Peter Trodd of Alabama has found a way to make sure water gets to plants at the bottom of his strawberry pots.
Before he plants, he cuts a section of 2-inch PVC pipe roughly the same length as the height of his pot. Then he drills 1/2-inch diameter holes in the pipe, staggered every 4 inches. He stands the PVC on end in the pot with 1 to 2 inches of soil beneath it, fills in around it with soil, then plants.
When he fills the pipe with water, it soaks evenly into the soil.
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