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Old 04-04-2018, 11:11 PM #1
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A watering solution maybe.

Ok folks.
I am planning to grow soon outdoors.A couple of plants.In the forest.Not a water source near.But i can take 1.5 litre bottle with me when i go jogging there.I live in mediteranean are so it gets pretty hot and dry.
So i am hoping i can get away with this 1.5 litre
I have been reading threads about the problem of watering when it comes to outdoors.
So i had this idea and i want your opinions.
This is for ppl who hike, jogg etc
What if...
Presoak polymers to get them expanded ,
Get a biiiig bucket/pot and place a thick layer of the expanded crystals on bottom.
Mix some crystals with soil and top the bucket/pot with that mix
Dig a hole in the ground and place in there the bucket/pot.
Now there is that issue.Do you make holes on the bottom of your bucket/pot ?
If you dont.Then i assume less waterings. I remind you i am talking about summer in the mediteranean.Rly hot and dry.Really intense sun.
So the whole point is to be able to sustain life with small amounts of water 3 times per week lets say.Or even everyday.But a litre ,litre and a half.Sth u could carry with you without looking weird
Any opinions are apreciated
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Old 04-05-2018, 03:22 PM #2
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I would use polymers in the ground. No need for a lot. The pot would dry much quicker I'd think then the actual sorry. Plus if the pant is needing water it'll stretch it's roots in search of it. Just dog a big hole and use the polymers as directed. If you use too much it'll swell the hole and your plant can topple
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use drainpipe to allot water deeper, make proper mulch layer or use some kind of waterproof nylon around the stem to prevent evaporation( make some holes on it ofc.)
you can put something in the bottom of the hole if the soil has high drainage, you need to check the soil before adding anything to it.. each soiltype has unique needings to adjust it..
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ive kind of tossed this idea around from the basis of a hugelkulture and big mature cactus steaks

i live in socal and cactus grows well here go figure. meditereannean (sp) climate as well

hugelkultures are mounds built with sticks and logs and general refuse from the land.
the cactus steaks are full of water, i mean packed

so theoretically putting a bunch of these in the soil mix what have you, at the bottom, or making a mound and placing them at different levels....would provide long term water source of decomposition. maybe?

seems like it would work


not that you would want to pack in cactus in your bag..

food for thought. i have a few experiments going with these exact conditions.


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You need to line the bottom of your hole with some plastic so the water doesn't spread out into the dry soil, fellas.

The polymer things are supposed to work real well.

I've done a huglekultur bed of sorts and they really do work pretty well but I didn't line the bottom of mine with plastic, so guess what? Whenever I spent money in the hot dry summer to put into that wood I buried,

the water that couldn't seep in immediately,
would run out, and the way I knew, was because I had the beds bounded by cinder blocks and the water just ran RIGHT the BLANK out, yO.

VERY bad mistake on my part not to put down some plastic to catch the water.

VERY bad mistake. It wasted SO much of my work because I set the thing up specifically to grow pot, in a really arid climate.

Whenever you use the polymers, you're supposed to spread them around in the soil, I think with about a 30% polymers mix, maybe as high as 45, 50%

down at the bottom of the hole.

The reason for mixing them with soil is obvious, it simply lets that water dissipate out into a larger region for more roots to be able to contact water.

Obviously you want the tray of plastic you lay down, to sorta turn up on the sides some so the moist area you set up down there, isn't in direct contact with a region where those roots aren't ever going to grow.

You can use something like a large, cheap leaf bag in the hole to sorta keep the water from conduction spreading out to other areas, plastic is probably too much trouble to haul to the woods, and plastic leaf bags are thick enough.

Oh yeah and as far as the pipe goes, leading to the area where those polymer beads are mixed into the soil - obviously you wanna try to put a piece of pipe over the area where that's gonna be, punch a buncha holes in the sides of it, so the water spreads out into the soil and the polymer area as evenly as you can make happen.. you might wanna heat it up and bend it over in an L shape and have the bottom side of that L, pass over where the polymer chrystals are mixed in. Right across the top of the bag, ya see.

If, when you leave, you'll stuff some cotton into the top of the pipe, oxygen will be able to get in and out of the hole a LITTLE better, right there where the roots are absorbing the water, wanting there to be sufficient oxygen to USE that water well.

There's also another really GREAT thing about these polymer beads: they'll absorb hydroponic class fertigant water so you can effectively feed the plant a lot higher nutrients concentrate whenever you see fit.

I think that really, the guerrilla answer to this is to mix up some soil and some polymer beads IN a BAG and just open up the bag so the roots can get down into there.

Doing it this way solves SO many problems cause all you've got to do is leave the top open there where your plants' roots are gonna grow effectively straight down a ways, and BANG - they're into an area where there's gonna be some water.
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