low tech feeding/watering
SO i thought i might try and add something to make up for all my questions of
late.... :-) I don't know a whole lot though, so i will put this out there to
any other parsimonious AG growers and hope it is either useful to someone, or
doesn't take up much bandwidth :-)
I take a milk jug, fill it with a solution of fertilizer and water (or just
water), put the cap on, set it near the stump of the pumpkin (i have mounts
with a "moat") and poke a pin hole in the side about 1 inch from the bottom.
then i poke another hole in the cap, and after the first rush of fluid, the
pumpkin gets a slow even watering or feeding. varied hole size gives different
flow. my plants are basically hydroponics due the the horrible quality of our
soil, and my not owning the land to prepare last season. my plants did not
grow until i started doing this. milk jugs are free, I had the fertilizer
already, i am cheap :-)
Richard
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. --Thomas Edison
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