Guerilla Growing watering techniques

So I am trying to figure some good ways to get water to places that would be a real hassle to lug water to. I would like for people to post all their ideas for different ways of getting water to their grows. Anything from ways to collect rain water to pumping in your water. Please be specific if you can on what equipment you need so if people want to use your technique they have can make a checklist of things they need.

I haul two 5 gallon jugs with screw tops to my spot. didn't think 5 gallons would be that heavy, but when you get hikin in the woods luggin them around, it's a bitch but good things don't come easily.

Here is an idea I was thinking about for a remote area I found it takes me awhile to get there so I can't visit it often . I have a Hand Bilge pump it was 30$


and can pump 8 gal a min. I may get a solar pump but I need to do some research and get some more info on them (if you know of a good pump to use let me know) I also need to get some hose I dont know exactly how much I need yet I think my site is about a half mile from water so maybe 5 of these 500 ft hoses

they are $31.39/EA from home depot (if you know where i can get hose cheaper let me know). I will need connectors for the hoses and a 1in to 1/2 in adapter to hook the pump to the hose. Then I am going to get a few 55 gal barrels

which I can get off craigslist for 10$ a piece. Then I could do a couple things here like get a few faucets for them and get a water timer for each < I could spread out my grow more this way. I could also attach all the barrels together so they fill and drain together and 1 water timer with a Y or tri connector to 2-3 hoses for one big plot or I could just 1 hose and no timer and I will water myself < would be hard to get the spot often . And of course I will camo spray it all. Btw I will not be doing this big grow until next year I want to get everything together first and also see what other options I have for watering large crops which is why Im making this thread. It is a very remote spot and is hard get to so going there often to check on them would be hard. Notoriousb it wouldn't be practical for the kind of grow Im thinking of But Thanks.

no prob

better make sure you bury those hoses good so no one sees them, and that they don't lay across some path that someone could easily follow. that would be a pretty rad setup tho if you can pull it off

yeah I will bury it its a spot that I will probably use multiple years so the extra work would be worth it. I also thought about digging in the barrels but by the time they saw those they would see everything else anyways. But i doubt anybody has been close to this place in years it just all forest for miles and miles

that's what I like about my spot. it seems to me that no one except animals have been there in years, if anyone has ever been there out there. only a half hour walk from my house too

It would take one hell of a pump to move water a half mile and then into the barrel.

1200+Pounds of water + 30$ Pump = Not happening

Get some cheap plastic containers such as the blue ones you linked or old barrels from a feed store, whatever. Barry it in the ground raised only a couple inches above the soil level, and have at least a rain barrel that could provide some water in crunch times.

I would get the best pump you can pay for and use 1/2" pvc you add im the fact that you can drop it a foot in or some less and have good water.

yeah I was thinking about that 2. The area is pretty flat from the water to the grow most of the surrounding area isnt. I am open to criticism like I said this still just an idea thats why I made this thread to figure out the best way of getting or collecting water in remote spots . I am doing it next year so I have all year to figure out the best way and then get what I need and set it up. My idea was to mainly show the scope of what Im willing to do and size of what I want to do and not anywhere near set in stone. Again any ideas are welcome

JTALO111 said:

I would get the best pump you can pay for and use 1/2" pvc you add im the fact that you can drop it a foot in or some less and have good water.

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I kind of lost you after the 1/2 inch PVC part. I would like to understand, but I cant figure out what you mean.

ever think of a wick system just thread nylon rope trough the hose and submerge it in the water source, it will even carry it straight uphill.

ok so the bilge pump was a stupid idea (we all have them) I just thought since it wasn't really going up hill really it might do it but I am willing to pay around 200$ for a gas powered pump but I would want to make sure it would work for something like this and is something I could actually move myself would this work?


Specifications
Gas-powered pump - no need to carry a separate power generator
Convenient wheel kit for easy mobility
Durable and rugged metal fittings (included)
Engine oil included, for first-time use
Corrosion protected shell
5.5 horsepower
163cc, 4 stroke engine, air cooled
2" input/output port with backflow check valve
Self-priming
Pump Overhead Lift: 85 ft. (pump to destination)
Suction Height: 26 (water source to pump)
Pressure: 35.5 PSI
Fuel Tank: 1 gallon
Run Time: 2-3 hours on a full tank
Gallons per Minute: 150
Decibel: 64dBA
Heavy duty steel frame
Cleaner Emissions: Certified for 2008 California & EPA

got a better one that would work? remember I have to lug it out there so thats why I chose one with wheels.

kremnon said:

ever think of a wick system just thread nylon rope trough the hose and submerge it in the water source, it will even carry it straight uphill.

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Would this actually work? how would you supply multiple plants... I really cant see this working but would be happy to be proven wrong.

kremnon said:

ever think of a wick system just thread nylon rope trough the hose and submerge it in the water source, it will even carry it straight uphill.

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nickbbad said:

Would this actually work? how would you supply multiple plants... I really cant see this working but would be happy to be proven wrong.

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I want to watch him thread a half mile of rope through that hose.

it would work you would need a hose hooked 2 multiple pipes that go to the drips. i just got a preety savage idea what if you buryd some type of water dish under your root ball in your plant hole? when you water it will fill up your water saver. a bucket buryed coverd in screen with a wick system so when you water the plants it fills up the water system. they also make some type of time realse water gel pack but im not 2 familiar with it. im going to do an experiment now with a small bucket and im going to have a 1 3/4 ft. deep by 1 ft wide hole. i will place window screen across the buckt and cut 2 holes into the screen for 2 pices of nylon rope. i will drill a few holes in the sides about half way down. then i will place the buckt in the hole andfill dirt in around it hold the ropes in place and fill the rest of the whole in. the bucket should have about a 3/4 gallon max water holder. water plant with 2 gallons and it should last a month i would think.i just wonder how fresh the water will stay.

i think im just stond and out of my mind maybe it would work better w/o the wick and scrren haahaa but im seriously gonna try somthing like this

lol ok how about this guys taking a camo tarp hooking up 2 corners between trees and then scrunching up the other side into the barrel so whenever it rains all the water thats hits the tarp runs into the 55 gal barrels < it would be much cheaper but how long do you think it would take to fill? or another thing I just thought of is since its going to be next year I could wait till next winter and when we get a good snow storm < about 2-3 times a season we get a decent snow and just shoveling snow into the barrels? < would the freezing water crack the barrels? if so would they crack if they were in the ground? in the midwest how much supplemental water do you think 1 plant needs < I will be doing more Im just trying to figure out how many barrels I'll need.

this is why i feel fortunate to have a spot this year close to a stream with nice clear water, and some kickin soil, and sufficent cover.