It has been a while, but i put out another one just recently on making a frog hotel. I am trying to get things going again :-) Thanks for your comment!
I'm happy to see you've been using silicone rather than polyurethane based glue (uncertain carcinogenic level and bad for soil) I've seen so many other people use! I would recommend using aquarium grade silicone to avoid anti fungal and other components that might be terrible for you, the soil, flora and fauna.
I have never seen a post hole digger like that in America before. Now I am off to Amazon, and gods help aliexpress after that if necessary to find one. So much easier to use than the jab and scissors type I've used.
Thanks a lot for this well presented and easy to follow video. Best on the topic and great to have an Aussie perspective too. Purchased some good sized pots at the local Bunnings today for $1 each as seconds. Off to the shed with the glue, sandpaper and some plastic pieces to glue up the hole.
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@Ezra Joe Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Thanks for this. Just one question. so you dont need to use milk caps on the inside ? just plug up the hole w the silicon ? Sorry. I cant find any videos which shows how the inside should look like.. sorry for th dumb question. (I am very un-handy !!!)
I also would recommend using "Water crystals" also known as "Water beads". These are polymers that soak up and hold water and then slowly release the moisture into the nearby soil. these are tiny and are sprinkled onto the soil and worked into the growing space.
What post hole digger are you using in this video, I'm in America and we don't have that type here or at least I haven't seen them. Thanks for the video, good stuff.
Could a long pot be created that remains under ground with a fill hole??? Run it the length of 3 feet at a time or if it can cure outside, make it longer. Bury it in the garden, fill with water....??!?!!!
Are you able to leave these in the ground over the winter? Where I am we have many freeze/thaw cycles. I would like to do this next summer here in New York State (upstate.)
Hi Wendy! Sorry, I have no idea! Here in Sydney the worst we will get is a couple of degrees of frost and at no time will the ground come close to freezing!
@@wendypursel3142 The freeze-thaw will eventually pulverize the terra cotta. Dig them out before winter and pour out any water inside. Put them someplace to dry out and store them someplace where they'll stay dry all winter. In areas that don't often get below freezing, they're fine as is unless one needs to do digging where the pots are buried. Don't fill them right before freezing temps are expected to be on the safe side.
I really would like to know what tool you used to dig a hole for the ollas. Looks like some kind of manual auger. Does it work well if the soil has some roots in it ;) ? Many thanks in advance!
It's difficult to say, it depends on soil type, how hot it is, whether you use mulch or not. Plus the plants tend to send their roots towards the water.
The unglazed terra cotta pots are porous. The water will slowly leach out through the material, hence the discoloration on the outside of the pots when they are filled with water: it's the water coming through the terra cotta.
Really, the biggest you can afford. Here the smaller pots, say up to a litre each are comparatively cheap but the bigger ones are quite expensive. The bigger the pots, also the longer you can go between refills :-)
A bit of window screening over the top of the olla will help keep debris out. I also just put a simple rubber plug in the drainage hole.
This video will help me with my new gardening hope your channels is s till active
It has been a while, but i put out another one just recently on making a frog hotel. I am trying to get things going again :-) Thanks for your comment!
I remember seeing these as a child but didnt know what they were. Thanks for a great video.
I'm happy to see you've been using silicone rather than polyurethane based glue (uncertain carcinogenic level and bad for soil) I've seen so many other people use! I would recommend using aquarium grade silicone to avoid anti fungal and other components that might be terrible for you, the soil, flora and fauna.
Thank you for making this so easy to understand how to make it and nothing complicated
Thank you. I'll be doing this the next time I get my garden set up!
Thank you for this clearly explained and simply executed method.
My pleasure! I am glad that you found it to be of use!
I have never seen a post hole digger like that in America before. Now I am off to Amazon, and gods help aliexpress after that if necessary to find one. So much easier to use than the jab and scissors type I've used.
Yes, we have those as well but I have always found the screw type to be a better bet!
very nice. thank you for this simple and easy olla design.
My pleasure! :-)
Good idea.
