Selfwatering technique

HI ALL this is my first post. in about 2 weeks im gonna atemp to gow in the mountains, but the dilemma is. how will i water it? just incase i cant find a non public/site next to water. ill have go out there every so often. so i was wondering if there are any self watering techiques that all of you guy/women know. some thing that will be good and worth 1 or 2 weeks of me not having to go up there to water. any and all opionons apprecited

Seen someone bury a 5gal bucket with small holes drilled in the bottom and part way up the side. Filled it with water and it would slowly release it into the soil.

Not sure what sized holes or just how many, but I'm pretty sure some people here have tried it as well.

Help us out a little. There's got to be some water source, right? A stream, a pond, whatever - right? How close will you be to it? What's the terrain like, how far downhill will you be from it... and so on?

Skunk Baxter said:

Help us out a little. There's got to be some water source, right? A stream, a pond, whatever - right? How close will you be to it? What's the terrain like, how far downhill will you be from it... and so on?

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he asked how to water his plants every two weeks....If there was no water around and he had to tote it in!!!! no streams.....ponds....whatevers....

good old fashioned one at a time in a back pack

Its a weed right? I havent grown commando like that but I have grown in my yard.
I would assume after you get roots established like six inches or so you wouldnt need to water but once every week or two. I would start them in a 6" soil container and wait till I seen the roots poking out the bottom. Dig a hole and drop a layer of coco fiber to help retain moisture then add soil and plant. Water the hole real good with vitamin B1 and drop them in. Maybe put something around the bottom of the plant to shade the soil.
I would bet they would be ok for a week. Don't forget about the animals and insects that could eat the plants.

Yeah, you're right. I totally misread his post. Ignore me!

go out and get you a container of soil moist and then you go out and dig your hole, then line it with thick plastic [black and white polly, painters plastic, tarp, ect.] then stab a generous number of holes in the liner, you may need to stake it down a little to hold it in place at first. then you put in your soil that is mixed with the reccomended amount of soil moist in the bottom 2/3 of the hole, then cover the top 1/3 with a mix of 3 parts soil to 1 part perlite and then just start your plants like you do, this cuts back the necessity to water by almost half. just keep and eye on how often they are getting rain, take them some nutes every now and again, and tote the water if there is any drought spells.

Add things that retain water to the soil like perlite or for a more natural look that coco fiber stuff. But I was thinking, you could collect rain water, possiblely burry a garbage can or something and cover it with some cloth to filter out bugs and leaves and junk. You can use it to water to lighten your load, like a mini well.

yea lots of good suggestions people.. think i might take alittle of every1's advice and try that. I appreciate it..p.s yea i have them started already and roots ready to go. they are all 3 inches tall on there 3rd set of leaves.. they are whitewidow crossed with snowcap. wish me luck!

hide some gallons in some far away trees with ropes

Covert said:

Add things that retain water to the soil like perlite or for a more natural look that coco fiber stuff. But I was thinking, you could collect rain water, possiblely burry a garbage can or something and cover it with some cloth to filter out bugs and leaves and junk. You can use it to water to lighten your load, like a mini well.

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just for the record mate, perlite does not retain water. Vermiculite does. Not trying to be mean, just letting ya kno = )

Lots of good ideas though, I like the soil moist one the best, becuaes its almost like a hydro setup. At the bottom of the soil you have most of the water being stored, and then a nice aerated mix at the top. Sounds pretty good.

You also might want to look at a wick system. Just get a 10 gallon jug or something to store water in, and run a wick from that to your soil. You could make the opening to the resovoir big, with a screen, so that when it rains it fills it up for you.

Goodluck mate <3

ps. any pics?

yeah, the soil moist is pretty handy, it is like a sponge, the little granule absorb like 5-10 x their weight in water, then as the soil dries, it draws the stored water from the granules. it also helps to keep the mix from compressing and limiting root growth as the product expands when it is watered, then gradually contracts back to a little pellet. and another handy fact, if you dissolve the little crysals in water, it will only appear that you have.....if you look closely you can see what looks like clear jelly, that is soil moist, it has the same index of refraction as water so it looks invisible when immersed in water. good stuff.

just push 500ml plastic bottles into to soil around your plants and give em a good water...condensation will build up in the bottles and water will run down the sides and back into the soil watering your plants.this way u'll only have to visit every month or so....

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