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This is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com ! Today we have another exciting episode for
you!
Today I'm in my garden and I'm going to basically freshly inaugurate my new hose bibb.
So I’ve got a new hose bibb I'm going to put it in the irrigation system, for the awkward
jet side of the yard.
And I really haven't used it until now because there was a big tree over here and it was
kind of in the way.
But now I've cleared out that tree and now I'm ready to basically hook this hose bibb
up.
Now you know, I'm going to give you some recommendations in this video.
And as you guys know, you know, long time viewers, you guys know that my favorite hose
has been the Craftsman rubber hose.
So you know, I do not recommend you guys use the PVC, Polyvinyl Chloride hoses.
Like, you know, they stink, they smell, they release some toxins into the water, specially
on a hot day, you know.
And in California there's a Prop 65, which is basically, you know, a Prop 65 is for those
of you guys that aren't in California, anything that may cause cancer has to have a Prop 65
warning label on it.
So if you go to a gas station in California, there'll be a Prop 65 warning on the gas pump
that says Warning, you know, this may cause cancer and what not, you know.
And I mean they already have that for cigarettes and I wish other states should start doing
this.
Because you know, the PVC hoses have that cancer warning on there.
So, you know, definitely not good to drink out of it.
More importantly, you know, I want to teach you guys the best of what I know, you know.
And the best of what I did know was this rubber hose, because this standard rubber hose is
you know, much more durable, much more long lasting than the PVC hoses.
In addition, you know, if you buy it from Sears like I did here, it actually has nice
stainless steel fittings here, nice and durable.
And this hose is nice and heavy and it has a lifetime warranty, you know.
I want to encourage you guys to buy things that have a good warranty.
But as much as I like the Craftsman hose, it actually kind of smells a little bit, and
this has been off-gassing for a while.
Some of the challenges of that with this guy is that, you know, it's really heavy to drag
along the garden.
And another thing that I find is actually it kinks quite frequently , you know.
I have a long 100 foot hose runs.
And it will kink up and I'll be like stop watering and then find the kink, unkink it,
and then water again.
So, you know, I wanted to share with you guys a new hose that I have found that's, you know,
blows away my favorite existing hose the Craftsman or rubber hose.
Before we even get to the hose, something that I believe every organic gardener should
have in their garden, even if you're not growing organic, you know, I believe you guys should
have a filter for your hose bibb that you're going to water your garden.
I mean, most Americans out there drink some kind of filtered water like bottled water.
I'm not a big fan of bottled water.
I think it's, you know, shipping around water in plastic is a nuisance.
Literally.
I mean, I do drink bottled water when I'm staying at hotels and I can't get some, you
know, purified water.
But at my house I have a whole house filtration system plus point of use filters for my shower
and both my drinking water in my kitchen.
Because I don't want to, you know, take in toxins that are in the water.
Whether that's, you know, different kind of drugs or you know, heavy metals or you know,
things like chlorine, and even worse, fluoride.
I don't want to put that in my body and don't want to shower with that, you know, either.
And so for this reason, you know, I recommend also, you know, if you guys are drinking filtered
water, why not filter the water for your plants.
So many of you guys know that I've had an episode before about this guy.
This is the Boogie Blue Water Filter.
And this is my favorite low cost water filter.
I mean I've tested a few other ones out there, and some of them have really low gallon of
you know maximum gallons that it could filter.
This actually has a nice large number and I find that these work very well in my garden.
If you're looking to buy one of these, check that link below.
But we're not going to talk about the Boogie Blue filter, you know.
I've learned of a better filter out there.
And actually I've made a video at the manufacturing facility in America, where they make the filter.
And I'll put a link also to that video down below.
And what that is, that's the Green Knight water filter.
And the Green Knight water filter basically it's similar to the Boogie Blue.
It actually has the KDF material in there.
But in addition to the KDF it also has some coarse crystals and KDF 73, which is actually
not in the Boogie Blue.
So you're going to get a probably better filtration.
And in addition, the coarse crystals may enliven the water and make your plants go crazy.
