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Hi Leon. I have grown a lot of kitchen garden herbs and vegetables this way since discovering your video a year ago and now your idea has spread by word of mouth throughout Adelaide in South Australia. It is by far the simplest, quickest, cheapest and most recycling savvy wicking bed idea on the net. Thank you so much.
I'm in Melbourne, going to give this a try ahead of next summer, I wonder what supplies you use for the fertilisers and soil? Sustane isn't a thing here, searching 'sea minerals' isn't an immediate find... I have some 55gal drums though :D
I just love this video. You remind me of my dad Virgl. He's resting in the cemetary right now, but someday I will tell him what you said and showed me about this type of gardening.
Bless you. I have never heard anyone say that their loved one is resting in the cemetery right now but someday your going to tell him something. That is so precious.
In many faiths, the dearly departed is said to “Sleep in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection.” That takes my breath away when I think on it a little.
Yes I beleive that! In the Bible it says that death is a sleep. And the rightouse will be risen first from the Graves to be caught up in the air with Jesus. (1 Thessalonions 4:16)
Thank you Leon. I'm a young man from B.C. Canada and I am being forced to quarantine on my father's land in a remote location. Your videos are integral to my education and understanding of gardening and nature itself. God bless you and your loved ones in these difficult times.
So wonderful to hear this warm, southern, country accent again. Had to "like" when I heard: "If you'd use two shovels, David, you get it full twice as fast...but that's alright." lol And, "... let me get my tomatoes--they have run off on me." Thank you, Leon, for the tips!
Good morning Leon, I know very little about growing anything when I did try it was hit and miss. I started watching Arms Family and learned about you. I am 70, so digging up a garden is out of the question. I am going to make some of your buckets and plant tomatoes and other salad plants. Thank you, Leon, wish me luck.
Mr. Leon, I could listen to you talk all day. Thanks for making this so simple, I don't get many things but I get this concept! Tomatoes for EVERYONE! :)
Good morning to the man that’s made me a successful gardener❤️💪🏻I just wanted to mention I have successfully rooted two fig cuttings and started a “Leon bucket” for them.. I can’t wait to see what happens!! Also we have a hurricane headed our way in coastal NC so I had to pull my mater plants inside I wish I could send you a photo of the they are taller than my 5’8 frame!!!!!thank you for teaching me how to garden sir❤️
Leon, Your instructions are so easy to follow. I have a bunch of baby lettuces that need a home. I am building a tub right now, although I am taking a mid-project break to write this. I am excited to see how the bin turns out. Thanks for being a great gardener-educator.
lamoabird I love ur comment. U said it so much better than I did. Doesn’t it just touch ur heart and rekindle ur faith in man kind when someone like Leon comes along. God bless us all who are right in our hearts. To write such s comment as u did. Ur heart has to be good and belong to a higher being for the better of mankind, whom ever u call them. Ur comment dug in and touch my heart spiritually. Don’t worry I am not going to start stalking u. Lol. Thanks for the spiritual uplift.
For starters, just LOVE the first 10 seconds of your video...the whole video is so interesting and the information will help me come springtime. Thank you.
mr Leon has been a wonderful help, i have loved his videos and have called him by phone to, my garden would not have been so easy to switch over to containers without the expert advice of Mr Leon, thank you sir and may G-d Bless you
Thanks again for your knowledge, I've been a fan a couple of years now and your method works!!! My garden is a combo of wicking tubs and raised beds can't say enough about the wicking tubs they ROCK.
Leon I have ten tubs, with tiny baby plants that I started in the house, planted in them. They are looking good even though they have had a lot of wind and one rain. I have more tubs and plants to start. Thank you for this information.
Thank you so very much!! I shared this on my FB . I’m growing vegetables in 5 gallon containers this year . You are so helpful. Have a wonderful day!!!!
Yes you would decrease the amount of fertilizer for a 5 gallon bucket. VS what he is using. I'm guessing that tub is 25 gallons. So the measurement would be 1/5th the amount of each fertilizer
Just had a thought that you never tell people to keep the caps on the milk jugs. Alot of people throw those caps away or lose them. Love this idea and I am going to use it!
