EasyFeed System - 10 Litre — Gravity-Fed Automatic Irrigation for Soil and Coco
Best for: Growers wanting automatic watering without pumps, electricity, or the maintenance headaches of traditional float-valve systems
Our thoughts
This sits in a sweet spot most growers miss. You get the programmable control of expensive flood & drain rigs, the simplicity of gravity-fed systems, and none of the blockage nightmares. Thick pipework, battery timer, dry-back cycles built in — it's the thinking grower's entry into automation. One we recommend a lot for folk stepping up from hand watering.
The EasyFeed System - 10 litre is a gravity-fed automatic irrigation kit designed for soil and coco growers who want precision feeding schedules without pumps, power supplies, or daily babysitting. It combines the simplicity of bottom-fed growing with a battery-powered timer that gives you control over when and how often your plants get watered — hourly, daily, every few days, or weekly. Everything you need comes in the box: fabric pots, trays, filter, timer, and 13mm pipework. No electricity. No moving parts. No noise.
How it compares
This sits firmly between passive gravity systems and complex automated rigs.
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vs AutoPot: Both gravity-fed, but EasyFeed adds a programmable timer for dry-back cycles and thicker 13mm pipes that don't clog with nutrients. Autopot works fine, but you're relying on float valves and dealing with blockage headaches when you run feeds.
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vs IWS Flood & Drain: Similar growth rates and programmability, but EasyFeed needs no mains power, no pump, no electronics to fail. Lower maintenance, lower electricity bill, easier to set up.
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vs Hand Watering: You set it and forget it. No guessing. No missed days when life gets in the way. Consistent dry-back cycles keep roots healthy.
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vs Smart App Systems: Those need wifi, complexity, and ongoing subscriptions. This just needs two AAA batteries and a common sense approach to feeding.
Usage guidance
EasyFeed works across different growing setups and media types:
Soil growing
Set your timer for daily feeds in early growth, dial back to every 2-3 days once plants are established. Let the dry periods do the work — that's when roots search downward and air gets back into the rootzone. Works brilliantly with mixed media too (coco/clay pebbles blends).
Coco growing
Coco dries quicker than soil, so you might run feeds every 12-24 hours depending on pot size and temperature. The beauty of EasyFeed is you dial this in yourself. Use coco-specific nutrients; the system handles them without clogging like smaller-pipe competitors.
Bottom-feeding principle
Water sits in the tray below fabric pots and gets absorbed upward through the substrate. Roots chase the moisture downward, building a dense root mass that fills the entire pot. Dry periods between feeds force roots to keep searching, promoting horizontal and vertical development. This is where you get better yields than hand watering — your rootzone gets oxygen recovery time that hand-watered pots don't.
Scaling up
The pipework comes uncut, so you configure your own layout. Start with one pot, add more later. Stack rows. Build whatever footprint suits your space. The system grows with you.
Maintenance
Clean the filter once a week. Check batteries every couple of months (a decent set lasts about 9 weeks). A red warning light tells you when batteries are low. That's it.
Technical specifications
- Pot capacity: 10 litres (entry-level option; 16L, 22L, 30L also available)
- Pipework: 13mm internal diameter — thicker than standard competitors, reduces blockage risk with nutrient solutions
- Timer: Battery-powered (2 x AAA), adjustable feed frequency (hourly to weekly) and duration (1 minute to 2 hours)
- Battery life: Approximately 9 weeks per set
- Power requirement: 2 x AAA batteries (not mains-powered)
- Growing media: Ideal for soil, coco, and mixed media (e.g. 60/40 clay pebbles and coco)
- Pot type: Fabric pots with root-pruning technology
- System components: Filter, water timer, spanner, 13mm flexi pipe, float valves, fabric pots, trays, lids, instructions
- Feeding method: Gravity-fed bottom irrigation (no pumps required)
- Modular design: Fully configurable layout; pipe supplied uncut for custom setup
Who this is for
- Growers moving up from hand watering who want automation without complexity
- Soil and coco growers tired of blockages with smaller-pipe systems
- Folk with limited space who want to scale up their growing without power supply headaches
- Budget growers who want precision feeding control at a mid-range price point
- Anyone growing in fabric pots (air-pruning) who wants to optimise dry-back cycles for healthier roots
- Commercial growers looking for reliable, low-maintenance kit that handles nutrient feeds properly
Particularly well suited to growers who understand that dry periods between feeds are not a problem — they're the whole point.
Our take
This is proper automation for growers who think. You get programmable control, no electricity bill, no pump noise, thicker pipes that don't clog, and a bottom-feeding system that produces better roots than hand watering ever will. It's the middle ground between set-and-forget float valves and complex electronics.
If you're hand-watering now and ready to step up, or running coco in smaller pots and missing dry-back cycles, this is worth picking up. Scales easily, low maintenance, and it works as well with nutrients as it does with water — can't say that for most gravity systems.
