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Title: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: Caium on July 22, 2013, 09:41:16 PM

The picture below shows the steps.
It´s possible to set a hose with small holes inside the pipe for controlled irrigation.
 :)

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: TBM on July 22, 2013, 10:16:00 PM

WANT!!! Strawberries are my favorite ;D

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: Xochipilli on July 22, 2013, 11:37:43 PM

I love vertical gardening! And strawberrys  :)

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: Sunshine on July 26, 2013, 02:38:57 AM

That's really cool! I have to try this. Anyone know how much a single piece of PVC pipe that long costs?

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: Caium on July 27, 2013, 12:48:47 AM

Around here it´s about 4 dollars worth around 2m each, the big one.
I prefer 1m each, it´s easier to harvest.
You can make live fences out of it too, it´s very beatiful.

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: Shpongle Lover on July 30, 2013, 03:29:54 AM

Wow...that is clever, attractive, and priced right!  What a novel idea.

One question, though...how do you keep the soil evenly moist top to bottom?  It would seem logical to me that the most dependent portion (bottom) would be more damp than the top, from water percolating downwards.  Is that ever a problem?

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: TBM on July 31, 2013, 06:53:07 PM

I suppose you could have those PVC pipes hanging horizontal instead of vertical, that would probably resolve any unevenness in how hydrated the soil is.

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: yurem on July 31, 2013, 10:13:45 PM

That is a great idea!

I saw on the internet some time ago something like this, but made with PET soda bottles!

(http://containergardening.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/p1070455.jpg?w=640&h=479)

There is a tutorial on how to do this "Bottle Tower" in this site: http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/bottle-tower-gardening-how-to-start-willem-van-cotthem/

And there is also one other option on how to use those PET bottles, that, i believe, is something like what TBM said in the post above

Quote from: TBM on July 31, 2013, 06:53:07 PM

I suppose you could have those PVC pipes hanging horizontal instead of vertical, that would probably resolve any unevenness in how hydrated the soil is.

(http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/vertical-garden-bottles-sao-paulo-2.jpg)
(http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/vertical-garden-bottles-sao-paulo-3.jpg)
(http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/vertical-garden-bottles-sao-paulo-5.jpg)

This site tells more about that: http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/awesome-vertical-garden-with-recycled-pet-bottles-at-poor-family-home-in-sao-paulo.html

Making these structures with PET bottles is also great because you would be also recycling it, and it is also more cheap than using purchased PVC tubes, even though it is really cheap already.

Title: Re: PVC gardening for confined spaces
Post by: New Wisdom on August 01, 2013, 12:25:32 AM

I've actually been making plastic bottle pots recently.  These are great ideas!