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Ok, another newbie question from me.
I've been using the search feature (& googling blogs etc) for ideas of irrigation systems for my container veg garden (still in the planning stages).
I've seen a lot of sites and posts suggesting different types of sub-irrigation which I am interested in such as using two stacking pots and a "wicking" system and a little more simple, burying half an upturned plastic bottle as a watering funnel.
So my question is this! Instead of using a cut off bottle as a funnel to get water to the roots, would it be feasible to completely bury the bottle (punctured with a few drip-holes of course), with a pipe connected and fill it that way.
The advantages (as far as I can see) would be that:
> It looks nicer (a little hose poking out to be filled with a funnel, rather than the top of a coke-bottle funnel which may be 3-4" across)
> The water cannot evaporate in the heat and has to go to the soil and roots.
Would this be preferable over a funnel to the roots? It would be more fiddly, but less expensive and difficult than knocking up a dozen wicking-systems.
I'm thinking 10 or 15 litre "mop buckets" from poundland with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage as my containers, each with a 2pint milk bottle/small coke bottle in the bottom, filled by 18" of hose.
If I haven't explained I'll upload a sketch of some description to illustrate my question!
THANK YOU to everyone in advance.
I've been using the search feature (& googling blogs etc) for ideas of irrigation systems for my container veg garden (still in the planning stages).
I've seen a lot of sites and posts suggesting different types of sub-irrigation which I am interested in such as using two stacking pots and a "wicking" system and a little more simple, burying half an upturned plastic bottle as a watering funnel.
So my question is this! Instead of using a cut off bottle as a funnel to get water to the roots, would it be feasible to completely bury the bottle (punctured with a few drip-holes of course), with a pipe connected and fill it that way.
The advantages (as far as I can see) would be that:
> It looks nicer (a little hose poking out to be filled with a funnel, rather than the top of a coke-bottle funnel which may be 3-4" across)
> The water cannot evaporate in the heat and has to go to the soil and roots.
Would this be preferable over a funnel to the roots? It would be more fiddly, but less expensive and difficult than knocking up a dozen wicking-systems.
I'm thinking 10 or 15 litre "mop buckets" from poundland with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage as my containers, each with a 2pint milk bottle/small coke bottle in the bottom, filled by 18" of hose.
If I haven't explained I'll upload a sketch of some description to illustrate my question!
THANK YOU to everyone in advance.
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