Blumat Drip Irrigation System - Tropf Patio and Deck Starter Kit - Automatic Plant Watering Devices - Easy Setup Self Watering System for Indoor - Prevents Overwatering

Blumats are amazing devices and work amazing when installed correctly!! Make sure all tubing are connected before you install them into the soil, otherwise you can get soil into the tubing like I did, and end up with a lot of water on the floor :-)I have a couple of suggestions regarding the reservoir that Ive learned from research and experience. Make sure the feed tubing is connected to the reservoir in a full loop because it leads to more even watering across all five, or more, Blumats. The company sells a great five gallon black bucket with both feed line fittings included. Also, Even though I have an opaque reservoir bucket, I use a small airstone and add Hydroguard to keep the water fresh by preventing algae and other nasties from growing in there. I’m an organic soil gardener and the Hydroguard is perfect - it also helps prevent algae and root rot problems as well.If you’re buying this for smaller house plant pots, I’ve found that what’s included will work very well.If you’re using larger pots (3gal plus) and multiple plants I’d suggest you buy flexible feed tubing and extension kit with drip emitters.The tubing that comes with this is very stiff and quickly became hard to work with and caused twisting that cut off water from a couple Blumats until I noticed.Also, each blumat in this kit comes with a single drip emitter. I found that each blumat can provide water to four drip emitters, setup with each approx 4” apart gives you a more even watering around the pot.I’ve attached a few pictures, showing my set up, which works flawlessly! If you notice, I’m using flexible orange tubing instead of the rigid black tubing, and I’ve connected my feet tubing in a loop as well. In the second picture, you’ll see that in each 5 gallon pot I’m using two Blumats each with four drip emitters and I get very even moisture.

I bought this introductory kit to test out the Blumat system and I am thoroughly impressed. I tested it out for a week before I had to be away from my garden. I tested it on one plant and no tweaks were ever needed. I simply followed the instructions and it was set up perfectly. I can remotely monitor my garden when I'm away and the leaves on my plant were "praying" the entire time I was away.I will probably just continue to use this going forward since the roots (and my plant) are always happy. It uses less water than regular watering too so there are some efficiency gains with this system. I have since ordered more hoses, connections, etc. from Blumat so I can expand this system to the rest of my garden.Note: I would recommend checking out YouTube videos from Sustainable Village as they offer some very good tips for installation and ensuring a reliable set up. This is a versatile system with all the different products and accessories they offer. Those videos really help shed light on everything Blumat can do.Update January 2024: I have ordered several more Blumat products since getting this kit and I really can't speak highly enough about their stuff. Literally everything I have ordered from them is just quality. It makes me think of Sony or something (you ever see a bad Sony piece of gear?). Anyway, their stuff is all legit in my opinion and I am just very happy I found these folks and I want to spread the word. Cheers!

I do not frequently review products. I am choosing to review this product because of the exceptional performance and design of the product. I purchased these blumat carrots because I was going on vacation and had a high value crop that I needed to make sure got just the right amount of water while I was gone.Part of the reason that I purchased these is that they have few failure points. They are essentially a moisture activated vacuum valve that opens or pinches a small tube to water your plants. No electricity, simple in design and nearly failure proof. I left for my trip after installing and tuning this system and when I came back my crop had grown considerably.In fact, because of the consistent and small dosage of watering that my plants received I believe that they actually grew at a faster rate than if I had continued to hand water them. Basically these carrots replace water in the soil at the same rate that your plants use it. Never more or less water then they need.I am very impressed with these and will definitely purchase more as my garden expands.The only caution that I would give is that it can take a few days to get these set up and tuned to your plants needs. They are not plug and play. Once they are tuned though, they are worth every penny.

Follow the instructions and all will be well.Turns out you do need to have the time to do this project, I was in a rush and didn't dedicate the time needed to set it up properly the first go-'round but that is on me. The internet has videos galore on how to do this if the (pretty darned good, I gotta say) included instructions don't do the trick for ya.I use an organic blend for nutrients which, after buying, installing and getting it all JUST RIGHT I later learned that organics clog the lines in this and won't work. Again, my bad.They did work FANTASTIC for watering pure wtaer however for the short while I put them in action. Ultimately I opted to water by hand, as I always have, and stick to that method. If I didn't need the nutes, or the nutrients I use weren't so clog-causing I'd be using these to this day. Great product and is perfect for the right application (if not my particular application sadly). Solid product for sure.

Clearer directions would be nice