R.I.P I'll watch all your videos soon

Thank you for all the great videos, sir. May you find yourself in paradise basking in the warmth of all the love you've given. Your soul was generous and your personality, bigger than this world. To your family, my deepest condolences, he sure will be missed. Love Val from South Africa

RIP Mr. Donald. You are the nicest person I never met.

I love that you start with French. I’m from Val therese. French Canadian, and a can’t wait to make it out your way! Thank you sir!

You posted this 8 years ago, and can you believe it still works today!! This Los Angeles balcony gardener believes that simpler is better - and boy is this simple!! I love it! Much thanks to you sir from an L.A. city boy!!

I could watch you all day, I love your videos. Thank you so much. So many other videos are so fast paced, I feel stressed out cause I can't keep up. I love your videos 'cause I feel like your my buddy and your showing me some tricks. No one ever taught me how to garden, I had to figure out everything by myself, and I have wasted a lot of time doing dumb things. Thank you so much for helping me with your great videos.

R.i.p Donald wish I could of met you in person you seemed like such a very good guy and i learned a lot of stuff from you. Hope in heaven I’ll be able to shake your hand and grow a community garden with you

Webcajun you've outdone yourself with this system! You can water without bending over, without getting out of the golf cart, easy to fertilize and it's very efficient at getting the water to the root zone! Genius.

Where have you been all of my gardening life? I am so in love (with your gardening techniques) I will never leave!

I was so anxious to get growing this year, I started my Tomato plants March 1st, so they all looked like that one you were planting. I did however plant them sideways instead of going so deep and their doing great! Always a pleasure to watch your vidoes, Thanks for making them!

Thank you mr.donald for sharing your knowledge with us. I am new to gardening and am kinda trying to figure things out my self so I appreciate any information I find from people like you.

Enjoyed watching your system. Thank you, Sir and God bless you. Amen.

I am using this for my peach tree and its doing great. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome idea and video. Watched it on the site the other day, but always good to see it here, too.

Excellant video again Donald. Great solution for watering those maters in place. Thanks for sharing !!!

I'm making mine this weekend! Thanks for all the great vids!

That's what I figured but wanted to be sure my assumption was correct. I enjoy your videos tremendously - not only for the valuable information presented but also I enjoy the way you present that information and make it so easy to understand. My next project will be to make Compost Tea as per your video instructions. Thanks for all you do.

Now that's a great gizmo for the garden. Just finished planting our garden today.

Well, you justed added another thing to my to-do list. That's a great idea for a waterer. Will definitely be doing that as well as the concrete wire cages. Many thanks! Don

Thank You so Much! This was very helpful, as I have a University project involving irrigation systems.

This was a great video. Great idea and so simple and affordable. Thank you for sharing this!

thats a great idea your videos are a real help around my place keep up the good work

I enjoyed watching your videos very much! I am going to use your pvc pipe watering method with my tomatoes and cucumbers this year. I have been using the tall tomato cages for some time now. They last for years. Thanks for passing along all of your knowledge for everyone to share! Keep up the good work! God bless and thanks!!!

Now that's one cool system. I'm gonna give it a try. Thanx!

The unit holds almost a gallon of water and it takes between 15-20 minutes to drain out. Because it is 2' tall...you could drive by and fill with your golf cart and water tank! I also drilled several 1/64 holes in the cap for air flow. The total cost of mine is $3.50 ea. I appreciate all your videos!

Fantastic, this is sooo coooool!! I will sure be trying this, is simple and inexpensive too! Love your video's Donald! Best to you and yours.

Donald, Thanks for posting this! I know what I am going to builld and implement this weekend! Take Care, John

Man I really enjoy your videos. You are awesome.

Greetings from Northern Canada. Your videos are awesome and so informative! Thank you!

Love all of your Videos thanks so much!

Hey Donald, thanks for the info. Currently I am using a soaker hose for my garden but its only 150 square feet. When I move to a bigger plot, I am definitely going to use this method for watering.

I love your videos!, Very relevant to the way I garden, I have found them all very helpful! Thanks!

