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DIY - Gardening Do It Yourself Do you know a good gardening DIY plan? Are you in need for some good DIY ideas? This is the forum to discuss all Do It Yourself plans and questions. For example, learn about: The pipe work to support banana bunches, making pots out of newspaper, using plastic cups as pots, tips for building coverings for plants during winter, etc. If you know a good DIY plan, please share it here, and if you need one, please ask away!


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Old 04-28-2012, 07:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I'm attempting to make a mister from parts bought at a big box store. It's the DIG brand. I have an inline timer to mist the cuttings a couple of times a day in the greenhouse. If you have any input or advice I would greatly appreciate it.
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Old 04-29-2012, 08:36 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Here's a few photos of what I got going so far. As you can see it does need some more work. I just tied it to the cutting/ seed starting bench with wires. The same goes with the top of the greenhouse. Thanks for looking!






Oh, this is the el cheapo mister that came with the greenhouse that I decided not to use.
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Hi Dean!

Looks like you have already gotten it functional and up and running. How is it working so far?

I am not sure if I had my mister hooked up when you were here or not. I used one of those that is flexible like a garden hose and already had the mister plugs installed (I think it is sold at Home Depot). Then I put a timer on the faucet. I hung it up through the trees, and since it is flexible I can change up the shape as I moved the plants around and also used it for barbecues to cool us off in the patio area. It worked well for me.

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Hey Jananas,

Long time no speak.

I think I worked out a few bugs. At first the water was going everywhere. Even getting my little tool storage area all wet so I tweaked it a bit. I tied it up a little more added a loop to the top to direct the flow of water, etc. Just need to make a few more modifications.

I had bought this stuff from Home Depot too.
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Okay I've since updated it a bit. Added some tie downs, lengthen it, and redirect some of the misters. It's still leaking a little bit at the hose bib. I guess I need to replace the washer. It's always something.

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