Grow Bag Atop Wicking Tub, Ep 135
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2021
- This video is to show a better way for growing plants and an extended time between waterings. Same basic steps as shown in other videos in preparing the wicking tub with a couple of exceptions. For further information call or text Leon at 580-564-5909. Ordering information call 580-564-2166. Thanks for watching and happy gardening.
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I drove from Tulsa to your nursery in Kingston, Oklahoma a couple of years ago. This was my first ever garden. I want to say thank you for all your education. Thank you as well for your talks about God. You're so special and have changed the lives of many.
I found your channel 3 years ago, I have been using the wicking tub ever since. I love it!
Thanks Leon. Just wanted to let you know we are in the third year useing your original design (6" black corrugated pipe covered with ground cloth in a half blue barrel) and we love them .Currently we have 34 of them. Keep up the good work!
We cant thank you enough Leon. You have have changed our lives for the better. This is the second year that I am blessed to follow you. Last year we started with only a few 27 gallon tubs, but this year we ended up with 36 tubs, 7 (5 gallon) buckets, 4 hanging plant and a couple of birds in a tree. We had so much grow this year, we had to go out a buy more canning jars. I just expanded our growing area again so that next year we can double our size. Thanks!
Leon, I have gardened for 70 years. From 4H as a kid to now as a grandma. Moved all around the country and had to relearn a lot in the different climates. Your wicking tubs are the single best idea I've ever learned. Thank you so much. And thank you for being the kind of good, solid, God fearing, Midwestern farmer like my grandparents were. You remind me of all the good men and women who have fed this country for decades. I don't think a lot of people in the big cities where I've lived realize how smart farmers have to be. Thank you. We could use more of you in these crazy times. God Bless.
Leon ...years later i am still using mine:) Thank you for passing on your knowledge!
Thanks to you, your wife, and all the people who help you bring these ideas to us.
Leon, you are a great teacher. I love watching & learning from your videos. Thank you.
Leon! I'm so happy I came across your channel when I search for tips for growing container tomatoes. I went down the rabbit hole and I've watched about a dozen of your videos, you are great! Keep up the great work, sir! ⭐
Love this idea!👏👏👏💖
We love you Leon!!! God bless you and yours!
Love your videos. thanks
Thank you Mr. Leon
Great ideas. Thank you sir
You are a wealth of information. Love all your tips.
great idea I cant wait to try this out
Love your wicker container
Definitely going to try the grow-bag idea
I am so glad you are telling us about this .
Thank you so much.
God bless.
Good morning Mr. Leon. I ❤❤ your show and tell videos. They are so helpful.
Thank you I have watched a lot of your videos. I may be moving to the Gulf Coast area soon. Hope to try out your growing methods in a truly warmer climate
Thank you for sharing.
Thank You kindly Mr Leon .You are a blessing to us all 💜☮️🙏🏼✨🪴
HUGE THANK YOU sir !!!!! Leon YOU are DOING GOD’s work !!!
God bless Leon
Love it... Simpler and more days without watering 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you dear sir for sharing. Look forward to your knowledge on growing healthy plants. God bless
Well I watch Daniel all the time and he sent me to you so I can try some of these gardening methods I am interested as heck
Good morning!
Just when I'm wondering where you got to.here you are!!
Thank You!
Going to build one this weekend for squash
Thanks , good video
I'm new to all this, I love your content. Very educational to me. Love this design of wicking grow set up. I have an idea for a set up. Have you seen the self fill dog watering bowl? Maybe a person could use that concept for a self watering planter. Hope this give you a new idea. Thank you for the knowledge you share.
I planted trees, shrubs and roses in fabric bags last year.I needed a smaller bag so I used a heavy weight grocery bag, it'll do fine until I plant out the raspberry bush.
If you paint your wicking tub it will last longer then make sure you sand it so the paint will stick well
Thanks
Used a wicking tub to grow Sweet 1oos tomatoes,live in Michigan and had tomatoes from the end of June untill the 3rd week in November!😃
Leon where can a guy get those lids for the wicking tubs with the 5gal bucket in the middle.
Tubs commonly come with lids, but if not, a cover can easily be made from wood. For long term performance, paint the wood with a good exterior paint. Attaching wood around the perimeter bottom of the cover with keep it in place.
