watering 101

[chronofiedguy]

great thread. i need more.live in a fucking desert. damn africa

[cerebro]

fantastic thread, thanks especially to rob, some of your points were very well made.

 

I used to do the method mentioned earlier, dig trenches, line them, fill with water retaining organic matter, add water crystals, and cover with mulch to decrease water loss. I really needed some stored water to be more successful, the ram pump would have worked for me.

I also saw a portable rainwater tank at bunnings, it was greyish, lightweight, about 6' high, maybe 3' wide, that would have worked for me. But I changed to a new spot, the ground is too hard to dig so I'm using self watering pots, the biggest ones I could get. Seems to be working well enough to be worth continuing.

[BehindTheLine]

Use a 12v water pump and hook it to a car battery and get a 12v timer that can hook up to a car batt aswell build a box dig a hole and a trench to the water and a trench to your plants then split the pipe off to all your plants. and for the battery you can get a solar panel charger to connect to the batt drill that up on a tree facing the sun.

[Crunchy]

so u can use any animal carcas? hmmm.. my neighbors cat has been pissing me off lately...

[phreakah]

Say if you had 8 pots with potting mix and seedlings in, how often would you need to water whilst in the pot, and keeping in mind these will be transferred into the ground (pots removed and soil added) before summer, how much would 8 plants require over summer? There are two people able to carry water but we want to keep it to a minimum with the amount of trips we make or it would be obvious. Because its not a LARGE piece of bush and has houses around it, we can't make several trips per day. Also, wondering if anyone has good methods of concealing carrying large amounts of water from home (purpose built water carrying backpacks?). The most we have been able to do is about 10L in a normal backpack each. There is a seasonal 'creek' but has no flowing water.

[psychoresin]

if u guys are growing in remote areas yous should use multi autopot systems with big tank fed res. mwah ahaha bio hydro outdoor FUCK YEH Edited August 11, 2009 by psychoresin

[Cyclops]

I think this is the Ram Pump Robbie was talking about .....

 

http://www.bamford.com.au/rampump/qa.htm

 

It "really" works

[gundawindi]

I doubt the wool does much it would decompose with the rest of the sheep imo.

 

now that is just not completely correct.

wool will decompose over time but..............

wool holds 10 times its weight of water it has great water retention properties.

now i used to bury sheep dags and bits .the wool holds the water the dags fertilize.

 

now thats what i used to do .now i am just too damn lazy or old and i use this method(check photo's)

 

all my plots have sprinklers and i have a pipe that runs to them and back to the road ,track or fire break.

i just pull up plug in and start the pump .and there you go done 150 litres per plot in no time.

 

now i do this after dark or very early in the morning,but in a farming community no one takes much notice of a 4x4 and a fire fighting trailer parked on the side of the road...

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[shroomyshroom]

I think chron and RR said it best when the said.... bilge pump bi@tchs

[uka]

the area ive found has its own water supply...3 dams within 1km however its near suburbia and near 4 houses...and i cant get there in the early morning every day...the spot ive got for 5-10plants i could get to each day however the locals have previously gone looking for plants in the shrubs and apparantly come across a few....man i hate suburbia