OMG......Thank you, Thank you, Thanks 🙏 you... I am a visual Learner... I get it now.... My 5 gallon container with the water bottles will be done today.... thanks 🙏
Thanks for the good knowledge Leon! I will be using these in my high tunnel systems in the future. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Davinci
Thank you Leon, could you please do a self waterer when you have time? You are brilliant & explain everything clearly. Best wishes to you & yours from Uk.
Hi Leon. My question is, how does this barrel collects water to the bottom? Maybe by watering the plants from the top and eventually will fill up the bottom? Others insert a long PVC pipe in their instructional videos where they can pour water directly in and fill the bottom part of the barrel to self water the plant. A beginner here and needs guidance. Thank you Sir and have a blessed day.
Leon has a video where he shows the prices with a 20 gal self watering fabric pot using the gas jucks and how to add the 1 in pipe ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nOThXncTCXc.html
I"m confused.... will he be watering from the TOP? or does it need a PVC pipe to pour water to get into the bottom to water from the bottom up? did he skip a step or am i missing something?
@@deborahstout-jones8821 I watched it and I still don't really understand what's going.. Hmm, if he put 1 pvc into the jug to the bottom, how do the other 6 jugs fill up and how does dirt not get in there and interfere.. I get how a SIP planter works but I can wrap my head around what's going here haha
Lisa - It is my understanding, that he would water from the top, until such time as excess water comes out of the drainage hole that is about five inches from the base. Water will collect in the empty milk bottles and as the soil dries, this water will leach into the soil, keeping it moist. Re-watering will refill the milk jugs. Excess water draining out the side hole. The water collecting in the milk jugs acts as a reservoir, reducing the number of days between watering and keeping soil moist. Other videos of this type would seem to indicate that soil greater than 8 inches above the milk jugs will not get enough water.
Mr. Leon, Thank you so much for teaching me how to grow my own food! I understand filling the barrel with a bottle or drain pipe, drilling the hole 5 inches up, etc. As you have in some videos I bought the 1-inch PVC pipe to insert on the inside of the barrel for watering. So what I haven't seen you do is pouring the water into the barrel. I imagine you put the hose into the PVC pipe and fill it until it runs out of the hole that you drilled 5 inches up on the side of the barrel/bucket. Is that right? When you water & feed each day are you putting enough water into the pipe so that it will run out of the hole on the side of the barrel each time you water? Thank you, Bill-St Louis Mo.
Leon, where you located in Okla. Im North of Chelsea 5 miles. Been gardening most my life. Im 72 now. Im always looking for new and different ways of gardening, and I sure enjoyed watching your vids. I got to admit, I had towatch 2 before I finally figured out how you were doing what you do. The first one I watched, you were standing behind a table with 3 or 4 tubs on it, and you were moving back and forth, and I felt kinda like the kid who trys to pick ouot where the guy behind the table has hid the pea lol. BUT, I gotter figgered out after the 2nd one, and this is my third. Good luck to you, and your business.
I have watched carefully (,I think) but I haven't seen you pouring the water into the pot. So my question is ; at what point do you put that water in, once the tub is full of dirt, or at halfway point when you put the soil amendment/ fertilizer into the dirt?
Appreciate the simple man's explanation--my language...lol! However, in other videos you had a PVC "filler pipe" going to the bottom of the tub. Did you happen to forget it in the video?
Which jug would the filler pipe fill? Or does it fill the space between jugs? What was the reason for them jugs in the first place? Just to take up space?
Thank you so much for teaching this method of planting. If I have to water more than once a week, do I add fertilizer to the second gallon that I add per week? This is my first year of planting in wicking buckets and I decided to experiment and see what the difference between tomatoes planted in wicking buckets vs the same tomatoes planted in containers with holes. Same tomatoes plants and same buckets. The ones planted in the wicking buckets are growing about twice as fast and in better health than the ones in the bucket with holes.
I am wondering how the roots would get air pruned in this set-up as they do in the 1st way I saw where you used 6" pipe with landscape fabric over it. I really enjoy watching your videos.
