Ollas: A Collection of Information and Techniques

[@Nonamguys]

Finally, someone who mentions how far to space them! THANK YOU I have been looking for a while now.

[@Ellie-yx8ni]

Everybody sounds on edge haha. Didn't mind the audio at all. Thank you for the video. Good information. Did not expect the actual making of terracotta pots. Cool.

[@natsoray]

I live in a relatively wet ecosystem, so I don't really need ollas, but I've found that growing some of my garden plants in partially buried terracotta pots is doubly useful. For one thing, I can grow plants that like warmth and dryness a bit more (like peppers) in the pots, so the have a bit of an advantage in the rain. But also, when we have a dry spell, I can water into the pots directly, which then act like ollas for the plants in the ground. The real advantage here is that if I can keep my surface mulch a little drier, I don't have to worry about slugs nearly as much, and there are always a ton of slugs. Cool video dude. Keep it up!

[@1wholovestrees]

While hiking in Anza Borrego, I came across a pot that I now realize was an olla. I knew it was a pot, but I didn’t know what it was used for. Thank you for explaining.

[@sweetgramma]

I made my first olla from an unglazed terra cotta pot, sealing a piece of broken tile over the hole (from the inside) with a little wet cement, and then adding cement to cover over that little tile and out to the edges of the pot (smoothing it with my finger to make sure it's sealed nicely). Then I used the terra cotta lid to set on top. I got that idea from youtube last year. I guess that sealing two together would give you a lot more water capacity, but I don't really need that much in my little raised bed garden. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT HOW TO SPACE THESE OUT!

[@AliMohamed-ig7ll]

هل تقصد ان الغطاء يقلل رشح الماء من الاوله وبالتالي حفاظ اكتر علي الماء

[@wgeusz1]

alright the music is definitely annoying. I haven't watched this in a few years. it was a final project for a class I was taking and, of course, I put everything off until the last minute. stayed up 48 hours doing the project, things got weird. I needed music at the end, didn't want to use cheesy royalty - free music so I made some weird sounds. listening to it now, I can feel how weird my headspace was while creating the movie, I don't know why I didn't do a guitar track like in other films of mine. I understand that it is distracting. I'm sorry. I'm not gonna do the George Lucas re-release, we'll have to live with it. Thanks for watching anyways!

[@Reed-nb2gc]

+Will Geusz It's really not that bad!

[@BecomingVegan]

I'm going to respectfully disagree. I got 38 seconds into the video and had to stop it.

[@christianfumueller3325]

I love the soundtrack!

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

Hahaha I can so relate to this!

[@MsSteffie1991]

Hahahaha I think it's funny 😂

[@ParadigmRabbit]

I liked the music! Like the animation, it helped me to focus in on the ideas. I am taking a permaculture course and a pottery class right now so this is doubly useful! Thanks for covering different methods for building the ollas. :D

[@rekster11]

One of the most informative olla videos I’ve seen so far. I’ll be using olla’s for the first time this summer. Super helpful 👍

[@db_7586]

i know I'm 10 years late but, God this is very informative and inspirational

[@Simsplayer1000]

Awesome video man! Crazily informative, well put together and without unnecessary contents

[@IgneousExtrusive]

I didn't think of the weed angle! I'm sold.

[@sweetgramma]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT HOW TO SPACE THESE OUT. My one question is about the radius of the pot being used: Where do you measure the radius since it is wider at the top than it is at the bottom?

[@evilvic]

Holy Moly! I really really enjoyed this video, its experimental approach and the detailed and informative narration! Thank you for teaching me about ollas, I can't wait to get into it myself and thank you for sharing the wealth of knowledge!

[@bford63]

Excellent. Answered all my questions. I will throw a whole series of Ollas on my potters wheel, fire them and then set them out in my raised beds. Need to get cracking as the season will start soon. Thanks for the great video.

[@wgeusz1]

How did it go?

[@valsptsd814]

I’ve JUST discovered this, and as a New Mexico native, that is sad. I’m moving in two weeks, and I’ve done a ton of research on this and permaculture and chickens. I’m dumbstruck at how I’ve been wasting energy which I then go purchase from the store. Also, there are very cheap terra cotta pots that have no drain hole. And the trays that can go under one size pot, will be a nice lid for the next size pot. ✌️

[@bellacull9331]

Thank you for making this video most informative and well rounded one i have found on Ollas

[@janctube]

This will solve the world food problem and the draught issues we are facing in some parts of South Africa. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScotchIrishHoundsman]

Best video I’ve found, and for some reason, the thumbnail threw me off so it’s the last one I’ve seen. 😂 Howdy from 2023!

