How to Make a Self Watering Planter Box Out of a Dish Wash Liquid Tub.

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How to Make a Self Watering Planter Box Out of a Dish Wash Liquid Tub.

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we made 3 self-watering planter boxes which we filled with a variety of plants

Supplies

  1. PVC pipe
  2. dish wash tub
  3. dirt
  4. plants
  5. hot glue


Cut Off the Lid

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cut the lid off your container around 5cm from the top with a saw

Making the Water Resevoir

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place the lid that you just cut off your container at the bottom of your container it should fit perfectly this should act as a water reservoir if you want a bigger reservoir place the lid the right way up.

Putting Pvc Pipe In

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hot glue the PVC pipe where the hole is it should already be there from where the cap is if it isn't make a hole. make sure the pipe fits into the water reservoir (the lid).

Adding Holes for Water to Escape Into the Soil

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drill any size hole small enough to not let any soil trough into the top of the reservoir and a few on the pipe

Filling the Box

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fill your planter box with dirt and fill it to 4cm from the top and put plants in the dirt

Fill With Water

fill with around 7 litres of water

Optional Making a Water Moniter

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hot glue a ping pong ball onto a bottom of a stick and make marks with a pen every centimetre to see how much water has been lost