Blumat Irrigation System for 8 Plants w/Pressure Reducer | Automatic Drip Irrigation Kit | No Electricity, No Batteries Required | Garden, Patio, Hanging Baskets, Raised Bed, Greenhouse

Blumats are amazing devices and work amazing when installed correctly!! Make sure all tubing are connected before you install them into the soil, otherwise you can get soil into the tubing like I did, and end up with a lot of water on the floor :-) I have a couple of suggestions regarding the reservoir that Ive learned from research and experience. Make sure the feed tubing is connected to the reservoir in a full loop because it leads to more even watering across all five, or more, Blumats. The company sells a great five gallon black bucket with both feed line fittings included. Also, Even though I have an opaque reservoir bucket, I use a small airstone and add Hydroguard to keep the water fresh by preventing algae and other nasties from growing in there. I’m an organic soil gardener and the Hydroguard is perfect - it also helps prevent algae and root rot problems as well. If you’re buying this for smaller house plant pots, I’ve found that what’s included will work very well. If you’re using larger pots (3gal plus) and multiple plants I’d suggest you buy flexible feed tubing and extension kit with drip emitters. The tubing that comes with this is very stiff and quickly became hard to work with and caused twisting that cut off water from a couple Blumats until I noticed. Also, each blumat in this kit comes with a single drip emitter. I found that each blumat can provide water to four drip emitters, setup with each approx 4” apart gives you a more even watering around the pot. I’ve attached a few pictures, showing my set up, which works flawlessly! If you notice, I’m using flexible orange tubing instead of the rigid black tubing, and I’ve connected my feet tubing in a loop as well. In the second picture, you’ll see that in each 5 gallon pot I’m using two Blumats each with four drip emitters and I get very even moisture.

I bought this introductory kit to test out the Blumat system and I am thoroughly impressed. I tested it out for a week before I had to be away from my garden. I tested it on one plant and no tweaks were ever needed. I simply followed the instructions and it was set up perfectly. I can remotely monitor my garden when I'm away and the leaves on my plant were "praying" the entire time I was away. I will probably just continue to use this going forward since the roots (and my plant) are always happy. It uses less water than regular watering too so there are some efficiency gains with this system. I have since ordered more hoses, connections, etc. from Blumat so I can expand this system to the rest of my garden. Note: I would recommend checking out YouTube videos from Sustainable Village as they offer some very good tips for installation and ensuring a reliable set up. This is a versatile system with all the different products and accessories they offer. Those videos really help shed light on everything Blumat can do. Update January 2024: I have ordered several more Blumat products since getting this kit and I really can't speak highly enough about their stuff. Literally everything I have ordered from them is just quality. It makes me think of Sony or something (you ever see a bad Sony piece of gear?). Anyway, their stuff is all legit in my opinion and I am just very happy I found these folks and I want to spread the word. Cheers!

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.

I do not frequently review products. I am choosing to review this product because of the exceptional performance and design of the product. I purchased these blumat carrots because I was going on vacation and had a high value crop that I needed to make sure got just the right amount of water while I was gone. Part of the reason that I purchased these is that they have few failure points. They are essentially a moisture activated vacuum valve that opens or pinches a small tube to water your plants. No electricity, simple in design and nearly failure proof. I left for my trip after installing and tuning this system and when I came back my crop had grown considerably. In fact, because of the consistent and small dosage of watering that my plants received I believe that they actually grew at a faster rate than if I had continued to hand water them. Basically these carrots replace water in the soil at the same rate that your plants use it. Never more or less water then they need. I am very impressed with these and will definitely purchase more as my garden expands. The only caution that I would give is that it can take a few days to get these set up and tuned to your plants needs. They are not plug and play. Once they are tuned though, they are worth every penny.

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

Ich nutze das Blumat Tropf Medium Box Kit jetzt seit einigen Wochen für meinen Garten und meine Balkonpflanzen – und ich bin absolut begeistert. 💧 Automatische Bewässerung: Das System bewässert bis zu 12 Pflanzen individuell und bedarfsgerecht. Die Tonkegel reagieren direkt auf den Feuchtigkeitsgehalt im Boden und geben nur so viel Wasser ab, wie wirklich gebraucht wird. Das sorgt für optimale Pflanzengesundheit und spart gleichzeitig Wasser. 🌿 Vielseitigkeit: Ideal für Garten, Terrasse, Hängekörbe, Hochbeete oder sogar im Gewächshaus. Ich habe es für alle diese Bereiche ausprobiert und es funktioniert überall problemlos. 🔧 Einfache Installation: Die Montage ist unkompliziert und das mitgelieferte Zubehör komplett. Die Schläuche sind flexibel und lang genug, um auch etwas größere Flächen abzudecken. ♻️ Nachhaltig & Wassersparend: Die automatische, bedarfsgerechte Bewässerung verhindert Überwässerung und reduziert den Wasserverbrauch erheblich – ein echtes Plus für Umwelt und Geldbeutel. 📦 Lieferumfang: 12 Tropfer, Schläuche und alle nötigen Anschlüsse sind enthalten – man kann sofort starten, ohne Zubehör nachkaufen zu müssen. ✅ Fazit: Wer eine zuverlässige und nachhaltige Bewässerungslösung sucht, die Pflanzen optimal versorgt und dabei Wasser spart, macht mit dem Blumat Tropf Medium Box Kit alles richtig. Sehr empfehlenswert für Hobbygärtner und alle, die viel Wert auf gesunde Pflanzen legen!

2 floods, then binned

Great product i I did not understand how to use it at first but then I learned that we have to raise the bucket higher than the level of the plants. So that the water drips down ward by gravity