So, you know, I'm always out there looking for new products to share with you guys, to
take you up the next level, you know.
Because I just look at it like this, right?
I try to treat my body the best, I try to eat the healthiest foods, home grown foods,
fruits and vegetables and all this stuff.
But I also want to treat my fruits and vegetables the best.
Because just making a small increment or change feeding them chlorine free water, what if
you get another 1% or 2% yield, I mean minimally.
What if you get 10% more yield because now you're filtering your water, you know, and
now you have more food that you're growing in your small residential lot, you know, than
you would if you didn't filter your water?
Plus it's just better for the micro biology, you know, of the soil.
Beneficial microbes may be wiped out with the chlorine, you know, in standard city waters.
Now either filters that I'm talking about are for people that are on city water, you
know.
These are not if you have hard water or anything like that.
You're going to have to look at some other kind of filtration.
This is for people that are on city water that want to get, you know, the chlorine out
and, you know, so many other contaminants in there.
So yeah the Green Knight is just one of the filters that the Rainshow'r company makes.
And this is the one I'm going to be using.
This is made for hydroponics use.
So this does not have replaceable cartridges.
This filter will last depending on how much you water, about a year.
Because I have two bibbs on my house.
In the backyard I have one on this side, one on the other side.
Now this should easily last a year for me.
And in addition you can actually extend the life of your filter here.
And I'm going to go ahead and explain how to do that for you guys.
So this is actually a steel unit.
So once you're done you have to check it with these guys.
The Boogie Blue company does take them back and it gives you credit because they will
recycle them.
With these guys you pretty much just have to chuck them when you're done, which is kind
of a waste.
They're one step down from the Green Knight, which is the garden growth filter.
It does have a removable end cap and you can replace the cartridges inside, which I think
is a lot better design.
But it doesn't have the KDF 73 as well as the crystals in there.
And I have a cool video down below that shows more about that.
This also does have a water restrictor in here.
Basically to slow down the flow of the water.
Now what this does, this is a pro and a con, it's a pro because it slows down the water
going through the filter which means the water will have more contact time with the filter
media.
So you'll get a cleaner water, you know.
The negative is the water is not going to come out of the hoses fast, you know, so you're
going to have to take a little bit longer to water things.
But I'm alright with that.
But anyways, to extend the life of this filter, because this filter could pretty much go indefinitely
just filtering out the chlorine and what not, the problem is any kind of particulate that
may get in to this filter will clog it up and then it's going to stop working.
So what the Rainshow'r company makes is this.
This is the Gard'n gro pre-filter with hose saver.
So in here what we have is a little pre-filter here.
And this is to take all the fine particulate sediments out and let's see if we can just
undo this.
And if you guys can see we just have like a nice stainless steel fine mesh sieve.
So this is also good to, you know, put if you're using some kind of a drip irrigation
because no particle can get through there to clog up your drip emitters.
So I like this.
So basically we're just going to go ahead and put this in the line with the hose.
It's going to come out of here, go into here, go through here and then it's going to go
into the filter and then we're going to go into the hose.
So let me go ahead and show you guys how easy that is to set up.
Alright, so first we're just going to go ahead and take this little feeder hose here and
screw that on to our hose bibb.
Okay next we're going to go ahead and take our pre-filter and it says 'Inlet, hose bibb'.
So this is the direction.
And we're going to go ahead and screw that guy in there.
And then on this side what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and take the
next hose and screw then we get a bunch of hoses man.
You hoser!
Alright, and then now on this side of the hose we'll finally be able to put our Green
Knight filter.
And once again you got to pay attention to the direction, like the directional tyres
on some high performance cars.
The water is going to only flow one direction or it's not going to filter properly.
So this is the water inlet over on this side.
And we're simply going to go ahead and screw this baby in.
Alright, so we got all that screwed in, and this is kind of contorted man, all these different
things.
So once again comes out of the hose bibb, goes through this hose, goes through the pre-filter,
then goes in to the Rainshow'r Green Knight Hydroponic Filter.