Thanks for the great irrigation tip, so simple, I'll try it. I watch many of your helpful videos, I appreciate your teaching style. Greetings from So. California coast.

I will use that method this summer on my farm in Akansas along with rain water collection. Thank you Donald. By the way the fence post tied to the tomato fence is also a good idea to keep them stable. We would'nt want our toms to rest on the ground.

You have inspired me to start a vegetable garden, however, less for the vegetables, and more so i can make my own small implements and practice problem solving skills.

Many,many thanks, keep the videos coming, they are really appreciated. Robb

Really Neat way to "Irrigate" those Mater plants...might try this method myself..

Love your videos thank you. Going to try your watering and fertiliser system this summer in Aust. Added bonus, looks good. 🇦🇺

Thanks for sharing your wisdom

Donald, Thank you for the idea. I went to buy material to make some of these. I ended up using 3" sewer and drain pipe with a 3" Test Caps in each end. The pipe was $10.48 per 10' joint and the test caps were 0.70cents each. I cut the bell off the pipe and then cut the pipe to 23 1/4 inches. One joint of pipe makes 5 tubes.Because the test caps don't fit tightly in the S&D pipe I glued it really good on one end. The cap at the other serves as a cap. I drilled the 1/64 hole 2" from bottom.

Great technique. Looks like it would be very efficient for far-spaced plants.

That is awesome......Thanks for sharing.

Awesome! Thanks for this great way to water! Going to give it a try.

@tydieUAE ... the fun part about gardening is you learn something new each season. Glad you enjoy the videos and stick with it.......Donald

Donald, you have GREAT videos!! Thanks for sharing such great info! :)

During the 6 weeks of no rain we had in the summer I was filling each tube once a day. That was keeping the full grown plants going and producing. Only a hand full of tomatoes split this year. Best I've ever done........ Donald

looks like a great system and I'm going to try it this year. One thing I'm going to add is maybe a small flat rock angled towards the plant.for the stream of water to hit so it doesn't "drill" a hole into the ground and it'll spread the water around the plant more. This year I'm doing 6 types of tomatoes and might go with a 6th if I can find the right early bearing ones.

hey boss thanks for the great tips this system also worked on my pepuhs

I really enjoyed this. What a clever idea. I am dealing with sand and this would be a nice SLOW dripping in. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply Donald, I really should have figured these out myself. My tomatoes didn't fair too well last year, think it is just too cold in Scotland to get them without a proper green house. Loved the 'This is Embarrassing' video btw, maybe I should try just dropping them around the place next time!

excellent idea!

Well my friend I'm about as far north in Saskatchewan canada as you can get to grow a garden The few videos I've watched of yours I found entertaining and informative. Must confess I've been watering like that since I was a teenager over 50 years ago But I enjoy your demeanor. I think we could be friends Most gardeners could I think. It would be nice to sit in the shade and lĺay a game or two of cribbage with you But I must confess I could not take your heat Best to you and your family Safe journeys.

3 of my favorite things...gardening, looking for arrowheads and having a cold beer after those. wish I was closer, we could enjoy one. GREAT videos.....gonna try it. see, even at 67 yr old, old dog learns a new trick.

Well, got my cages and pipes together.. Put Better Boys in (18 of em), and the entire system works great. Thanks so much for all the videos Donald. Now on to the compost tea :)

@MrGardenman101 ...Hey Mark, I use the watering tubes mostly on tomatoes but it would surely work with peppers and eggplant too. It could also work when planting a small tree. Glad you enjoy to vids.....Donald

Love it you plant how I do. I use the post hole digger also.

Wonderful video. Nice system

Good method, I used the 2liter bottles , I do like your way though, live and learn better 😊😃🤩...

thats a good idea im going to try it thanks.

Great idea! thanks!!

Got the idea years ago when I was planting pecan trees and needed to water. I'd place two 5 gal. buckets on each side of the trees with a small hole drilled and the water would soak right in. Works the same with tomatoes just don't need as much water........ Donald

I had a similiar thing but didn't put the cap on it and I push the pipe into the soil for deep watering. Nice!

