Been away and my £1 watering system worked

s4lvatore

Been away for a fortnight (yes I was posting on here while on holiday, sad I know) and came back to find all my veg flourishing!

Was going to post this before I went away but wanted to make sure it was ok.

To water all my baskets and containers I basically ran a soaker that I had bought from the pound shop all the way along to top of my baskets and placed my containers beneath them.

Ok when I say a £1 it was actually a tenner as I had bought the timer last year for £9 but still a heck of a lot cheaper than those hoselock systems and the pressure of the water that comes out of the soaker spreads the water enough to do a good area. If you need to do a larger area you can always buy 2.

Went in the garden this morning and picked 2kg of tumbling toms as well as a dozen aubergine and peppers!

newbielou

The timer you bought, can I have some more info please, its sound slike a good idea for my garden when I am away on holiday.
Thanks

s4lvatore

It was on ebay, a lot like this one

If you look around you will find it cheaper

smk77

s4lvatore wrote: »

It was on ebay, a lot like this one

If you look around you will find it cheaper

I bought one from Aldi earlier in May and that didn't work - came up with what appeared to be an error message so I took it back.

As I need a timer for next week I did some research a couple of weeks ago on the timer linked above after first seeing it on ebay. I was put off by the reviews on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001U1RRV8/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Whilst looking at Amazon I noticed that the Hozelocks are half price and have brilliant reviews (and plenty of them!!) so opted for the £15.99 version. At short notice, I'd rather pay the extra money over the budget one to decrease the risk of coming back from my holiday to find all my hard work in the garden and greenhouse dead!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hozelock-Aqua-Control-Water-Timer/dp/B000TAUF92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=outdoors&qid=1281710531&sr=1-1

s4lvatore

Great find that hozelock one.

Mine does seem to work, luck of the draw I suppose.

onejontwo

I was going to try this but then I remembered the hose pipe ban...........................

s4lvatore

onejontwo wrote: »

I was going to try this but then I remembered the hose pipe ban...........................

a good neighbour is what you need then

onejontwo

I take it there isn't a hose pipe ban up your way? Or have you been a naughty boy!!!!!:naughty

s4lvatore

No buddy, very lucky here infact have only had one ban in the last decade or so.