Blumat TROPF Medium Deluxe Irrigation Kit (12 Pack), Water Up to 12 Plants | Automatic Watering System | Garden, Patio, Hanging Baskets, Raised Bed, Greenhouse | Sustainable Outdoor System

This is my 3rd order from Sustainable Village, all delivered on time. I absolutely love Blumat classic system and self water system (works as advertised, outside plants survived and thriving in California temperature over 110 Fahrenheit while I was out 4 weeks), easy to install. I ordered rain barrels from different seller, Amazon screw tracking orders and attached my negative review to Sustainable Village. If I can, I would give Blumat and Sustainable Village 10 stars.For reservoir, I bought 5-gallon HDPE bucket from HD, drill a hole and installed Blumat spigot ( For the rest you just need a knife and scissor to cut a hose to desired length and connect parts. Very simple.

We're using the Bluemat system for our greenhouse, and it is both easy to set up and functions really well. The plants in the greenhouse get exactly the amount of water they need automatically. The system is very flexible allowing you to connect a few buckets of water to many plants. Very nice system.

I've done three installations, one in my atrium that's permanent, and two that were rigged up to water plants while I was traveling.One of the temporary installs was in my guest bathroom shower, fed by a Blumat pressure regulator attached to an adaptor (both sold by Amazon) attached to the shower arm. For a water source, I cracked the cold-water valve open just a bit. There's a small window above the shower that supplied enough light to keep indoor plants alive for five weeks. In fact, when I came back they'd never looked better. BTW the instructions that come with the kit warn that it isn't for indoor use, although according to Sustainable Village this has to do with liability concerns rather than with the product not working indoors.The permanent install is in my atrium and, again, the plants have never looked better. You *will* have to bleed the system to get the air out. Just bleed it like you'd bleed a car's hydraulic brakes, starting at the spike further from the water source and working your way toward the source. Installation is straightforward, although fine-tuning the flow regulator on top of each spike may take you several weeks. I thought I had everything dialed in, but when I came back the Ficus in the atrium was suffering--there must have been a hot spell. I guess the lesson here is to err on the side of caution if you're going to be gone--crank up the flow to a little more than what the plant seems to need. (Or maybe the lesson is that Ficus are temperamental.)The third system was supposed to be attached to the kitchen sink faucet, again using an adaptor sold on Amazon, with indoor plants on the counter in the sort of drainage tray used under an air conditioner condenser and dumping any overflow into the sink. But given the need to fine tune the system, which would have taken my kitchen offline for weeks, I used it in my patio, with less success, although maybe pothos aren't outdoor plants :-)BTW when I got home I put all the indoor plants back in their places but left the shower and patio systems hooked up and the valves on. Several days later both of them started spouting water from the end spike. Apparently they'd dried to the point that they were signaling for water.This stuff ain't cheap. I have about $500 into three systems plus regulators. But I think it's worth it. First, you don't need to hire a house- or plant-sitter if you're traveling. Just make sure the system is installed so that water won't ruin your floors if there's a malfunction: in a shower, tub or those condenser trays I mentioned. Second, you don't need to deal with a landscaper to plumb and wire a conventional drip irrigation. You design and install the Blumat system yourself. And third, your plants will look way, way better, even if you think you're conscientious about watering.Finally, don't be afraid to reach out to Sustainable Village for tech support. They're great.

Set up wasn't too difficult. I found that when I fill my reservoir (even when there's still water inside), I have to make sure that all the drippers are properly set because once in awhile they will turn on full blast. Sort of tedious, but worth it because my plants are getting a steady supply of water with not much effort on my part.I connected one of the original blumat carrots to this system - the tubing is the same size as drip carrot. By original carrot, I mean the kind that feeds water to the plant from the carrot itself (not drip like this kit). So far it's working well. I sort of prefer the original carrot because the hose effect can't happen like with the dripper.

Amazing product, easy setup and great results. I am using this system as an experiment in both an indoor as well as outdoor garden. Currently I have 3 of the Blumats setup running off of a 5 gallon bucket reservoir that is gravity fed and growing produce under a 600W HID light. The reservoir is running about 4-5 day cycles between fillups into coco coir/perlite medium in 3 gallon buckets. Zero runoff when set correctly and I have grown a complete cycle with organic nutrients running through the system and a little DripClean to keep the lines free.Outdoors I am running 6 of these powered from the hose adapter with zero ferts in the water. These are powering a small 6x6 raised bed with organic soil mix and compost as nutrients. The outdoor ones need a little fiddling here and there depending on temperature and how fast the soil dries but still have preformed extremely well.Not sure if you can use this system as a complete irrigation option, but for vacations and people who have balcony gardens this is a huge step up from the watering can. Amazing product, great quality, and I can safely assume it will work for at least a few years making it well worth the cost.

LikesEasy to install and clear instructionsThought it might create a fungus gnat issue but seems to be better than regular watering. Just a small area where the emitter drips stays wet, most the damp soil seems to be just below the surface.Notes/RecommendationsBuy a shut-off valve, helpful when modifying the layout.Don’t make the mistake of installing when pots are dry, not sure if this was in the instructions but I missed it, seems obvious now. Water your plant to your desired dampness, then adjust the drippers or you will over water!

I have spent hours looking for an explanation of why my bucket that came with the kit has 2 holes. Every instruction has 1 single line. The most confusing garbage product I’ve ever bought because they don’t include ANY INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL THE LINES INTO THE BUCKET. Throw this in the garbage.

Takes a few days to dial them in but they are a huge help in maintaining moisture levels

Plants are doing very well. Easy to setup and good quality

Bin zufrieden bis jetzt

Works great but you need blumat filter

In the description it says"12 blumat water sensors meters of hose 1 tee 1 elbow 1 hose coupler 1 hose end-piece 1 rain barrel/gravity tank connector "The kit i received only contains 5 Blumats. wtf?I want my money back!

Nichts hat meine Produktivität und Zeitsparerei so vorangetrieben wie dieser Blumat. Jetzt wird nur einmal die Woche von Hand gedüngt und den rest der woche erledigt die Schwerkraft die Arbeit. Genial für alle Berufstätigen Gärtner!