{"id":615,"date":"2024-09-19T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/?p=615"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:16:38","slug":"diy-watering-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/2024\/09\/19\/diy-watering-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Watering Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

My daughter was given an elm sapling, it’s very special to her.
Unfortunately elm trees can get very large, and the only suitable place to plant it is close to a concrete path. Internet advice\u2122 was twofold:<\/p>\n

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  1. Put in a root barrier, and<\/li>\n
  2. Water the plant from the other side, with subsurface irrigation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    DripWorks<\/a> make some great-looking watering stakes – the idea is you put water in the top, and it sends it directly to the the roots.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Deep Drip Tree Watering Stake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be available in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My plumber had left behind a piece of heavy-duty plastic\/aluminium pipe. Perfect… oh wait, the blunt end won’t go into the ground so easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One cartoonish 3d-printed screw tip, and some work on the drill press, voila!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    It won’t win any beauty contests, but it looks viable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And here it is, installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The section without holes will provide some extra head pressure, to help push the water into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We’ll see how well it works!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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