Your 2024 Garden

[Nomadicus]

Sally do you have a full service plumbing supply that you can ask at?

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm going to post this in a few threads, and hopefully SOMEONE will have the answer.

We have an IBC tote with about 200 gallons of water in it by the heavy soil garden that is too far from the house to run a hose. Hubby ordered a fitting with a garden hose connection that should have screwed onto the outlet, making it easy to water the garden.

The fitting is slightly too small, he said. I took the cap that goes over the outlet and the fitting to a hardware store. I told them I need a fitting like what my husband bought, with threads like the cap.

No such thing.

The IBC was given to us, so I can't go back to where I got it. It says "NAIBC" on it.

Are there different sizes of outlet threads? Hubby said the fitting was slightly too small. It came with two pieces, one coarse thread, one fine. Our tote has fine threads.

@Sally PB , I found this article, "Guide to Determining IBC Tote Thread Size". Maybe it'll help.

https://www.jmesales.com/ibc-tote-thread-types/

 

[Sally PB]

Sally do you have a full service plumbing supply that you can ask at?

That's where I went. Thanks.

 

[Nomadicus]

Looks like it could come a thunderstorm here between 5 and 6pm. That's better coming in midday and then a lot of it getting evaporated instead of soaking in.

 

[Nomadicus]

I've discovered I have until the first week in July to plant watermelons. I have a place for 30 hills. Should yield 60-90 large melons. I have some Black Diamond (Canon Ball type) seed that need to be used.

 

[NanaK]

I'm going to post this in a few threads, and hopefully SOMEONE will have the answer.

We have an IBC tote with about 200 gallons of water in it by the heavy soil garden that is too far from the house to run a hose. Hubby ordered a fitting with a garden hose connection that should have screwed onto the outlet, making it easy to water the garden.

The fitting is slightly too small, he said. I took the cap that goes over the outlet and the fitting to a hardware store. I told them I need a fitting like what my husband bought, with threads like the cap.

No such thing.

The IBC was given to us, so I can't go back to where I got it. It says "NAIBC" on it.

Are there different sizes of outlet threads? Hubby said the fitting was slightly too small. It came with two pieces, one coarse thread, one fine. Our tote has fine threads.

Would maybe wrapping the threads with pipe tape help fill the difference? If needed add a bit of caulk? Or plumbers putty?

 

[NanaK]

Yesterday I ran another row of trellising on the tomatoes. I had to stand on a milk crate this time. That will be as high as I trellis. Any taller they will flop over and keep going. I'm only 5 ft tall!

You can see in the photo my potato foliage is dying back. Will be digging these soon. I was curious what they looked like so I turned 1 shovel of soil and these popped up. Yay! Taters!
Red Norland

 

[Nomadicus]

We got rain that was needed without a lot of excess. Now if tomorrow's rain will repeat.

 

[Nomadicus]

As long as it's been since the rain stopped I'm going to see if I can get another trellis layer up on the peppers, eggplants and tomatoes yet this afternoon. If I can't do it today it will be a job for Monday. Peppers and egg plants really need it before we get any of the thunderstorm winds tomorrow.

 

[Sally PB]

Would maybe wrapping the threads with pipe tape help fill the difference? If needed add a bit of caulk? Or plumbers putty?

Unfortunately, the part that is too small is the hose adapter, not the fitting on the IBC.

@Smokerbill, I'm going to measure what size the fitting is, and compare it to the info you linked. Thanks!

I can continue to do what I've done for two summers, which is to fill a bucket from the IBC, carry it 30 feet to the garden, and dipper out water to the plants. This is a HUGE improvement over hauling gallon jugs in the trailer up the hill from the house to the garden.