Thinking ahead.... watering in the greenhouse

[Nicky]

I know it's damp and raining outside so nothing needs watering but from the warmth of my lounge I'm looking at watering systems for my new greenhouse.
I've found something called the Big Drippa kit which holds 2 gallons of water and has little dripper bits for 6 pots which would be enough for 2 per grobag.
Has anyone used this at all and if so would you recommend it or are there other things out there?
I have an 8x6 greenhouse on my lottie I don't always have access to a hosepipe so it's got to be something off a reservoir.

[nick the grief]

If you look in the Organic catalogue they sell a thing call drippa taps then you need to get hold of some 5gallon cans & they will last for a couple of weeks & you can mix your tomato feed into it as well ( but only half strength)

[Alison]

I run a dripper system similar to this off a water butt which collects water from the roof of my greenhouse. Sort of cobbled it up myself and it works great with a bit of attention to ensure that the water butt doesn't empty out in dry spells.

[NOG]

£strecher has dripper systems last year for £6 that had 30m of incro hose and 20 drippers tee peices every thing you needed I attached mine to a 120lt water but and went on holiday for a week and all was ok when we got back.

[JennieAtkinson]

I used a Big Dripper in the Polytunnel and the water got used up in no time. I hadnt thought that the hotter it got the quicker it dripped.
I've just ordered four Iriso Watering Spikes from www.twowests.co.uk which fit into a plastic bottle and insert into the plant pot. Apparently your plant will be watered for up to 30 days from a 2 litre bottle.
I though it sounded quite good and reuses plastic bottles too. But we'll just have to see!

[rustylady]

I think I'm going to set up some sort of dripper system this year. I work full time and with the summer we had last year, 8 hours was too long to leave the tomatoes and chillies without any water.