This is probably not necessary for most gardens, right.
I just want to see how this works and I know this has better filtration and I'm cool with
that.
And so now the next thing we're going to need to do is actually put on a hose.
And I'm not using that Craftsman hose, I'm using a better hose.
Let me go ahead and show you guys what I'm going to use today.
What I'm going to use today is this hose right here.
This is actually called the Everlastic Flat to Round Clear Flow Garden Hose.
This is the five eighths of an inch.
And the reason why I like this hose is for a few things.
Number one, it's made out of one of my favorite materials that I have fun in the bedroom with.
Yes, you heard that right actually.
This hose is made out of polyurethane.
You know, I've made the commitment to get away from rubber condoms in the bedroom because
they are irritating to both me and my girlfriend.
Maybe that's TMI.
So what we've gone with instead is we've gone with the Sagami Original.
These babies are from Japan.
They make .001 condoms, these are actually the 002s because the 001s are quite expensive.
These are the thinnest condoms and they are made out of polyurethane and that's just how
strong they are, right.
So polyurethane, I don't get any kind of like weird allergic latex reactions and neither
does my girlfriend, and plus this feels really good too.
Well, that's too much.
Anyways.
So yeah my condoms are polyurethane, super strong.
And that's what this hose is made out of too, it's made out of polyurethane.
This hose is completely recyclable, it is NSF certified for a water safe hose.
So if you have like an RV, this is the hose you're going to want to use.
This also compacts down.
I mean, right here what I have here is a 100 foot hose.
And here's the Craftsman 50 foot hose.
I mean, it's a lot bigger.
This is like, this is twice as long as this guy, and this guy is twice, at least twice
as heavy.
Totally amazing.
And now I do like the stainless steel fittings on the rubber hose by Craftsman, but this
actually has some nylon fittings, you know, that are super strong.
And one of the things that I like about this hose is that actually this hose is made with
the fittings on the end.
So that actually you can remove them and put them back in should you, you know, spring
a leak or damage the hose which, you know, this thing is super strong, super indestructible.
So this is a water safe drinking hose.
And if you look there's not too many water safe drinking hoses out there.
In addition, you know, one of the things I've loved as a kid is like, when you've got a
straw and you put it in like a soda and you see the soda come up the straw.
And I don't drink sodas anymore and I don't recommend you guys do it either.
But in a juice, you know, and then one of those curly straws that like the water or
the juice or the whatever goes through the straw, like a silly straw, and then you drink
it.
And so now you can see where the water is flowing, where it is at and what's going on,
because this hose is clear so I really like that.
Plus the added benefit of a clear hose is that the sunlight will hit the hose and it
actually, the UV in the sunlight will kill any kind of bacteria that may be in the water
to some extent, you know.
So I like that a lot.
Plus, you know, because this is NSF certified, you know, you won't get any kind of funky
plastic taste and if you smell this hose actually it doesn't smell like anything.
So, you know, that's really cool.
I like that a lot.
I mean, this is also freeze proof, to minus 10 degrees celcius if you're up in Canada
A and 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
This hose was designed and engineered in Canada and made in the United States and Canada.
So it's a US-Canadian or North American made product.
Really high quality, not like these cheap knock off hoses, you know, from China and
from overseas.
And I want you guys to pay attention and, you know, if a hose looks like this make sure
it says it's the Clear Flow and, you know, from a reputable dealer.
Because there are knock-offs and this hose does not contain any lead, it does not contain
any BPA, you know.
This is probably one of the healthiest hoses you could buy to drink out of.
And actually, you know, I'm going to have cleaner water with this Green Knight filter
going through this hose than most people have at their kitchen tap actually.
But yeah, so, you know, that's why I really like this hose.
It's going to give me the cleanest water, you know, not smell.
Oh and the other thing, it's anti-kink.
It also stores flat.
You could roll this up on one of those garden, you know, hose reels or whatever.
It stores flat and it is significantly lighter like, man when I'm dragging this hose all
the way across the yard, you know, I don't have to pull it all over.
It's not going to kink and it's going to be super light so that I can handle it.