Glad you enjoy the videos.....Donald

Glad you enjoyed and that it was helpful...... Donald

The reason I plant deep is for the dry spells. Planting sideways is also good for root development. Glad you enjoy the videos....... Donald

Donald--I made the watering tubes like yours. Started with the 1/64 drill bit--then went to a little larger bit. Zip tied them to my cages..But the biggest problem I've had is the hole gets stopped up, and have had to take most of the 22 tubes out several times and flush the tubes out. Done away with the zip ties and just just 1/4 rope to hold them in place. Otherwise not a bad system Enjoy your video's !

great idea

You are my favorite gardener. I wish you'd make more videos.

that is really COOL!

That is a great idea! Sometimes the easiest solutions are the ones that someone else shows you (me) how to do!

Works well and tomatoes seem to like the consistent watering........ Donald

Thank you for sharing

you are amazing....

I like it Donald! Thanks and when are you doing another video????

awesome intro it looks like a tv show.I liked it. great video.I tried some worm poop spray in my garden after the snow hit to see if I could bring any of the plants back to life and for the first little while I was depressed. I thought for sure I would have to go out and buy new plants argh,but with a little bit of T.L.C and alot of worm poop my garden came back to life and out did my expectations. If it wasnt for that worm poop my plants would be dead. thanks to you, I saved my self a lot of $

this is really helpful!!!

@goarmyboy97 ... Hey Jake, the PVC does work great for both watering and fertilizing. Glad you enjoy the vids.........Donald

Easy to make, easy to install and works great.....Donald

Glad you enjoy the videos and hope they help out.....Donald

Hello Donald, I am testing what my Grandma done (snipping off the suckers) some 60 years ago. I will try to get a picture of my cherry tomatoes to you they are still green but ,well I am looking at nearly a bushel bucket full from two plants because snipping the suckers. The seeds are from last years tomatoes,last year I did not snip the suckers, this year oh my they are loaded with fruit this year. Thankyou Donald, I enjoy your videos greatly.

@lkerley2006 ... for both the tomatoes and cucumbers I would make my cages out of wire that's at least 5 ft. tall. This year my tomato plants grew to 8' 6" and the tall cages did a good job holding them up. You can plant several cucumbers per cage/hill, they'll climb up the wire, produce some really nice fruit that's held off the ground and easy to pick........ Donald

During the hot summer months when we’re getting little rain the top several inches of soil is usually dry. If you dig down deep you’ll usually find moist soil. Planting deep does make a difference with both available moisture and IMO a much better root system to take in nutrients…..Donald

Excellent I love it

Yes I do and still learning....... Donald

Thanks Donald, You have a wealth of knowledge., I planted tomatoes befor one and half month ago So. Now I use this pipe for that?

@chicofrijoles ... keep things simple, stick to the basics and you'll do just fine. Glad you enjoy the videos.......Donald

They do work well putting the water where it's needed...... Donald

thank you very much

good idea.

Great....thanks

Works very well........ Donald

@lkerley2006 ... I use the PVC mostly for tomatoes and cucumbers, which are also planted in cages. Takes a lot less water because it soaks into the soil rather than running off in the middles........Donald

Great video, Thank you!

Thank You !

@MrLarryHorse ... thanks and glad you enjoyed........ Donald

During the summer when we got no rain I was giving them about 1/2 gal. a day. Sometimes every other day. Guess it depends how well your soil drains. Too much water is probably just as bad as too little. I'm told that consistent watering will prevent tomatoes from cracking. I had very few crack last season using this method. Also, some varieties crack more than others............ Donald

Never thought about that, good idea.......... Donald

I am a French Canadian and I find it very funny to hear you with some French expressions ! Lâchez pas messieur you make some nice video

@2010bowhunter ...Some of the best stuff I've found is concrete reinforcement wire. At 5 ft. tall it's a lot better than the shorter fencing I've been using. Cut the pieces at 6 ft. attach the ends and you're good to go......Donald

Amazing video once agian!