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Let's extend our irrigation kit down
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here at the a lotment. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. We have got an
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irrigation kit set up to our tomatoes,
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our peppers, our melon plants, so that
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when we're not at the a lotment, it will
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keep them wet every 12 hours. Now, you
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can change the settings on it to how
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often you want it to water. But yeah,
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this has been an absolute godsend to me
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this summer, especially in the hot
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weather that we have had. So, we're
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going to extend it to add them into our
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Christmas potatoes as we've got our
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Christmas potatoes in the poly tunnel
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and they're drying out. So, we need to
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keep them wet regular so that they get
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growing and hopefully get some decent
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Christmas potatoes in them. So, let's
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have a look at our kit what it looks
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like so far. So, this is our kit. We've
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got it linked up to all our tomatoes and
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our peppers. And as you can see, the
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tomatoes are doing absolutely fantastic.
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It's connected to this timer, which you
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can set at every so often. We've got it
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to water for 15 minutes every 12 hours.
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So, that should keep them nice and wet.
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And then it's connected to a solar panel
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which obviously powers it as well and
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keeps it working. And this is into our
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big water but here as you can see that's
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the filter onto the water pot. And then
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there's a wire as well which lets you
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know if it's running low on water. So we
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just keep this filled up with lots of
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So these are our Christmas potatoes
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we've got in. Like I said it is getting
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So, we've got the lead what goes onto
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our melon plants over here. So, we're
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going to connect it up and water these
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ones as well to keep them nice and
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So, it comes with 10 drippers, a big
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piece of piping. So, we're going to
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probably put three drippers in each box
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so that it does keep it nice and damp
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for us. So, yeah, it should be pretty
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easy to connect up. And then we've got
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some little T junctions as well so that
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we can split it off and get the water
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going. So, let's get it chopped up and
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all connected up. So, I've got the
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drippers all set up. So, I just need to
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connect it onto the main P so that it
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all feeds into the water. So, I've
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turned the dripper on and to make sure
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that it's all working and it's all
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pretty good. So, yeah, hopefully it all
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comes on pretty good down here. Just
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push them in a bit further.
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So, hopefully it'll keep them all nicely
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watered and that will water them for 15
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minutes and then it will end.
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So, I hope you've enjoyed that little
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video. Make sure you drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with all our antics down
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at the aotment. Until next time
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening with Ben
