Re: low tech feeding/watering
Sounds like what I'm doing, I have an old freezer I mix my water/fertilizer
in and have it constant drip to the plants. Seems to be working so far.
Chad L. & Angela L. Zimmerman
zimathome@colbyweb.com
Colby, KS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <Rocwandrer@pivot.net>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: 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
>
> --
> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. --Thomas Edison
>
>
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