Why experienced gardeners bury a plastic bottle next to zucchini: an interesting gardening trick

14.03.2023 09:39

An experienced gardener will always have a supply of empty plastic bottles at his dacha.

These simple containers can be of great use in your garden.

Thus, seedlings can be grown in the lower half of the bottle. In addition, a "mini-greenhouse" can easily be made from the container.

Plastic containers are often used for watering, primarily for drip irrigation.

Experienced gardeners also use a bottle to make watering zucchini easier.

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The essence of the life hack

An empty plastic container should be buried in the garden bed where the zucchini is grown.

There are two important points. First, the bottom of the container should have numerous small holes.

Second, the bottle should be placed as deep as possible. However, not so deep that the hose does not reach the neck.

Watering “through a bottle” helps ensure that moisture penetrates the soil to a significant depth.

This is very important for zucchini: the root system of the garden crop is located quite deep.

Thanks to the plastic container, water will reach even the longest roots.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief