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Water your plants the natural way—no timers, no power. Save water and time with this pressure-free system that runs on gravity—perfect for rainwater catchments, off-grid gardens, and eco-conscious growers. Simple, efficient, and easy to set up. We designed this watering kit for backyard gardeners without much time, without a green thumb, and without a lot of extra dollars to spend. Much more simple and easy to install than a typical drip system, it can still provide much more consistent and reliable irrigation. Another unique advantage over normal drip systems is that this one doesn’t require pressure – instead, it siphons. This makes it ideal for rainwater collection systems as well as for watering plants or trees far removed from water lines.   This base kit is adaptable and expandable in many different ways. It includes a bulkhead fitting you can use to attach to almost any water container. You can also order a 5-gallon one from us and also add on a rain collection screen. You can add more of either the small or large Classics, a filter screen, a water level indicator, or more supply line. You could also add a pressure reducer and float valve to make this into an automatically instead of manually filled system.  Almost all drip kits for backyard gardening require timers, water pressure, and pressure reducers. You have to guess how much water the plants need; and, as the season progresses, the plants get bigger and the temperature gets warmer, your guesses mismatch more and more. The plants cycle between drowning and drying out too much. This kit solves those problems. With a much lower learning curve, it automatically waters your plants without needing electricity, a timer, or even water pressure. Less expensive and easier to install, much less can go wrong. The ollas-inspired cones provide more water when the soil dries, less when it has lots of water.

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This kit supplies everything you need except for the water. Just put the 5 gallon bucket near where you want the irrigation, attach the XL Blumat Classic watering stakes, and insert them into the potting mix or soil. The Blumats wick moisture as the plants deplete it, irrigate on the plants schedule instead of an arbitrary timer, and saves precious water. To increase or decrease the moisture content in your containers, just raise or lower the bucket. UN secretary general, António Guterres, says "we've passed the era of global warming" and “the era of global boiling has arrived." According to new scientific studies, less moisture in the soil leads to more severe heat waves while more soil moisture lowers air temperature. We designed this kit as a simple and inexpensive way almost everyone can help. You can let it fill up from rain, from a hose, or normally-wasted water like the water from a sink, shower, or bath that goes down the drain while we wait for it to get hot (just put a watering can or container under the faucet). Download installation instructions here.

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Our medium kits are designed to water areas up to 3.5 square meters, or 12 potted plants. Blumat systems can adjust to any plant type or desired moisture level. This specific kit comes with 5" carrots, which are better for smaller potted plants (10 gallons at most). If you have large plants (10+ gallon pots), we recommend using 9" carrots, or Maxis, to get water deep into the soil. Increase your yields and decrease grow times. Our fully-automatic, self-watering systems save time, water, and nutrients - and still ensure healthier, more potent, and faster-growing crops. Perfect for landscapers and home gardeners. It is easily installed with a pair of scissors and connects directly to your hose, tap or rain barrel with the help of the Pressure Reducer. This kit includes twelve, 5" carrots and all the parts required for a gravity-fed system. Reservoirs should be at least 3' above ground-level. An optional Pressure Reducer attached to garden hose or faucet can provide enough water for up to 500 Blumat Carrots (See 'Related Products'). If your reservoir does not have a thru-hull installed, you will have to drill a hole into your reservoir bucket and install a thru-hull piece. For our customers' convenience, we also sell 5-gallon reservoirs with thru-hulls already installed. The Tropf Blumat system is great for watering balcony boxes, planters, hanging baskets, and row crops. It fulfills the needs of the plants on an individual basis, regardless of their location, light levels, or plant type. Our systems save your plants from excessive and improper watering. Tropf Blumat system are ideal for plant groupings that require consistent moisture, such as vegetable gardens, bushes, flower beds, grow bags and greenhouse containers. Not only do your plants receive the right amount of water, slow and consistent dripping ensures that your plants receive warmed water, avoiding shock. This Deck and Planter Kit is a great way to start your customized irrigation system. The flexible system can be expanded to include up to 500 drippers. See 'Blumat Accessories' to expand our systems to your specific needs. PLEASE NOTE: Tropf Blumat systems do not include a Pressure Reducer or a water source. You will need a pressure reducer if you are connecting your system to a threaded spigot, such as your hose/home water supply or the spigot on a rain barrel or reservoir. Let us know if we can help you select the right products for your custom irrigation system! Note: This system is not designed for indoor use. Blumat Classics and bottle adapters are designed for houseplants while Tropf-Blumat Sensors (the ones with the small adjustable brown knob on top) are designed for greenhouses, grow rooms, decks, and outside gardens. If hooked up to a constant water source and a pet, guest, or user-error somehow causes a run-away, it could damage an indoor floor, drywall, carpet, or furniture. Components This Kit Includes: 12 Blumat carrots (5")  7 meters (23 feet) of 8mm tubing 1 tee splitter 1 elbow splitter 1 hose coupler 1 hose end-piece 1 rain barrel/gravity tank connector and installation instructions

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Steep ground but even watering!Most inexpensive irrigation kits require flat ground and a pressure reducer. This special dripline compensates for elevation and pressure changes and normally saves you the cost of a pressure reducer. This includes 100' of Apex Pressure Compensating drip line (12" Spacing 0.55GPH), a flushable end, and a 3/4" swivel hose thread beginning. You can cut into smaller sections, get more beginnings or endings; add a coupling (IG16744) and get another roll (IG18755) for longer lines.

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Description Get the water from your source to your plants with this high quality, super flexible, almost kink-proof silicone tubing kit. Components This Kit includes: 25ft 8mm Super-Flex Tubing - Red (IG15634) 2 Blumat 8mm Tees (IG15596) 3 Blumat Shutoffs (IG15697)  

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The Tropf-Blumat (Tropf means drip in German) is a sensor that automatically supplies plants water through its thin tubing. This ceramic cone employs the principle of hydrostatic pressure, that delivers water extremely slowly, and at the plant’s own preferred rate. Allowing each plant to determine its own irrigation schedule. Blumat Sensors can be used as standalone devices or can also be integrated with drip emitters (we call them “distribution drippers”), drip tape (BluSoak), or capillary mats. These three components assist Blumat sensors in going further. While a Blumat typically irrigates a very small area (a 1-gallon container for example), a single Blumat can irrigate entire garden beds when attached to the Blusoak. How It Works Each Tropf Blumat is filled with water and voided of air prior to being connected to a pressurized line (pressure from gravity-feed is adequate). The water inside the Blumat is in a completely sealed environment. The only exposure it has is through the pores in the ceramic cone.   As soil surrounding the cone dries It pulls on the moisture inside the cone through osmotic pressure. Since this is a sealed environment and the pressure cannot equalize, this pulls on a plastic diaphragm in the top of the Blumat. When the diaphragm is pulled down, it allows an irrigation tube running through the top of the valve of the Blumat to open and emit moisture. It does this very gradually. As the water is emitted through the Blumat, the moisture is gradually restored to the soil surrounding the porous ceramic. This relieves the pressure difference between the chamber inside the Blumat and the surrounding soil. This stops pulling on the diaphragm, and the diaphragm restores its former position of pinching the irrigation tubing shut. Allowing each plant to determine its own watering schedule.   *The brown knob on top of each Tropf Blumat can be individually calibrated to specific plant species, strain/cultivar/varietal, or media. Details Materials Clay Silicone Plastic   Dimensions Weight: 1.3oz Total length: 5.2" Max soil depth: 4" Cap width: 1.4" Sensor width: 1" Tubing length: 8"   Connectors Fits 8mm Blumat and Superflex tubing.   Flow Rate Adjustable   Stand Alone Product? No. Requires water source.   Instructions Tropf Blumat Instructions Water your garden thoroughly (ideally overnight) before installation. Prep the Carrots: Fill a container with cooled, non-aerated water (if you’re not sure, boil & cool the water first). Separate the ceramic bottoms from the plastic tops, and soak both parts for at least 15 minutes. While holding the green top underwater use a pipette/eyedropper or your thumb to squirt water into the holes in the green cap. You want to displace any small air bubbles stuck in the cap. Hold both cap and ceramic bottom underwater. Confirm the ceramic bottom and cap are both completely void of air, and reassemble the Blumat ceramic bottom with the green cap while both components are still underwater. Soak the assembled Blumat sensors and keep them submerged for a minimum of 15 minutes. Blumat sensors can stay in water indefinitely, but avoid algae growth and light exposure. While the Tropf Blumats are soaking: Connect the 8mm tubing to a reservoir or Blumat Pressure Reducer which has been integrated to a pressurized line. Run the 8mm tubing to your plants. Installation: Water the garden again, and push the Blumat Carrot in where you would like the moisture sensed, ensuring the ceramic cone is completely covered and firmly anchored. Cut the 8mm tubing and insert the 8 x 8 x 3mm tee (included with each Blumat). Slide the 8mm tubing over the 8mm barbs on the tee. For the last carrot, use the elbow insert instead of the tee. Alternatively, keep the tee in place. Use a small amount of 8mm tubing to attach a 8mm shut-off valve following your final Blumat carrot. This will function as an air/debris purge valve. Adjustment: Turn on the water supply and adjust the flow to each Blumat. Open the valve on the Blumat until flow is visible. Keeping the 3mm tubing level with the valve of the Blumat, slowly tighten (turn clockwise) the Blumat until a hanging drop is just achieved. The flow should just be stopped, but do not twist beyond that point for the “hanging drop.” Tighten the valve on the Blumat an additional two triangles. This will roughly calibrate the sensor to keep maintain current moisture levels.* *If using BluSoak drip tape, do not follow this step. Keeping your sensors at the hanging drip is ideal. Monitor: Come back in 12-24 hours, and make adjustments to each Blumat. If a container or area is over-watered, tighten the Blumat valve (turn clockwise). If a container or area is under-watered, open the Blumat valve (turn counter-clockwise). Repeat the previous step until your system is exactly where you’d like it. The Blumat Digital Moisture Meter is a great tool for assisting with this step. Comparison Chart Tropf Blumat Blumat Classic Glass Globe Blumat Bottle Adapter Vacation Ready ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Adjustable ✓ ✓ Out-of-Box Ready ✓ ✓ ✓ Custom System Integration ✓ Max. Water Delivery p/ 24 hrs Adjustable/Unlimited 200ml 118ml 200ml Ideal Location to Water Raised Bed/Garden/Potted Plants Houseplant Houseplant Houseplant Additional Info Maintenance Guide to Tropf Blumat Sensors | Irrigation Equipment Blumat Troubleshooting & Operating Tips/Tricks | Irrigation Equipment     Video

