Water Saver Sticks
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Suggested materials:
- Hard tubing from vacumms (thrift store find)
- Re cycled pop bottles (Had at home)
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Angie Waldner on Jul 24, 2017
I am so happy for you. Stick your finger down in the ground by the tomato plant ,you will be able to see, or feel if the soil is wet. below ground. IN Mexico ,witch is the location for most of the tomatoes we get in the store .The tomatoes don't get a lot of water. I think with not watering every day you will get less green plant and more ripe tomatoes. When I see my tomatoes just starting to turn a yellow color before they turn red I start add in a little sugar to the water ,in the pop bottle. WOW that makes the tomatoes taste great. Just a little sugar in the water one time a week OH I bet people are surprised when they see the size of your plants. We have not had rain in 35 days. Temps in mid 80 to low 90
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Bernice H on Jul 31, 2017Hi...well you are our neighbor...we are in woodburn,senior living! Isn't this a beautiful place to live? We just moved here 6 months ago..made it through all the "unusual" rain...it has been beautiful ,until this week...going to be very hot! I may incorporate this idea next year,this year we are just watching to see what comes up. Hostas are not doing as well as the surprise giant lilies! Do they stay green all summer? Not the day lilies,but the big beautiful ?peace? Lilies? I think our Dirt here is hard packed sand too. But I have been enjoying seeing what comes up. Hubs is using sprinklers 5 minutes a day..do you think that needs to be increased? Most neighbors are notwatering,their lawns are dry and brown. We don't have good grass either....oh well...next year..too much remodeling to do right now.🌺😜
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Angie Waldner on Jul 31, 2017
Hi Neighbor Do you have AC in your place? if so be sure to clean your filter in your Heater /ac This will help your Ac not work so heard. I use a Shop blower it is like a little leaf blower We don't have long heat spells like this . This is just a on going of our crazy year. I love this area to live. We were away for 20 years My husband was in the Navy ,but we came back. IF you don't have AC one of my posts was how to use a box fan and a frozen bottle of water to work to cool down the air. Please take care in our up coming heat.
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Frequently asked questions
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How did you know you needed longer pipe?
What do use use for a mailbox planter? I saw plant spikes that connect to a water bottle on Amazon but cannot find in any store
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Why do you need your watering sticks to be so long? Wouldn't you get the same effect with a much shorter vacuum stick?