This may be particularly important, you know, if you are a nice beautiful young lady, or
even if you're not beautiful.
And you know, it's hard to handle this big heavy Craftsman hose because that I had to
do it so many times.
I'm really looking forward to using this because this is going to be so much lighter.
So next, let me go ahead and set this guy up and show you guys how it works.
Alright, so we got it out of the packaging and let's see if can find the end on here.
Here's the end right here, comes with a nice little gasket in there.
And I mean this hose looks like it'd be some kind of chintzy thing.
This actually, wow it's a little bit stretchable, it's actually kind of strong compared to Craftsman.
Let's go ahead and just screw that guy in there.
And let's see how it handles the pressure.
I’m going to go ahead and screw on basically my sprayer to water my garden with on the
other end.
And I like these because it has like a built in ,you know, a ball valve to flow control
it.
Screw that guy in there.
Alright, we're going to turn this on for the first time, hopefully water comes out.
Oh man check it out, this hose is, you guys can't see but it's slowly expanding.
It’s kind of like at night when you get, you know, turned on by a woman.
Alright, slowly but surely it's growing.
As you guys can see some of the water bubbles coming out, the pressure is expanding and
this hose is getting a lot more, you know, rounded instead of flat.
Wow.
It's kind of cool.
And this is really like, man, this is my dream to have like a clear hose.
I've wanted to know what happens to the water when it's inside the hose.
And if you got kids this would be fun.
You could actually see the air bubbles inside.
So now I'm ready to water my garden with filtered water, thanks to the Green Knight.
And also clean water and a kink free hose and a clear hose thanks to the Clear Flow
Hose.
I think I'm going to go ahead and water my peppers now.
Alright, so we've watered it pretty good.
The flow rate is, you know, a little bit slower, probably slowed down due to the Green Knight
filter there.
This is working quite well so you can go and blast all the dirt out of the, you know, out
of the raised bed or out of containers.
It's flowing quite easily.
And this hose is working quite well, as you guys can see, because the flow rate is greatly
diminished the hose is almost back to flat but it's still actually flowing a fair bit
of water.
Let's go see how it is when I’m dragging this along.
Wow!
This is like a magic watering hose.
Because when I'm carrying this it's like I'm not carrying anything at all now.
You know this will kink a little bit if you're not holding it with the other hand.
So you can check that out, right.
It cuts off.
So yeah just kind of holding it and yeah this is working quite well.
I'm so glad that I got this all set up on this side.
This side of my yard is going to have actually even better filtered water than the other
side.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this episode.
I'm still learning about my brand new and what I can consider the best water hose for
gardening out there, you know, the least toxic.
You want to try to move away from, you know, things like plastic and other things and go
back to real made materials.
But you know what, one of the sayings is plastic makes it possible.
Or in this instance, polyurethane makes it possible to water your garden and have the
cleanest water and be able to drink out of your hose.
If you've got kids, you know, or pets or dogs or farm animals, you know, or livestock, it
would probably be a good investment to get one of these hoses instead of feeding them
the PVC water.
You know, water out of a PVC hose, because after all if you've got animals more than
likely you’re going to be eating either the animals, which is quite unfortunate, or
you know taking the eggs.
And you know the chicken or whatever you're growing is only as good as the water it's
drinking.
And animals are biologic accumulators.
So any time you eat any animal, you're getting a lifetime supply of the toxins that the animal
ate.
So for this reason, you know, I think it's easier to just eat plants and not worry about
the animals.
But anyways, get this hose, it's going to save you and your animals and your plants
from getting any kind of toxins.
If you're interested in getting a discount, a special GYG discount on this hose, check
that link down below.
I'll put a link down below to get you guys a special coupon.
And if you're looking to get one of those nifty filters or the Boogie Blue filter, check
out that link down below for the video as well as the information on the filter itself,
so that you guys could also have filtered water and use the best hose that I've ever
found.
So hopefully you guys enjoyed this episode.
Once again my name is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com . We'll see you next time and until then remember-
keep on growing!