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Description BLUMAT-READY - These valves are ready to be installed in-line in 8mm tubing in seconds! EASY CONTROL - Turn on/off water supply at the turn of a valve to your whole blumat system! HIGH QUALITY/ENDURING - Made simply & w/ care by Blumats you trust, you can expect these to last! PURGE - These work perfectly at the end of 8mm tubing to purge air and/or debris from the line! AUSTRIAN-MADE - Leave it to the Austrians to design and engineer such a foolproof device!   These shut-off (or on/off) valves from Blumat brand are the quarter-turn valves you've been looking for! These valves are ideal for blumat watering systems. They can be installed in-line in any 8mm tubing, but we recommend super-flex. Simply remove the collar, and place the collar over the 8mm tubing. Then slide the tubing over the 8mm barb, screw on the threaded collar, and you are in a perfect position to irrigate your plants! These can be used to turn on/off water supply to your entire garden, or just branches of your garden (or even individual plants, plant rows, etc.--your imagination is the limit!). PLOT TWIST: These blumat fittings can also be used as purge valves. A purge valve is used to remove air, particulate matter, or other debris from a water supply line. This can be accomplished in two different ways. One is simply by concluding an 8mm tubing or line with one of these valves. The valve will remain closed 99% of the time, but should be opened if air/debris is suspected in the tubing. The air and/or debris will flow out of the tubing when the valve is opened. The second way to install a purge valve in a blumat watering system is by cutting in the middle of a "loop" design, installing a 3-way 8mm Tee fitting, and installing one of these valves on the open-end of the tee. Simply open the valve to "purge" or clear your lines.

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Keep your water supply stable and never worry about not having enough. This 5-gallon reservoir includes a new and more reliable float valve as well as two installed bulk head fittings with valves and easy-attach 8mm connectors for SuperFlex tubing. Because the water stays at basically the same level, the pressure and flow rates also stay stable.Use this system for home grows, backyard gardens, houseplants, rainwater collections, and more applications only limited by our imaginations.

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A float valve that stays out of your way and doesn't so easily break or get stuck like the common ones. Instead of the arms like used in toilets, this has a float that goes up and down in a protected cylinder. When the water rises, it automatically turns off the input line. When the water gets used and the float goes down, it turns the water back on.  Use with a gravity rainwater system to fill a reservoir during long times without rain, in gravity backyard systems, in tent grows, and any time you need to fill a reservoir without worrying when to turn the incoming water off — this will do that for you!