Leon great info and good to use available resources. I have made wicking tubs with both plastic coffee cans and “perforated” pipe, I like the pipe better because I can place fill tube in pipe. When watering I am much more confident of all the reservoir getting filled because it is tied together rather being separated with potting mix in between. I also have found great rubber tubs at the Farm Supply Stores. Yes, they cost more; but they should last much longer. Guess it depends on whether a person wishes to have huge volume garden or a few nice looking flower pots in the landscape.
Yes your right Lowes is around 💲8 buck's an Wal-Mart has some too they're black for 💲5 buck's they worked good for me this year 😁 Thank's for ya Video BossMan worked out great for me in Kentucky
that is awesome with the 4 plants I have been doing it for awhile with the 145 tomatoes plants I grew I ran out of space had lots of other thing planted also so the rainbow carrots here I come for this
Yeah, I discovered lick tubs this year as well. A friend of mine got 80 of them for some crazy project and I bought some from him $2. I use rotten firewood in the bottom of mine to take up space and hold water then I cover it with sand, top it off with potting soil. Kind of like a hugelkultur in a bucket. I put a 2" watering pipe in some of mine. I may stand them up on barrels. I have some handy. I was going to single stem them.
Do you fill the water jugs before you add the soil? And how do you keep the milk jugs from floating up and keep the soil from clogging the holes in the jugs?
Mr Leon enjoy your RU-vid channel very much I was wondering do you put holes in all of the milk jugs and do they all fill up with water thanks for all your help
Leon thank you for posting so many awesome suggestions giving us the knowledge to build a seemingly endless variety from what we have access to. I watch them all. In exploring , I ran across a version that uses sand as a wicking layer to isolate the growing medium that can stink from anaerobic digestion when submerged with out oxygen. I would love to hear your thoughts on this method. Other than the added complication, my main question is how thick will the sand work as a wicking medium? Of course also is it a waste of effort?
took your advice and ask around about the protein tubs...a guy i know said come by the house , i've got plenty...he must have had a couple of hundred...take what you want...
I have two questions! If I'm low on funds can I add leaves to the bottom half then soil to the top to save on money? Do I just water like normal, then the water goes into the jugs and releases as necessary and how often do I water? TIA
Love this the state is taking my home to widen the road I have look for big pot to put rose and my flowers in so I can take them what I n up just was asking if I can put bushes in thim
I think he forgot. He had a pipe at his feet. Using a pipe is more convenient, it takes less time to water and you can see the water level by looking down it. In the second part of this video, "Filling Wick Tub with soil and fertilizer EP20B" Leon has a makeshift pipe but it is already installed. He didn't explain it. Maybe the video was lost.
Mornin' Leon! WE GOT RAIN in Northern CO yesterday! & I got my gardens started! Happy Earth Day! I about spit out my tea when you put the lime in! My Dad used to have me hold the bucket for him while he climbed down on a rope ladder to put lime in our water well! I believe it was to keep bacteria from growing, and to lower the ph ? Thanks for the videos!
I understood your other system with the fabric. How does this system protect the roots from root rot sitting in too much water? Just having that overflow hole at 5 inches from the bottom is sufficient to prevent root rot? If that is the case, why have those milk jugs in there - to serve as the water reservoirs? Won’t the dirt clog the holes in the jugs? I think I just need to build one and find out. I’ll understand it better if I just do it.
I'm in the same boat with regard to how the water actually flows into the interior gallon jugs if the dirt is already surrounding the jugs and potentially clogging the holes of those same jugs?? I will attempt anyway and see how it goes....Btw, thanks for taking my call sir and hope you had a blessed Sabbath
@@1973jaygee The compost won't block the holes because it's porous, the water will get through into the bottles and wick back out again. Using garden dirt (soil) will compact and block the holes. It won't wick.
Yes. Your containers must be a little taller than 5 inches (6 inches or so) so that they trap a layer of air. The bottles act as a 5 inch water reservoir and a 1 inch air reservoir on top.
Wouldnt think you need jugs if you cut your drain hole half way up already. The bottom half will hold water like the jugs. Please explain the advantage of having jugs. Thanks.
