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Syracuse, NY

Yep. Just triple-left-click that and left-click drag it into the Site Search Window (it won't look like it's gonna, lol)
& (an apostrophe is not needed) and hit Enter and there is a good number of posts about them;
They are 'water teepees' that have about a dozen + or - columns of H2O in the shape of a tee pee. Placed around a 5-gallon bucket until filled, the columns/tubes are to be filled with water and the heat absorbed during the day is expelled at night and therefore, a longer growing season for you! Would be useful for ANY plants and I saw many of my comments touting their benefits back in 2004 or so and there are others whom have used them effectively. The only drawbacks are that if any channel leaks, stability suffers butt that's what bamboo stakes or rebar are for and your prized plant is in peril until WOW is fully-situated.
Check 'em out! eric g

[Last edit: 04/11/25 4:46:46 PM]

4/11/2025 4:08:33 PM

Grittyville, WA

I think they work. I would prefer to use methods that could be scaled up to many plants at little expense. You gonna grow a tomato or two? It could be your new thing.

4/14/2025 7:05:29 PM

Brandon,WI.

WALL O WATERS work extremely well.i put tomatoes out every year first wknd in May here in Wisconsin,i wouldnt grow without them,the water in the tubes heat up throughout the day and gives em protection in cool/cold evenings,also protects em from early season windy conditions.Try em, do a side by side test, you'll be impressed.

4/14/2025 7:27:02 PM

Brandon,WI.

They also make replacement sleeves that insert into leaking column if neccesary.

4/14/2025 7:28:55 PM

Syracuse, NY

That replacement sleeve is a good thing to know, also - Thanks! Works on engines, too, I think, lol---eg

4/14/2025 10:58:52 PM

Syracuse, NY

LK - Probably not, on the tomatoes.
Maybe once I get a few 1Ks outta the park, lol---eg

4/14/2025 11:00:04 PM

Warwood

Gordon Graham used them to start his tomatoes early in Feb in Oklahoma. He sometimes doubled them, placed one on top of another with rods. Some information in Marv Meisner's first tomato book Giant Tomtoes.

4/17/2025 5:56:10 PM

Syracuse, NY

Thanks--eric g

4/17/2025 7:43:59 PM