Choosing Wicking Material for
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- In this video i test three different material for potential wicking material in my self watering bucket garden.
Section of Nylon Braided Rope
A strip of Terrycloth Towel
A Strip of Cotton Flannel Fabric
I appreciate you sharing this test data. Thank you!
Wow, thank you for this demonstration!
For your consideration. I tried a few ropes and twines and found that a poly/cotton walmart brand clothesline filled up a a bottle with 8oz of water over a period of just over 12 hours. The Hemp crafting string only produced an ounce. I also tried a length of cotton garment fill(?) which looked kinda like rope and it is worse than the hemp.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your video. I'm doing some home made tests for months now trying a variety of pots and ropes. In my climate (Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil) I believe the nylon/recycled ropes work better. The cotton ones often result in root rot, which creates the perfect environment for Fungus Gnats and other tiny beings.
To rid any plant pot of fungus/soil gnats, cap the top of your pots with an inch of sand coving the soil. They cannot reproduce in the sand cap.
Thanks for the demonstration! Much appreciated! This was helpful to designing my garden watering system.
Thank you so much for this info! Very helpful.
Thank you so much for this experiment! Quite eye-opening! Will be using this info in my garden this summer!
Hi Brandon…..I am about to make a wicking bucket and this video really taught me something. Thank you sir !!!!!!!!!!! (I believed nylon worked best).
No problem just trying to keep my hands busy
There are couple flaws with this test, the only result you got is which material transfers water the fastest but does not equate to being the best for the plant necessary unless it's a plant that need A LOT of water fast in super hot and dry climates. First off many plants will DIE getting that much water into their soil, it will cause root rot. Two roots just need to come in contact with the rope and they will draw water from the rope, there doesn't need to be water dripping of it - it just needs to be wet for the plants to draw what they need. I use nylon rope for my house plants and I keep having to reduce the amount of rope and now thickness because its transferring too much water to my plants. So best wick material would depend on how much the plant needs and the environment it's situated in. I started with 3/8 nylon cord with 4 cords, then reduced to 2 then to 1 and just recently switched to 3/16" cord. The root length and the depth of the planter also matters. If you short rooter deeper rope is needed if deep roots than no more than half way to the pot. At 3/8" rope half way was still drowning my large 10-12" planet pot plants. Experimenting with thinner rope this next two weeks, half way, using just one.
Since we know roots "draw" the water they need I did a different kind of test. I put rope one end in low container going up to 12" one, I took tiny piece of paper towel after 5mins and wrapped around the rope to see how fast and how far the water traveled up the nylon rope. It was wet all the way to the 12" top after just a few mins as my paper towel got wet when wrapped around it. This rope is actually more idea because it won't drown your plants and/or waste water and actually allow your plants to take what they need so you end up using less water overtime, it also does not rot like natural fibers.
I am curious how your plants are doing, what kind of environment they are in and are there drain holes for excess water. Also coming from top or bottom water feeding. If it's inside the pot I would be careful with fiber rot and check the fiber material over time to make sure it doesn't rot the roots eventually.
I used a combination of the towel strips and cotton wicking rope in my self watering containers. SEE ua-cam.com/video/x2TEYz0mtJc/v-deo.html
I used wicking rope through vinyl tubing in my modified self watering setup. SEE ua-cam.com/video/QKlacIsZZFY/v-deo.html
I've posted updated weekly updates on the progress of my growing project.... SPOILER ALERT... I have since taken deconstructed my Phase III set up it couldn't keep up with the recent PA heat wave.
Cotton wool quickly go mouldy and create huge problems for your plants 🌱
My cotton rope keeps disintegrating. I was going to try nylon rope as it will not rot as fast. I was told to wash the rope first with some soapy water to remove any oil/lubricant used in processing. I would like to know your experience with both the cotton and nylon ropes. In your video above, was the nylon rope prewashed and soaking wet prior to starting?
I agree with you there because cotton is a natural material it will eventually, I did not wash the rope material specifically but the towels were laying around the house so there for have been used/washed once or twice
thanks!!
Wow, that's fascinating. I'm looking into moisture wicking vs absorbing, as it relates to clothing. I've found that cotton socks feel MUCH more comfortable to me. Wicking socks make my foot feel wet. But everyone says cotton socks hold water, and wicking socks pull it off your feet.
I've also found that if I wear polyester/synthetic shirts, like those shiny golf shirts, or the sportswear kind, I get smelly pretty quickly, even if I'm just working in the office. But if I wear cotton, I don't get smelly at all.
I'm currently shopping for a sweat cap to wear on my head when I'm doing hard work outside, and not sure if I should look for cotton or "wicking". But honestly, my personal experience, and your video are making "wicking" seem like BS.
What material of towel?thanks
Its a standard terry cloth towel. Middle of the road quality
That's more of a gravity irrigation rather than capillary irrigation, how about that, what works best for that let's say 50cm vertical way?
Good Question, ill give that a try next.
@@BrandonMcClendon91 really, then I have to subscribe 😂.
It's just that I'd like to start grow plants but "hate" watering... And gravity wicking wouldn't work7as I'd like to cause the water is fed weather the soil is dry or wet... It just drips, drips, and drips. So I want to place the pots top of the reservoirs from where raises the wicking rope to the soil & plant will suck it from there. Sure eventually roots will find their way to the reservoir in time but till that the water must be delivered - as needed. By this you could basically leave the plants and forget them/ watch them grow (until the harvest) 😊
Tried yesterday with a rope I purchased. That didn't work out, it just didn't wick even I washed the rope in the washer.
Cotton is not working
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