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Chucker · May 21, 2013

I am experimenting this season with 1/4" polyester diamond braid rope in a SWC. My original SWCs used the pondlife baskets that the EarthTainers use. My new SWC is a much simpler design than my originals and I am trying 4 2' sections of polyester rope, half in the water, half in the soil area. My container is about 27"W x 18"H x 20"D. It's to early to give any real results, but it looks promising so far. At least the new container is using about the same amount of water per day as the originals with the wicking basket (so I assume that means they must be wicking something). Sometime soon, I will make a post about my new simplified container design.

May 21, 2013	#16
Chucker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 180	I am experimenting this season with 1/4" polyester diamond braid rope in a SWC. My original SWCs used the pondlife baskets that the EarthTainers use. My new SWC is a much simpler design than my originals and I am trying 4 2' sections of polyester rope, half in the water, half in the soil area. My container is about 27"W x 18"H x 20"D. It's to early to give any real results, but it looks promising so far. At least the new container is using about the same amount of water per day as the originals with the wicking basket (so I assume that means they must be wicking something). Sometime soon, I will make a post about my new simplified container design.