Hi all so I've been thinking about how to have a better more effective way of watering in a soil medium without too much complication and without spending lots of money . so I came up with this it's a wic system and all you need is two 5gallon buckets an air pump and a 16inch piece of 1inch diameter pvc pipe and a solo cup or plastic cup equivalent so first double up the buckets so you can see where the top buckets bottom is how high up from the ground
now drill 3 holes in the bottom bucket just under the bottom of the top bucket
now take the buckets apart in the top bucket your gonna drill a 1inch hole on one side of the bottom a 3inch hole in the middle of the same bucket and several small drainage holes all over the bottom like this
now put your pvc through the small hole and secure it at the top I made two small holes and used a bread tie but how ever and really it doesn't have to be secured the soil will keep it in place also you'll want to off cut the bottom of the pvc
now through the hole with the pvc
now stack the buckets again and you should have this
now with your plastic cup slot the sides and x the bottom like this
and drop it in the middle hole
now I have a $20 air pump and a $8 airstone and I ran the air tube through one of my over fill holes on the bottom bucket like this
now if you did it like me your reservoir is a half gallon the buckets full of dirt and you water through the pvc to the res and the soil wicks up as needed. No more bathtub and no more moving the plants when I need to water and or feed. This is my pump
its got 4 airports so I can run 4 buckets this way with this one pump. Tell me what you think
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