Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01545
To: Wyzyrd1 wyzyrd@wyzyrd.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:13:12 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: `Green Thumb'
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Wyzyrd1 wrote:
> Another possibility for the reservoir-concept is a "bucket" at
> floor level or wherever it may be convenient/aesthetic, and a
> (watertight) capillary tubing system to deliver the water to the
> plant. Vinyl aquarium tubing filled with something like bandage
> gauze should get the water from the reservoir to the plant with
> no external energy required.
I'm not sure that this method would deliver sufficient water during
hot summer weeks.
> the gauze etc can be put into the soil to wick water to the
> plant. Then the only necessary mechanical part is some sort of
> clamp-valve to compress the end of the tubing when it is in the
> "closed" position.
>
> I'm not sure HOW to do that, offhand, but it eliminates the need
> for mechanical pumps and/or gravity feed.
The clamp-valve would be an electromechanical device, and about as
complex as a tube-pump.
Best,
Steve
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