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Description Blumat systems can adjust to any plant type or desired moisture level. This specific kit comes with 5" carrots, which are better for smaller potted plants (10 gallons at most). If you have large plants (10+ gallon pots), we recommend using 9" carrots, or Maxis, to get water deep into the soil. Automatically water a 4' x 8' raised bed with just a rain barrel or water reservoir (water reservoir not included; see our reservoirs here). Kit includes Blumat carrots for big plants in half the space and small, row crops in the other half - 4 x 4' for things like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, squash and 4 x 4' for things that grow closer together like carrots, lettuce, radish. Increase your yields and decrease grow times. Our fully-automatic, self-watering systems save time, water, and nutrients - and still ensure healthier, more potent, and faster-growing crops. This kit includes eight, 5" carrots and all the parts required for a gravity-fed system. Reservoirs should be at least 3' above ground-level. If your reservoir does not have a thru-hull installed, you will have to drill a hole into your reservoir bucket and install a thru-hull piece. For our customers' convenience, we also sell 5-gallon reservoirs with thru-hulls already installed. The Tropf Blumat system is great for watering balcony boxes, planters, hanging baskets, and row crops. It fulfills the needs of the plants on an individual basis, regardless of their location, light levels, or plant type. Our systems save your plants from excessive and improper watering. Tropf Blumat system are ideal for plant groupings that require consistent moisture, such as vegetable gardens, bushes, flower beds, grow bags and greenhouse containers. Not only do your plants receive the right amount of water, slow and consistent dripping ensures that your plants receive warmed water, avoiding shock. *Note: If ordering more than a quantity of two, we will pack together a sample kit with the contents of the kit, but the rest will come in bulk packaging (we do this in order to ship items out in time, rather than to delay shipments). You may special request for all items to be packaged independently, but extra costs may apply. Blumat Sensor Installation Instructions Components This Kit Includes: 1 - 8mm Bulkhead / Through-Hull Tank Connector (IG15691) 1 - Blumat 8mm Shut-Off Valve (IG15697) 1 - Blumat Quick Connect / Disconnect for 8mm Supply Tubing (IG15524) 4 - Blumat 8mm Tees (IG15653) 5 - Blumat 8mm Elbows (IG15595) 8 - Tropf Blumat 5" Sensor (IG14607) 20 ft - 3mm Drip Tubing (IG16021V) 32.8 ft - 8mm Water Supply Tube for Blumats (IG15470) 16 - Blumat Distribution Drippers (IG15558) 4 - Blumat Distribution Drippers - End piece (IG15558) 1 - 3mm Quick Connect On/Off Valve (IG15939)

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Full control over your Blumat system pressure. Adjustable from 2–14 PSI with a built-in gauge so you always know exactly what your system is running — the most important number to know in any Blumat setup. Key Features ＋ Built-in 0–30 PSI pressure gauge for real-time monitoring High flow rate of over 5 gallons per minute — can replace six or more standard Blumat pressure reducers Adjustable from 2–14 PSI to match any distribution method (drippers, drip rings, BluSoak) Powerful enough for the largest systems, precise enough for single-zone setups Connections & Adapters ＋ The reducer body has a ½" male pipe thread (MPT) inlet and a ¾" female pipe thread (FPT) outlet. Included adapters make it easy to install: Input — ¾" PVC swivel adapter for standard garden hoses or hose bibs Output — ¾" to ½" Perma-Loc fitting for Trunk Line Kits Output — ¾" to 8mm adapter for Supply Line Kits with SuperFlex tubing Also includes — ¾" FPT tee and 1/4" to ¾" MBT bushing Installation Instructions ＋ Tape all male fittings with the provided tape, wrapping 5–6 times clockwise. Assemble parts as pictured in the instruction diagram. Connect to a valve on a pump kit or to a hose bib using the provided ¾" swivel adapter. Using the provided fittings, connect to your Blumat system supply line. Open the incoming water to check current system pressure. Recommended ranges: Drip rings — 12–15 PSI BluSoak — 7–10 PSI To adjust pressure: turn off incoming water, release system pressure by opening a valve on the Blumat supply line until the gauge reads 0, then turn the black adjustment collar (tighten for more pressure, loosen for less). Close the Blumat supply line valve and open incoming water to re-pressurize. Check the gauge. If not in range, repeat steps 6–7 until correct.

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