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Would something like this be possible/feasible?
Basically I want a raised bed garden in my back yard, but theres no water source. The beds would be 1x4 feet of winter vegetables so the water needs would be really low. I don't know anything about plumbing or irrigation but I came up with this idea of having a valved hose that would siphon water out of a giant jug which would run to an irrigation system that would water the beds. I figure I could just fill the bucket once a week or every other week and itd be enough since the beds are so small + i could mulch them.
I have an arduino laying around so I thought I'd automate that part for fun if I could figure out how to make it actually work.
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>>1194886
>over 9k hours in MSPaint
Why do you need a siphon when the tank is above the planters?
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>>1194888
lol you're right. Just to overcomplicate it I guess
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>>1194886
Yes, but you only need a container of water and a cotton wick (rope). Just put the wick through piping when it is above ground. You can use lots of wicks to various locations, directly to the plant base.
There's also a system called "Ollas Irrigation". It uses a terracotta pot, buried in the ground near the plants. You just fill it up as needed.
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>>1194894
Thats really interesting. So the wick/rope is acting as the siphon?
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>>1194903
The wick is acting as a wick.
Wick is about surface tension and adherence. Siphons are about cavitation pressures and the speed of sound in water and momentum
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>>1194886
First off, where are you?
The water needs of winter veggies are very low. Heavy mulching and natural rainfall should take care of it in most areas
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>>1194886
Depends on how much money you have to play with. But I'd use a drip irrigation system and a valve at the bottom of the tank.
You could zone it with 12V irrigation valves. But you must have a filter on the feed as junk in the water will bugger up the drip holes.
You could run a small line to the bed rather than messing with a barrel.
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If you're going to fill the bucket every so often why not just water them?
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>>1194903
The wick is bringing the water to the plants, not the other way around mate
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