[@xiomara525]

Thank you so much for the info on Ollas. I live in water starved southern Cali and wish people would pay more attention to our fading water supply and wasteful ways.

[@csyoung82]

nice. can't wait to see the follow up videos. i'm definitely interested in knowing how many times you need to fill up your ollas per week during the growing season. i've been looking into dripping springs ollas and like that they provide a cap. i'm going to research some more and try it out next growing season!

[@wgeusz1]

did you try it out?

[@christianfumueller3325]

Love the video! I agree on the glue, would be good to know more about the side effects or to find a more natural glue

[@mickythreee4640]

Thanks for sharing. I'm in Australia, going to try some experiments when I get my next break of time!!!

[@kristenwalker8041]

Best, most entertaining olla video yet-thank you! I really liked the music...your video is quirky and off beat and made a video on the rather dry subject of ollas entertaining to watch. And to all the naysayers... he made a cool/educational video about ollas that you are watching for free. Quit yer

[@kristenwalker8041]

And to all the naysayers... he made a cool/educational video about ollas that you are watching for free. Quit your kvetching and go do something useful with your life, like make an olla, or a video about ollas :)

[@conniebyrd3232]

thanks for the info. hate the tapping in the background, very distracting.

[@alicesenthil]

Hate that tapping... Irritating

[@raghubishnoi5860]

I thought same

[@LeporidaeanDream]

The music is like static interference, not very cool :D The rest is cool, though I don't live very far from the arctic circle so we've tons of water. Tries it out non the less.

[@8Jory]

I've done the clay pot method with great success using 3 different sized pots (6 inch, 5 inch, and 2.5 inch I think) the 6 inch went on the bottom with its hole sealed, the 5 nests upside down inside the 6, and the 2.5 gets its outside sealed then is put on top of the 5 to act as the neck as well as a funnel for filling. everything got put together using clear GE Silicone #1 (100% silicone with no additives) that's just the brand I can get here easily. As long as it's 100% silicone (not the bath/ kitchen stuff!!) it's non toxic. Just make sure your clay pots are warm when you silicone them so that the pores in the clay are expanded and will bond with the silicone more readily. Doing it cold would probably work but I figure every little bit helps me from having to remake them as frequently.

[@DrippingSpringsOLLAS]

Will, Great video! Looking forward to follow up.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

Great animation

[@geekworthy7938]

Most awesome ollas video! I wish every explainer video was as good! Of course not the torturous music. For that you could face the death penalty in many small countries.

[@ryderhughes9544]

So... where's the update video you said you'd provide?

[@Iggypox]

Great video, lots of information, thank you!

[@CobinRain]

Hi. I learned a little trick from RainbowGardens, a great gardening channel on KZbin. In this, very large plastic bottles are used. I tried this and it seemed to work really well, tho I didnt do a comparison . But you get really big plastic bottles(i had a mix of 4 and 6 litre ones. Fill them with water, put them in the freezer and when the water has frozen take them out and attack them with a small awl or similar, poke lots of holes. When the ice has melted, bury them in your raised beds up to the neck. Then fill with water plus plant food(if appropriate), screw tops back on and voila! Water seemed to take about 2 days to drain away in a very hot summer. Not as good as ollas but much cheaper.

[@TheBrich91]

Hi, I actually saw the same video on RainbowGardens. I am planning on trying the Milk jug method myself. If you don't mind me asking, how far apart did you space your plastic bottles?

[@nickboyce5850]

I sort of liked the background music. Cool video dude.

[@maoroca]

well done mate! very consistent and solid video

[@gabiglaezer8685]

Great information, thanks for sharing! I am a hobby potter from Australia and I think I will make some. Do you have any more information on volume they should have and shape and height. Thanks

[@matts4893]

The ollas you made look great.

[@ebradley2306]

I use the buried clay pot from Home Depot method. Use a saucer for a lid. Very easy to check on the water level. I used marine safe tape to seal the hole. If it's ok for aqua life should be ok for the garden. 🙂

[@Ratigan2]

Thank you so much for sharing your very well researched project. A hidden YT gem (prob cuz of the music lol). p.s. did you do the animation? also very good.

