Drip feed bottles

cheap&cheerful · Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:13 am

I've just ordered from Betterware some nozzles that you screw on to 2 litre bottles for use in either watering or feeding of plants. They've got like a long bit on the end that you stick in the ground, with the bottle on top.....If you see what I mean!! And they drip water or feed.

They are Ã‚Â£3.99 for six.

Jill..

shiney · Post: # 3947Post **shiney** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:17 am

Good idea!

My partner went to Lidls early yesterday and beat off the old ladies and gents who were eager to get the irrigation pipes and timers on offer there. He got the last two pipes, an irrigation set, a hose holder and a timer for about Ã‚Â£16! Obviously a bargain, from all the golden oldies who were there snappin' them up.

Great for when we go on holiday. We have a neighbour who comes to feed the rabbit etc and all he will have to do is set the timer for 15mins or so to water all our plants and veggies.

Wombat · Post: # 3950Post **Wombat** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:46 pm

Crikey Jill, I bought two packets of four nozzles for $2 per packet!

Nev

cheap&cheerful · Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:14 pm

'Cor Nev that's cheap..where from??????

I got a lot of garden stuff from Lidls too. Trouble is I go in there for a couple of pint of milk and end up spending Ã‚Â£30.

Jill..

shiney · Post: # 3955Post **shiney** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:53 pm

I know the feeling Jill, but there's always something I NEED there! Infact my partner is worse than me.

cheap&cheerful · Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:16 pm

Absolutely my husband too.

In our house it's ME garden, JOHN garage. Trouble is Lidls sell lots of tools too so we are both like big kids at the sweetie shop.

Oh and Bratwurst too.

Jill..

cheap&cheerful · Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:48 pm

I've just twigged Nev why you put $ signs.

Sorry I'm a bit in the twilight zone today. Our neighbors had one of their bar-b-ques last night and the boom, boom music was going until 5.25am this morning. Three guesses how I know it was 5.25am.

Early night for me.

Jill..

Wombat · Post: # 3975Post **Wombat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:22 am

Yup, Jill, I'm here is Aus!

We have a proliferation of elcheapo junk shops, one of which is the "Reject Shop" and they have them!

Nev

Millymollymandy · Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:59 am

There isn't any gardening stuff in Lidl in France, nor tools either. I'm pretty sure our Lidls must be miles smaller than yours (in UK). My mum is always on about their wonderful choice of veg but ours are very small and not good quality at all.

Not much choice of meat either and their chickens are old boilers (although labelled as good quality chook - there are different labels in France denoting how a chook has been reared and I only buy the top one - the rest are full of antibiotics and reared in very cramped conditions).

Had to edit this as I got off subject - you were talking about those nozzle things - I tried them and they don't work! They get gunked up with soil and the water can't pass through! Obviously don't have big enough holes for the water to drip through. It wasn't clay either, but light soil.

cheap&cheerful · Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:55 am

MMM,

Do they sell Bratwurst in French Lidls??

That's another Ã‚Â£3.99 bites the dust if the nozzels don't work.

Jill..

Wombat · Post: # 3990Post **Wombat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:51 am

Well, I'm going to cut the ends off anyway, I wanted them to act as a funnel so that I could water the roots of things like tomatoes which tend to go berserk - makes the watering more efficient. I will have to wait for summer to give it a go anyway!

Nev

cheap&cheerful · Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:10 pm

I wonder, if you made the initial hole with a bit of bamboo or something, just so that when you put it in you wasn't pushing against, even soft earth that might force it's way up the nozzle.

You could even make a big enough hole, upend the bottle with nozzle so that it was at the angle it's supposed to be. What you would loose is the stability from it being secure in the earth. Then support the bottle with short bits of bamboo like a splint.....If you see what I mean

I'm gonna have to try something because I've just remembered I've ordered TWO packets.....well it seemed a good idea at the time

Let me know how you get on Wombat when you cut your ends off, especially since yours cost less than mine.

Jill..

Wombat · Post: # 4022Post **Wombat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:34 pm

No worries, Jill.

Millymollymandy · Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:17 am

I have thought of trying again with the nozzles but maybe I'll put a bigger hole in the end like you've been discussing. If I recall correctly you are supposed to fill them with sand first - maybe that was the problem. I'll experiment and report back!

Don't really know what Bratwurst is but my husband does buy a fat sausagey thing with red plastic outside wrapper which he eats in sandwiches. I think it's horrible but he likes it!

Lidl at least is one of the few places who sell herbs in pots and I've "rescued" quite a few which have been repotted and growing nicely, like chives and mint. MILES cheaper than garden centres!

cheap&cheerful · Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:24 am

The sand theory of makes sense, but then again would the earth pushing up into the nozzle not just push the sand up into the bottle...and so on into infinity!!

I now can't wait to receive these nozzles, and where I wasn't going to use them until next year I'm going to have a bash with them here. Bash might be the operative word if I can't get them to work.

Trouble is with making the hole bigger will it make it easier for the earth to go up, and make the water flow out too quickly. Too many questions for this time of the morning

MMM,

I will look forward to hearing how you get on with your trials.
Bratwurst are a big beige colored sausage that taste a bit like Cumberland sausages. Great for on the barbie.

Jill..