In Person KOS General Meetings Canceled
Until Further Notice
Set up a rainwater catching system to provide nutritious water for your plants.
Using a 50 gal plastic drum to store rain water collected via a down spout from a roof rain gutter. A small battery operated power washer (Ryobi, Home Depot about $80) is used is to mechanically distribute water. A small diameter hose (comes with the unit) with one end inserted into the tank and the other end attached to the unit, is used to suck the water out of the tank to create a spray for water application. The unit can be adjusted to provide different spray patterns. For this specific configuration a 2” plastic pot is tied to the end of the watering wand to baffle the spray as the spray intensity can be a little intense for newly potted plants. About the only limitation is the length of the hose which may not be long enough to reach all areas of a larger shade house or growing area. An alternative to the power washer is to use a small electric pump (about $50 on Amazon) connected to a hose to distribute water. A plastic spigot was installed on the barrel to allow for dispensing water into a watering can for manual distribution.
2021 KOS Officers:
President
Michele Watanabe
1st Vice President
Linda Leong
2nd Vice President
Vacant
Recording Secretary
Alice Murai
Corresponding Secretary
Paula Fukuda
Treasurer
Jan Nogawa
Directors
Beaudine Ma
Alan Maii
Ingrid Meyer
Alice Kim
Evie Yamakawa
Advisor
Steph Miwa
Refreshments
Ernie & Jan Nogawa
CULTURE AWARD PLANTS (March 2020)
NA, 1-5 Yrs.
Karen Nagamine, 6-10 Yrs.
Linda Leong, 11+ Yrs.
Alan Maii, KOS