[@robinchapman3129]

Nice video! I appreciate knowing the firing temperature- how long would you fire one of your large ones?

[@silviamistri173]

Wonderful video, I've found all the info I was looking for

[@ichoudhury007]

Great Video! I have to checkout your channel for updated videos on latest status. I recently purchased 4 Ollas imported from Mexico (pretty $$ :( ) ... but looking forward to see the result. I have just planted veggies around the Ollas and can't wait to see the results.

[@sandrakeener1395]

Why all the tapping. Sorry hard to concentrate on what you are telling me. Volume on voice is low about even with the tapping. Don't want to complain but wanted to understand better on the ollas.

[@Don1ci1cio]

great video mate, you just enlighten me about ollas which ive just learnes today. appreciate your effort of making this video and i just learn something new today 😀

[@Anthonythomas_19]

The background music you have, has some sort of background popping noise that is irritating when listening via earphones

[@mikeswanson6543]

I'm in the desert southwest US too, thanks a lot for this video, helps me out a lot.

[@wallybeep]

Man. This is a long time ago. However,mis really well-done. Good Job.

[@bloosbelly]

all my questions answered. good job and well produced.

[@thebunnyfoofoo]

If anyone is in Central FL, we have a local potter who sells ollas at Green Umbrella in Winter Park, FL. They are not expensive, large is $35 and small is $25.

[@IIsanjaII]

thank youuu :D as i dont have water in my garden at all, this would be one of main options :D. today morning i just put glass bottles like i saw on some vid here in india ppl do , but as soon as i found clay for making pots i will try this too .

[@garyonstad4550]

very nicely done. You're a great teacher.

[@aprileaves4227]

the taping and clicking sounds made this video extreamly hard to watch. good info just could not absorbed it.

[@70athens]

thank you for the information, for the ollas and the many methods of making them, great job :)

[@jacquiecozens5938]

Good video, thanks for all the tips and I liked the music too!

[@zarahofshiloh7537]

Will motar around a terra cotta pot be a good substitute for the toxic glue to seal in the water?

[@lalitkumar1242]

awesome irrigation technique :)

[@VenueVideoUK]

Most annoying audio!!!

[@victorlopez-eq3yl]

Sh*t i know

[@oopalonga]

Lol it's funny AF thi

[@YouTube_can_ESAD]

What Aldous doesn’t understand is that by listening to this, he has now been programmed… For what, I don’t know. 😂 But keep an eye on ol’ Aldous!/s 😂

[@laxmimandapati6265]

The olas irrigation is best fo pot or flowering pots

[@marcellaortiz8572]

I loved it! Thank you this was extremely helpful and informative! I loved the animation.

[@sigridvermeulen1409]

Very informative video but music is so distracting that I couldn't finish watching the whole thing.

[@cashk100]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@flawns]

I thought something was wrong with my speakers

[@tejolson92]

Some glues are used in surgery. If it says it's safe, it's probably safer than whats in the soil naturally.

[@kriswaymire6805]

Great video

[@kashiliachumi4456]

really nice way of water preservation n watering your pĺants.. I am going to try tomorw

[@matarweinberg8224]

the noise is awful! i could not keep watching.

[@galennordland8074]

Good ideas. I'll try some of them. Thanks!

[@beevipatin8224]

Very good info ,what is glaze n unglaze terra cotta pot .why we have to use unglaze ollas pls explain as i really want to put this ollas in my raised bed garden .tks

[@askmichaelnow]

How’s it going with the Ollas?

[@cajuncherie8447]

OH MY Goodness! I really wanted to hear your information, but I just can't take the background noise, wishing you could go back and edit it out.

[@mjp6614]

Wow love this video

[@azell2913]

you should re-upload this with less horrifying music

[@MuN2k22]

put only rainwater in it, with little bit particles (powder) of copper and zinc.

[@peterrosina5985]

Amazing video. But use rain water. Tap water may build limescale.

