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SallyT
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Posted: April 16 2013 at 2:58pm \| IP Logged

I was reading more about them today. Anyone here made one?

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Posted: April 16 2013 at 9:17pm \| IP Logged

Those are awesome! I've seen the wall ones at a botanic garden near here, but not some of the other creative ones she made.

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Posted: April 16 2013 at 10:01pm \| IP Logged

I had already planned to move most of my vegetable-growing operation to containers this year, because my gardens just have not done well the past couple of years. Our soil quality is okay for things like black-eyed Susans -- vegetables, not so much. Now I'm mulling what might work in a vertical format, other than the obvious herbs and lettuces. I have a brick wall along the back of my backyard where I've already put in a bed with blueberry bushes and a strawberry patch, but now the wall space itself seems to be crying out to be used.

You could do trailing things like cucumbers that way, I think, just without a lot of "levels" -- plant one or two in the top and let them trail down, maybe? Would tomatoes work the same way? I know you can grown them upside down . . . You could maybe put in a row or so of herbs or marigolds or something at the top, and then a tomato plant could "let down its hair" the rest of the way. Or would it not have enough root depth?

I'd love to try something like this. Help me brainstorm here!

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Posted: April 17 2013 at 6:03am \| IP Logged

I can't really tell about the depth of soil, but That would be a concern if you wanted to try cucumbers or tomatoes. It would have to be very fertile, and I would imagine you would have to water and feed very regularly for them to flourish.

And, while I'm not trying to discourage/undo your strawberry patch, i think the pallet idea would likely be perfect for growing strawberries. They do very well in the shallow, contained things like cinderblock holes, strawberry towers, gutter gardens, etc...

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Posted: April 17 2013 at 6:35am \| IP Logged

I know, I'd thought of that . . . I may have to rethink this whole layout. :)

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