As a trucker I thank you so much for this Mr Leon I always come home to dead plants and fruit trees as grown kids won’t get off video games to water for me this is a game changer for sure
If grown kids are not contributing they need to get their own life out from underneath your roof.
A big thank you to you truckers and farmers out there. I appreciate all you do.
@@debriddle2 thank you I had to climb out for good my eyesight isn’t the best and I chose to just come home and get my gardens ready and raise my meat chics hubby still running so I am going to do my best on cutting costs by growing and raising our food
Grat video , but I am confused as to where you find parts like the black donut lid ?
Many containers come with lids, but You can also make a simple cover out of wood.
This would be perfect if you had the shorter goat bucket for the reservoir
Could you please set one of the up with the oblong black & yellow tote you bought at Sams. With fabric growbag.
Do you have a video on what to do with the plant and bucket at season end? or before season 2?
I think the watering tube should be outside the soil so it can wick up.
Agreed. The big IBC tote bed makers have the fill pipe along the edge of the tote & not blocked by soil or the fabric they lay down. It goes straight through to the water reservoir in the bottom.
The tube can be inside or out. Hydrostatic pressure will even out the level.
It will be easier to fill if the tube is outside the growbag because the water won’t have to flow through the soil to get to the water reservoir. With the light soil being used, the soil flow rate will be high enough that it shouldn’t be a significant difference but there will be some.
@@johnlee7085 thanks John
Loved the information. I had just purchased some 20 gallon bags to try out next spring/summer. This couldn't have come out at a better time for me.
I wish your audio pickup was better. Even with my sound volume at maximum and ear buds in I had a hard time hearing what you were saying. Is there anyway that you could improve your audio pickup? It is a shame that I am probably missing some essential tips because I either cannot hear you or it is so soft I miss some things.
That said, I look foreward to seeing that you have another video out.
Have you seen and or used any if the wall-hanging "cloth" growbag cup planters? They claim they can be used to grow herbs, lettuce and other greens and some flowers hanging on a wall or fence. Supposedly they are not suppose to get the surface behind it or the ground/floor below it wet.
I have a room that has windows to within 18 inches above the floor, facing to the north, east, and south but is not very large and does not have any cabinets or bookcases to set pots on. Drywall walls and wood floors plus a floor heat/AC vent. I was wondering if it would work to grow herbs inside year round. We had had years when the summers hit over 100°F for a couple of weeks and no rain for close to a month but the winters drop down below zero with dry winds and no snow. Since plants improve air quality, I figured growing herbs, miniture lemon and lime trees, couple of pineapples, 2 bell peppers and 2 tomato plants inside would be good for the air but for fresh pestice-free veggies. Now if I could find a source for tumeric roots/rhizomes. I'd like to try growing that at home as well.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. May the good Lord continue to bless and keep you and all you love or work with safe and healthy.
Could you please show The size of the holes on the inner bucket and how high up you put them? Also do the holes ever get clogged I have had problems with that in the past how to prevent the holes from clogging up with soil? Thank you God bless
I've only tried something vaguely like this once and it didn't wick (my design was bad) but watching many videos in past few days, many suggest weed cloth/barrier as an interior liner where the soil or wicking medium is inside the liner and the holes/plastic container are outside. Helps keep the soil from mixing with the water. But this isn't my personal experience yet so ymmv?
*** QUESTION: Does your watering pipe go into the soil bucket below OR into the mineral bucket??? Thx so very much!!!
In watching a bunch of other wicking videos, some say the wick height is only about 11-12 inches. Is that limit accurate and there is a way around it for this kind of build, or is there a way to get the wicked water up the 6 or so inches of the top tub+inner plastic soil container and into the grow bag about half(?) way up for the roots of the plant sitting at the top? (Assuming an average 3/4ths full black tub, that's still makes 12 inches maybe just barely halfway up the grow bag from what I can guess. So if the water is half full or less, then it would seem the wicking water hardly will reach the roots?)
I was thinking of using this in a greenhouse. I'm wondering how much hotter a black container would be than a white one and how hot water would impact the plant.
If you can dig a hole NF partially bury the reservoir, it will keep the water reasonably cool.
Is the drain tile and landscaping fabric made from food safe materials?
is the pvc pipe in the 5 gallon bucket with the soil or is it in the void space of the black tub?