[@Jo24Park]

I stayed with the video only to find out that this is sort of the very same concept that I 'invented' myself earlier this year: I took a very fine, synthetic (for reasons of expected durability over cotton and to prevent soil from entering the water zone) net-like cloth, sew it in the shape of my container, filled it with expanded clay pebbles and placed it at the bottom of 15 cm deep container. Filling soil on top I now, after a few months, see that even after 4 days of heavy sunshine the plants don't get dry, while weeds growing on the top had a very hard time. Eventually they reached the moist part of the pot, unfortunately 2 days too early, otherwise the weeds probably died. I filled the reservoir up last week with a litre of water and since it has been perfectly fine. However, replacing the synthetic cloth with a flat board of clay could be a great next step!

[@wgeusz1]

that sounds cool, do the roots grow through the fabric or along the outside of the bag? how did the rest of the season go?

[@douglasanderson7301]

I'm having a hard time visualizing this do you have a video on this? How has it work over time?

[@hurricaneprepper3559]

Very nice video!

[@Lppt87]

Your taste in music is scarely interesting... I got stressed hearing the ambulance and suspense music. Is a sound you associate with people suffering being sick... I had to stop a lot the video.

[@mdoreneb5315]

What is with the ticking sound while you talk? had to shut the sound off. Read the comments and I'm sure I missed great info, but the sound of ticking was too much.

[@Baltikev]

very good thought about the glue being used for glueing the pots together. yes people use silicon which is not food grade and it would be toxic.

[@pisageegee2424]

Been watching various vids on ollas...was concerned about the silicone glues and toxicity. Thank you for covering this

[@vish341]

Audio is more trippy than having ganja. Lol

[@wgeusz1]

Haha I made it at the end of a 48hr lsd and end of semester project binge

[@bubblegum2996]

Cool video

[@11JadeStone11]

Anyone ever figure out what glue to use to avoid toxicity?

[@realkabecio]

DGREAT INFO GREAT ANIMATION TOO. VERY INSTRUCTIVE. IM SOLD!

[@daniellima2973]

Use aquarium silicone to glue the pots together

[@tomato_2502]

nice. You are very good at doing ollas !:)

[@hugenkiz3099]

hey, great video! did you get a good grade? I thought this video was awesome

[@trishferrer8209]

OMG. This seems to be extremely interesting, important info, but the background noise/music???? Please remake this video without the noise. I cannot make it through this video. 😳 Please don't get offended; please do a new vid, thank you.

[@ms39305]

Awesome! Thanks so much 😊

[@beauthetford7608]

damn i liked the music it was funky

[@HarshJain-it2bg]

When you have auch water scarcity, create forests using Miyawaki Technique. It not only preserves water also gives abundant food, oxygen and shelter. Also make a pond in between the forest.

[@sunilnand62]

Very very good job done Bro..!!!

[@cjmallory40]

Very Good information but the music sucks it's hard to watch because the music is sooooo annoying JS but really good info I'm definitely going to use them in my garden

[@oguzmehmet4791]

Will, God bles you. Very didactic video, thank you.

[@gabrielara9621]

At the beginning I thought the music was annoying but in the middle of the video it gave me a sensation that you where going to end capitalism with ollas 👌👌👌 perfect

[@DianaLuckysova]

good call on the glue toxins. thanks for the video

[@ElectrologyNow]

I also am producing videos (another subject) ... and, I was a musician. Music should be used, not as an after-thought or something you just throw in. Music should be part of the message and used with GREAT care. What you have is not music, it's just annoying and makes your video difficult to watch. If you "don't know music" the best suggestion is to not use it at all ... especially in an informational video. Best Wishes.

[@wgeusz1]

"alright the music is definitely annoying. I haven't watched this in a few years. it was a final project for a class I was taking and, of course, I put everything off until the last minute. stayed up 48 hours doing the project, things got weird. I needed music at the end, didn't want to use cheesy royalty - free music so I made some weird sounds. listening to it now, I can feel how weird my headspace was while creating the movie, I don't know why I didn't do a guitar track like in other films of mine. I understand that it is distracting. I'm sorry. I'm not gonna do the George Lucas re-release, we'll have to live with it. Thanks for watching anyways!"

[@ElectrologyNow]

ha ha ... no problem, good information though. (I'm playing my own music ... using a tiny piano ... fun and no copyright problems.)

[@clout1985]

thank you for the knowledge.you should learn about permaculture,aquaponics and cob homes

[@sijubahmerah]

Thanks for the video, it help me alot

[@CRHall-ud9mq]

This is great, thank you lots!

[@troygroves1601]

Great information.

[@tobigforyou]

Very professional video, well done. :)