Garden Drip Watering Spikes

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Eco-friendly drip systems to save water and keep your plants thriving all summer!

Global warming has brought long hot summers to many areas of the planet where regular rain showers were the norm during the summer months and where checks on water consumption and the threat of drought were previously unheard of...

There are, however, a few solutions to the problem of watering plants responsibly and this lens is designed to introduce a few of them.

I've tried and tested the ideas discussed here and can guarantee that the terracotta watering spikes and auto-drip bottle top watering spikes even work during a hot summer in Rome, Italy!

Terracotta Watering Spikes or Carrots 

Smaller plants can be watered successfully even in high summer using watering carrots. These carrots are in fact hollow terracotta cones attached to narrow plastic tubes. The carrots are filled with water and pushed into the soil near the roots of the plant, whilst the weighted end of the tube is placed in a reservoir of water. As the soil dries and the roots need water, the carrot becomes the water resource; water is drawn by capillary action through the tube, then into the carrot, which being made of porous terracotta, is then drawn into the surrounding soil.

They work brilliantly with spider plants and can be used with any plants that require constant watering or damp soil such as hydrangeas or azaleas.

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Terracotta watering carrot and hydrangea

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Shop for all the eco-friendly drip watering spikes featured in this lens for watering plants, flowers and vegetables in your garden, vegetable patch or on you balcony in containers, as well as other more traditional irrigation and sprinkler systems to keep your lawn looking lovely all year round!

Terracotta watering carrot and spider plant

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Watering Spikes and Auto Drip Waterers 

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Watering spikes with reserves of up to 2 litres of water are also the perfect solution when one is going away for a period of several weeks at a time. Whereas costly drip irrigation systems connected to the mains are not always suitable for a smaller balcony or back yard, the watering spike is an inexpensive system that utilizes recycled soft drinks bottles attached to a drip nozzle.

The water drips faster or slower according to the ambient temperature and can be regulated for shade or full sun; the drip attachment fits most screw top bottles but tough well formed plastic bottles such as 2 litre Coca-Cola bottles work best - NOT flimsy 1 ½ litre water bottles which tend to buckle. Even water guzzling papyrus thrives on this system in summer in Rome!

Drip watering spike and papyrus

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Eco-Gardening Links 

Watering My Garden!
Garden watering equipment store
Sustainable Gardening: Time to Make Your Rain Garden
Healing soggy backyards with rain gardens. This is a great time to do it.
Gardening skills in a dry year
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St. Helena Star
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The Carrboro Citizen
Extreme gardening in times of extremes
Xeriscape gardening
Uses plants and practices that require little watering.
Prince Charles Provides Organic Gardening Tips in New Book
Ecorazzi is dedicated to rounding up all the best 'green' news on celebrities and notables making waves in support of the environment and humanitarian causes.
Howstuffworks "Organic Gardening Tips"
The organic gardening tips featured in this article will offer exciting ways to grow a healthy garden while keeping the environment safe. Learn more here.
Garden Designer
Green garden designs in Italy
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The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage
Illicit gardening projects!
RogersPlants
Roger's Plants Limited has been established to publish electronically a series of illustrated
natural history and garden plant information sites covering all the major plant groups, thus creating the largest existing
reference work on plants.
Sustainable Gardening Blog
Sustainable Gardening Blog with Susan Harris
Organic Gardening in Italian Gardens
Gardening in Italy - Organic Italian Gardens
Modern Eco Homes
The warnings about the effects of global warming have become one of today's hottest topics.
Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden
Michelle Obama is planning the first such garden since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden in World War II.

Water Saving Tips 

Other ways to help save water...away from the garden too!

Rain Barrel to Toilet Installation - A Practical Guide | EcoSpace.cc
A fellow named Paul from Seattle, Washington has an awesome online guide about hooking up a rainwater barrel to his downstairs toilet. He likes share
Water Conservation Tips, Facts and Resources | Water - Use It Wisely
Water-saving tips and resources that educate consumers. Water - Use It Wisely national water conservation campaign communicates simple ways to save water.

Reader Feedback 

HenryE wrote...

The pictures make this a pleasure to read! Nice job.

Henry

ReplyPosted May 19, 2009

AndrewGreen wrote...

You should have stayed here wth us in the UK. Great lens. Will be putting some of your tips and ideas to use in my garden.

ReplyPosted May 01, 2009

MiaBellezza wrote...

These water spikes look like a great idea - 5* and thanks for dropping by!

ReplyPosted April 29, 2009

TheGreenerMe wrote...

Welcome to A Million Ways to Go Green!

ReplyPosted January 23, 2009

rockycha wrote...

Excellent lens! high fives :)

ReplyPosted October 17, 2008

 
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