Hello fellow gardeners. I am luckily not short on space in my garden, however my garden is a bit to far away from the kitchen for a quick dash for herbs while cooking. I came up with this idea so that I could have them close to the house. I am going to be putting herbs in mine, but I suppose anything that has a smaller root system would work well. I got a piece of PVC pipe ($4 from the tip shop), and cut it in half to make two smaller bits. Got an angle grinder and cut a upside down u shape. Used a blow drier to heat up the uncut bit of the 'u' until I could bend it back. I am getting a delivery of mushroom compost today, and I will go hunting for some seedlings to make it up over the next few days. I will post another pic once it is done.
I love this idea! I've been maximizing the growing space on my balcony for a while, but I've never run into such a nice snug vertical suggestion. Thanks!
So what kinds of herbs could you grow in there, it seems too thin for say basil, but is this true? How would oregano or rosemary do in something like this? I am NEW to gardening so please forgive my stupidity, I am learning. This looks like a great idea, but would like to know what types of herbs would thrive in this type of contraption. thanks in advance
Basically anything that grows in a strawberry jar will do here. I'd look for long roots overspreading roots and annuals over perennials, or treat perennials like annuals.
Nice tower! I've seen similar, except the flaps are pushed in. How big is your pvc? There is the video I watched to learn how to construct one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcdtIx1PkS8&list=PLFDD91BBE56AD2678&index=28&feature=plpp_video"]HERE I would imagine most herbs could be grown this way. You could make a root wrapper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCzFWuUl9E"]"root wrapper" (had to find a video for that as well!) out of landscape cloth (basically you cut the cloth into squares, and fold/tuck around the plant...kind of like swaddling a baby) and then tuck each plant into an opening on the pvc tube! Please keep us updated!! I've been meaning to build one of these!
Did you have any success with this? I think I'm going to give this a go with strawberries in tubes screwed to the side of a shed! I'm beginning to run out of horizontal room unless I start digging stuff up and moving it. I wonder how much it is possible to produce from a single garden...! Just think, an entire shed or wall could be covered with these...if they work!