The tube can be inside or out. Hydrostatic pressure will even out the level.
It will be easier to fill if the tube is outside the growbag because the water won’t have to flow through the soil to get to the water reservoir. With the light soil being used, the soil flow rate will be high enough that it shouldn’t be a significant difference but there will be some.
What brand of sea minerals is recommended? I heard no Remond due to plant burn. I also heard SEA-90 brand should work.
Others? Ocean Magic?
Thnx in advance.
Go hydroponic, no fiddle fuckin around with tubing and filters, no bugs no molds or mildew, and around 20% more yield...
When u added the pipe to the bucket and grow bag set up,did u put the white pipe into the dirt?..I thought it went between the wall of bucket and the fabric>..how do u secure the fabric to the ends of the 60” pipe?..thank u
The tube can be inside or out. Hydrostatic pressure will even out the level.
It will be easier to fill if the tube is outside the growbag because the water won’t have to flow through the soil to get to the water reservoir. With the light soil being used, the soil flow rate will be high enough that it shouldn’t be a significant difference but there will be some.
So how do you add the water to the bottom bucket? The pipe?
Leon can I get top soil and mix peat moss or something with it so I don't have to buy 50 bags of potting soil?
The quality of the soil you start with will determine the amount of effort it takes to amend it.
Please look for an alternative to pest moss. The peat bogs are a natural resource that is being destroyed by the production of peat moss and takes many decades to restore.
You might consider rice hull compost. It is a waste product from rice production that is really beneficial to the soil and would otherwise be burned.
Mr Leon, can the tube be put on the outside of the bag? Or should it be inside of the bag? I have 30+ grow bags that I would like to start converting to this system. Shoo that is going to be a lot of work. BUT, it just hasn't been working out well as is. It's a constant battle to water just straight bags.
The tube can be inside or out. Hydrostatic pressure will even out the level.
It will be easier to fill if the tube is outside the growbag because the water won’t have to flow through the soil to get to the water reservoir. With the light soil being used, the soil flow rate will be high enough that it shouldn’t be a significant difference but there will be some.
Is there anyway we can do this a bit less complicated 😊😊😅😂❤
Can you use the wicking tub for roses?
Yes
Still missing how
, where and or when you get the water into the lower bucket?
Where do you get the master blend?
We’re can the black buckets with the lid be purchased?
Hi Leon, how do you know when you need to add more water? Cheers
I was wondering that too. Drill a hole in the top of the donut lid near the outside rim edge & use a wooden doll rod to measure the water?
Plug hole with a cork to keep out mosquitoes?
Where do you find the lids? Do they come with the 25 gal black buckets ? What product does the 25 gal black bucket hold originally?
Rather than making another hole, just put the stick in a cork bobber down the fill tube.
If you add tape to the top of the stick when it’s empty and when filled, you’ll easily be able to see how much water is in the tub.
@@johnlee7085 thank you so much for the reply John
Ok question...maybe it is my area but I've tried the wicking several times n the water get moldy..smells like sewage..ive tried sucking the water out after rain n still gets??? Smelly n nasty? What m I doing wrong here?
Are you leaving an air space at the top of the water reservoir? Sewer gas usually formers when organic material decomposes in an anaerobic situation/without oxygen.
The way to avoid this is for the overflow hole to be 1” below the top of the water reservoir. Then there’s always air.
Thank you @john lee
Love your videos Leon. As I’ve researched setting up our garden, there are so many others that reference what you say.
One of the videos was about making your own grow bags out of landscape fabric. It would seem that this configuration could then be made for almost nothing without the bucket or growbag. Or is there something I’m missing?
Epsom salt in your soil?
It's actually magnesium sulfate...I've found it helps eliminate blossom end rot in tomatoes. ..great stuff
Tomatoes love the stuff
Where to buy the tub?
On Facebook Marketplace, type in tubs and you should see them. They are actually used protein/molasses/electrolyte tubs for cattle/sheep/etc. When people have empty ones, they will usually place an add to sell them. If you are near Kingston Oklahoma, you could drive to his nursery and purchase them there cheap. He is 3 hours away from me so I made the decision to drive there a couple of years ago. I was able to purchase literally everything for the setups there. The results are crazy good. I love it.
Some Americans have lost their darn minds
I have no idea😂😂😂😂