Fertigation

This is an add on for an irrigation system, that delivers liquid fertilizer.
Here are a couple youtube vids showing how it works.
https://youtu.be/yu7zbqBmgys
https://youtu.be/Z4dglUMVdfA
Im using about 400ml of a seasol like liquid fertilizer in a 1.25L bottle for 40 plants.

Cut the barbs off one side of two small hose (I used 6mm) conectors.
Drill tight holes in the lid and glue them in.
Add a short and long piece of hose to the inside.

Cut the hose after your tap timer or control valve.

Add a tap with enough room either side to insert small barbed connectors.

Insert barbed connectors either side of the tap you put in.

Put a loop of thin hose on the barbed connectors.

Cut the thin hose and connect the timmer side hose to the bottle barbed connector that has the longer hose inside.
The other hose on the garden side goes to the bottle barbed connector with the short hose inside.

Ok so now it should be good to go. You want the flow to be slow through the bottle so it disperses the fertilizer evenly over your plants.

To do this the tap you put in should be turned slightly so it creates a pressure difference and creates flow through the bottle from bottom to top.

The photo of the diluted mix in the bottle was after running for 20mins. I was happy with that delivery rate.

Remember to use a pressure reducer as recomended for dripper systems so your bottle will hold up ok.

I have replaced tge pet soda bottle with sprayer bottle. its working really well. plants are thriving!