The answer to this last question is yes. Here’s the simplest system for watering cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchinis, watermelons and melons. Get a 6-liter bottle and fill it with water.

Close it tightly with the cap provided and turn it upside down. Using a drill, make 4 holes in the bottom of the water bowl, making sure they’re all on different sides.

After completing this step, dig a groove in the ground large enough to bury at least 1/4 of your water bud. This is the technical term used by expert growers, the 6-liter bottle with the surrounding soil.

In this way, you’ve created a very practical irrigation system: if you unscrew the cap, more or less intensely, the soil will start to get wet. Take your plants and bury them in the furrows you’ve dug near the bowl. Obviously, each variety will need its own sprinkler.

With this technique, which releases water at the intensity you want, you can irrigate your cucumber, tomato, zucchini, watermelon and melon plants simply by unscrewing the plug, with a minimum of effort and, above all, little time.

For an even more practical solution, consider installing a drip irrigation system. The system is the same as the water bowl, but with a twist: the pipes are perforated to allow the water to breathe out, and positioned above the furrow to wet the soil. You can connect an automatic timer that allows you to manage the flow of water with total autonomy, even from a distance.