I need a solution for siphoning excess water from my planter saucers
Connie
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Comments (11)Thanks for the help dellis326, I have very little experience with all these piping/tubing terms. It seems difficult to find many of the items in smaller dimensions so as to fit the smaller sized saucers. Also, at those smaller dimensions the draining capacity will be severely reduced, as well as the buffering volume of the saucer (requiring more controlled release of the water, in order to avoid overflow). I'm thinking to perhaps connect the drainage directly to the pots instead, and seal the drainage holes. The pot will then serve as a bigger buffer, and also allows for larger fittings to be used (since the saucers have a limited height). The issue then becomes to seal the drainage holes well (which should be fairly simple), and to find some kind of filter to attach to the bulkhead fitting (so that no soil particles run down the drain). Well, and the repotting necessary to install everything... Seems like there is no easy way out :)...See MoreHelp! Need peroxide/water solution for dampening off
Comments (3)Hi Tina, I don't know of the peroxide solution you're looking for but I have some experience with damping off. There is a product called "No Damp Off" which is suppose to work miracles, but I haven't been able to find it in my area. I tried the cinnamin thing last year. It didn't help a bit (nothing like the smell of mold and cinnamin :P). A few things I've done this year: I have an overhead fan going on low all the time (air flow seems to help); don't water plants from above - let the water seep in from the bottom of the container. I also have been putting a layer of spaghum (sp)moss on the tops of the soil of my seedlings which has limited damping off significantly; I also bought a product called SAFER which is suppose to help fight off soil diseases. I have had a good experience with that so far. Hope this helps! Boo...See MorePossible cause(s) of siphoning?
Comments (33)Glad morz8 could help, I'm just not that experienced, have only PCd a few times. One thing Dave and others here have told people to do was to run a few test batches with colored water to check your stove's settings and see how to adjust to avoid siphoning. I did that, but still had some siphoning with the tomato sauce. I think the Presto person was wrong to tell you to turn heat up and down, Dave told me to just keep it steady or adjust in TINY increments. With the weight set you shouldn't have to worry about adjusting, just try to get it venting, put the weight on, and leave it alone - it's not like a dial gauge where you have to watch and make sure it doesn't go over so it's not overprocessed. If you're doing something like fish that takes a really long time the recipe says to start with more water so the canner doesn't run dry. Buy new lids and use those older ones for something like jam or jelly. "well, i've had my first messy case of PC siphoning with my 4th, and thickest, load of NCHFP's spaghetti sauce in my new presto . every qt. siphoned, but just one failed to seal. i've had 1 or more seal failures in the other 3 loads, too." I don't know, maybe siphoning is more a problem with thicker/denser foods? I think it is with starchier foods. Did you have siphoning with the thinner batches, or just an occasional seal failure (which could be the lids)? Or maybe you just adjusted the burner more on this batch after talking to the Presot rep? Store the jars without the rings someplace where you can see them (and some place easy to clean if one does start to ferment or something), I don't think you need to check daily, but occasionally (maybe daily at first). I really don't know when you can stop checking, but since you want to really eat it within a year for best quality, and mine kept a year even with siphoning, I'd say just check it often this winter, maybe again when spring/summer come around if your storage area might start to warm up. I'd wash the gasket if I had siphoning - I didn't after just running test batches of water. Sorry I can't be more help - I'm still learning myself. Here is a link that might be useful: NCHFP siphoning troubleshooting...See MoreCan plants die from excessive heat? Need some advice pls
Comments (61)Hi, fellow new-ish gardener! Just wanted to offer a little reassurance since we seem to have quite a bit in common. I am also relatively new to gardening, and many of these kind gardenweb folks can tell you they have offered me plenty of advice and answers over the past couple of years. I live just a tiny bit west of you, also 6b in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We had the same wretchedly cold and snowy winter, 108 degree heat indexes all this week, and are currently getting your same thunderstorm and flash flood watch. I have a bit of a plant collecting disease, so I have a huge range of plants, shrubs, and trees in my yard, even after just a few years of gardening. Many started life on the clearance rack because I don't have an unlimited budget. However, we do seem to have a different approach in terms of plant care. My plants get amended soil, mulch, deadheading and weeding. They get divided when I want more. And this week, I watered them, which was the first watering the ones not in hanging baskets got all year. They are absolutely thriving, even with my benign neglect. Plants mostly want to survive, and my thought process is that any plant that needs such specialized care that it doesn't thrive under my natural conditions was not going to do well in my yard anyway. I can't control the weather, so there is no sense in overstressing it. And I embrace our very cold and very hot temps - I need the cold for spring bulbs and the heat for summer flowers. If my flowers are rewarding me with a yard full of blooms and pollinators, yours will be fine with your much more attentive care. Lose the tarp and let them do their thing!...See MoreUser
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