Sallygarden Smallholding - The Forum For Sustainable Living

In my mailbox this morning was your great pictures about the starting squash and sharing with other small holders. It reminded me of an idea a friend of mine brought back from Mexico. There they use gallon wine jugs inverted on a stick so the neck is just above the ground. The idea behind this is that the collected condensation then drips back to the ground to supply the plant with a small but continous source of water. I tried it once and it seemed to work well. My challenge with squash is keeping them warm enough, the powdery mildew at bay and blossom rot stopped (just too much fog)!

Thanks Sheila, that's ingenious for new seedlings outdoors.

oh, so you don't actually put water into these? they are cut open at the bottom, aren't they? like in sallygardens squash post?