulsell9272]

I’ve used 5 gallon buckets the same way for watering trees and shrubs. With just one nail hole, they do a good deep drip irrigation in about 20 minutes. This includes getting your drought-tolerant perennials through their first few years “drought tolerant when established “, right?

[@elblaise5618]

I think there’s enough plastic in my soil without a deliberate contribution from myself.

[@elisabethjones4917]

I love this channel and his videos, but I wouldn't say never. Once the sun cooks those bad boys enough, you'll throw them away.

[@donnakennell5111]

Thank you, excellent ideas

[@patricialacroix1645]

Like this idea thanks