So all it takes is one diaper at the bottom of the hole? When you harvested the plants that you used a diaper with, did you happen to dig up the diaper to see how much roots had encased the diaper? I think it would be interesting to see.

Also, your plants went 2 weeks without watering??? If I could leave my plants more than 3 days without worrying about them during a dry spell, i'd be a happy camper.

put a couple 5 gallon bucket sull of water out there with lines run out of them to the plants.....attach a battery operated pump to that and put it on a small timer.
or use those gel rocks that hold water.....mix a bunch in the soil.

10 days to 2 weeks depending on my mood. I'm just paranoid about growing outside so thats how the diaper thing started. No I have never dug up a diaper root ball at harvest time I just whack and run, but I might have to now it would be interesting?
Gel rocks that'll probably work good to wonder how much they cost.

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As with every pathological lier anything I say is a twisted tail of lies that I perpetuate in an attempt to look cool. DIY Automatic Hydro Grow

dunno but ive seen a buddy use them. he grew in the desert with em. plants grew great. low humidity and lots of light. a bit cold at nighttime though.

this was posted, 01-02-2008, 12:05 PM isnt this after Beaner disappeared?

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eh who knows.

https://fifthseasongardening.com/cat...oducts_id=1504
i think this shit may help some. im planning on getting some for my outdoor grow myself.
i wonder if the stuff would throw off the readings from a water meter though?

ive been thinking about this problem alot too, ive goto find a way to water my babies soon...

i was thinking of getting a large drum and running a main line off that and run smaller lines to each plant. i found a special low pressure digital time for rain water tanks etc so im thinking this could be an easy way to go about it. except the time is around 80 dollars

set timer for 3 days a week, premix nutes in the drum and refil every week or so.

also gona use water crystals which are too expensive and are good at slow release

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yea just cyica beans//that or dig into the soil a 55 gallon drum above your pants and run lines coming down thats gravity feed with the buiplont auto matic watering tips///they release water when its dry and stop when its wet...work like a charm...

wats cyica beans?

wats buiplont?

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ok baby diaper??? lol well kinda good idea, but heres an easier one, go to a local garden center, ask for polymer crystals, or go on ebay, amazon, or any gardening/hydro sites, and get polymer crystals. they are the crystals in diapers basicly, well on the same idea, you just mix a few tablespoons of the powder into the soil and it will absorbe and hold the water untill the soil around it dries out then it slowly releases it, they are good for 3-5years befor they break down, and they do break down so its not like they will be there forever. i use them in my vegetable garden with no adverse effects other than i need to water less. and since they expand alot when wet it helps keep the soil loose. between vermiculite, peat moss, and polymer crystals i only water my vegetable garden if it doesn't rain for 20 days.

hope this helps!