Planting Vertical Gardening

Vicki

Girls With Guns Member
Thank you Packy. I hope it works out the way I can imagine it. Probably have to work the plants through the trellis a little bit but once they get trained to go up, I think it may work. We'll see.
 

seraphima

Veteran Member
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This is my soup pea tower. To give an idea of size, the garlic in front is 3 1/2 ft tall, the tomato cage trellis for the peas is the largest size, the stakes are 6 ft, although pushed into the ground several inches. The yellow iris on the left is 3 ft. tall. black halibut tubs in the background are 2 1/2 ft tall.
 

cyberiot

Rimtas žmogus
I'm having really good luck with GroBucket inserts--they convert a standard 5-gallon bucket into a self-watering planter. Goof-proof and very sturdy--I expect them to last many years. Available on Amazon.

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marsh

On TB every waking moment
That gro bucket insert looks intriguing. I think I'll try it this year for peppers and eggplant.

I just bought one of those Greenstalk vertical planters. I want to grow salad greens in it. I might get another for bush beans when I can afford it. I have several smaller ones of another brand that I use for strawberries.

I am trying to get everything ready for early crops this year. Our last frost is the end of February. I also have wire shelving and some grow lights to start some plants indoors and some 2x4 plastic cloches to finish them off outside.

I did make a new vertical structure this year. I got a 3 x 3 cedar planter and pushed it against a wall. I hung 2 of those closet wire shelving units at the far end. Then I took some of that green wire garden fencing and made an arch. I wired that to the outside of the shelves - like a coffin. Filled the bed with soil. It will be my pea coffin. I planted garlic in the middle.

I wish I could take pctures, but my phone won't email them to my computer.
 

Telescope Steve

Veteran Member
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I have access to some 1 gallon plastic buckets. I plan to stack them up like this on the north wall of my greenhouse next year. I will drill holes in the bottom for drainage. And I will plant in the open spaces around the buckets as shown with my green arrows.

I will tie them together with fence wire, and attach them to the wall so they don't fall down.

Since my buckets are smaller it will limit which crops I will grow. It should be a productive wall.

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packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
I have access to some 1 gallon plastic buckets. I plan to stack them up like this on the north wall of my greenhouse next year. I will drill holes in the bottom for drainage. And I will plant in the open spaces around the buckets as shown with my green arrows.

I will tie them together with fence wire, and attach them to the wall so they don't fall down.

Since my buckets are smaller it will limit which crops I will grow. It should be a productive wall.

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Check out gardening with Leon on YT and MIGardener on YT. They have both done something similar there's a learning curve from what I understand for nutrients and watering, it can be done and for cheap.
 

Bps1691

Veteran Member
Anyone here vertical gardening? I need some ideas, I got a few yesterday from a new FB group I joined for raised bed gardening. We have a very small back yard with about 6 - 7 hours of direct sunlight per day. It has three large raised beds, two small 30 x 30 raised beds and a horse water tank already... I want to utilize the rest of the space in an efficient manner.

If you have photos of your vertical beds to share that'd be great!
I have good luck with cucumbers on fences around the yard. Also Pole Beans do well. I've tried other things from time to time, but I don't have that much fence that gets enough sun.
 
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