I like your post hole digger (7:38). I have never seen one like that, can you feature it on another video ? Thank you.
I can give it a go!
Thanks a lot for this well presented and easy to follow video. Best on the topic and great to have an Aussie perspective too.
Purchased some good sized pots at the local Bunnings today for $1 each as seconds. Off to the shed with the glue, sandpaper and some plastic pieces to glue up the hole.
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@Ezra Joe Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
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Thank you 🙏🏻
My pleasure! :-)
Thanks for this. Great video and very useful to those of us on tank water.
My pleasure Ma'am :-)
Definitely will be making these! TFS!
My pleasure! :-)
Thanks for this. Just one question. so you dont need to use milk caps on the inside ? just plug up the hole w the silicon ? Sorry. I cant find any videos which shows how the inside should look like.. sorry for th dumb question. (I am very un-handy !!!)
good job
Thank you! :-)
Great idea 👍🙂
Thank you! :-)
I also would recommend using "Water crystals" also known as "Water beads". These are polymers that soak up and hold water and then slowly release the moisture into the nearby soil. these are tiny and are sprinkled onto the soil and worked into the growing space.
I am aware of them but don't see any advantage over the ollas
Thank you.
Nice clear explanation thank you
My pleasure! 🙂
Very nice! On those home made ollas, are you covering the hole?
I got hold of some threaded plugs about the right size for some of them, but I have lsft some open.
Cheers!
Thanks!
What post hole digger are you using in this video, I'm in America and we don't have that type here or at least I haven't seen them.
Thanks for the video, good stuff.
Ahhh, good question, must be a local design, friends of mine have used the two-shovel style of post hole digger with the same effect!
Could a long pot be created that remains under ground with a fill hole??? Run it the length of 3 feet at a time or if it can cure outside, make it longer. Bury it in the garden, fill with water....??!?!!!
Interesting idea!
cool; thank you
My pleasure!
Are you able to leave these in the ground over the winter? Where I am we have many freeze/thaw cycles. I would like to do this next summer here in New York State (upstate.)
Hi Wendy! Sorry, I have no idea! Here in Sydney the worst we will get is a couple of degrees of frost and at no time will the ground come close to freezing!
@@underthechokotree2792 Thank you for getting back to me. If anyone else out there knows I'd love to hear from you. Sincerely
@@wendypursel3142 The freeze-thaw will eventually pulverize the terra cotta. Dig them out before winter and pour out any water inside. Put them someplace to dry out and store them someplace where they'll stay dry all winter.
In areas that don't often get below freezing, they're fine as is unless one needs to do digging where the pots are buried. Don't fill them right before freezing temps are expected to be on the safe side.
@@dergluckliche4973 Thank you. Next Spring I'll be digging some holes!
Great info on your vids, thanks a heap.
Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful!
I really would like to know what tool you used to dig a hole for the ollas. Looks like some kind of manual auger. Does it work well if the soil has some roots in it ;) ? Many thanks in advance!
It is a 200m post hole auger and in our clay soil it works pretty well! :-)
Will this produce enough water for a fruit tree as they are really water demanding !
How far out in each direction will an ollas water?
It's difficult to say, it depends on soil type, how hot it is, whether you use mulch or not. Plus the plants tend to send their roots towards the water.
But how they do irrigation as their is no hole . please let me know
The unglazed terra cotta pots are porous. The water will slowly leach out through the material, hence the discoloration on the outside of the pots when they are filled with water: it's the water coming through the terra cotta.
Would cork be better instead of silicon.
You could give it a go but it would rot away eventually
How many litres for 1m2?
Really, the biggest you can afford. Here the smaller pots, say up to a litre each are comparatively cheap but the bigger ones are quite expensive. The bigger the pots, also the longer you can go between refills :-)
thanks very much.. really clear helpful video.. liked an subscribed.. ;9)
Thank you! It is always nice to get positive feedback, it is good to know people are getting something out of my videos :-)
The vast majority of veggies don't have roots going down 16 inches.
Most are about 4-8 inches deep.
you would be surprised!