Beginner Gardening: Wall-O-Water "Cheap" alternative works well, 0 by JimKennard

JimKennard wrote:
The picture is from a previous year's garden.

The PVC pipe can be 1/2" Schedule 40, or 3/4" schedule 200 or Schedule 40. I have seen them last for 25 years with minimal care.

One of the "cultural practices" of the Mittleider Method is to eliminate all weeds as soon as they show themselves. Otherwise they become a haven for bugs and disease, as well as robbing the vegetables of needed nutrients.

One other note: We will often give away or sell vegi's as soon as they are mature, rather than leave them in the garden to become old, attract infestations of bugs, and get diseased. Share with your neighbors when your produce is at it's peak, and keep more plantings coming, rather than trying to stretch the single-crop varieties out over months. You will eat better and avoid many common problems with bugs and disease this way.

Jim Kennard