[Sweetpea C]

Hi all,

I read about this in a magazine and thought I would have a go. I know it would be good for a lot of annuals but do you think it would be suitable as a planter for strawberries?

http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-turn-a-pallet-into-a-garden/

Thanks,

Caroline

[GrannieAnnie]

There is a thread on here about using a pallet laying down lined with plastic or weed suppresant and used for cabbages etc, but I like the idea of it standing up.  Ideal for strawberries I would think.

I've just bought some of those hanging bags from Ebay to expand my strawberries, but this is my strawberry tower, cost £7 using the triple pots from poundland.

It's 10 high now and lives just inside my greenhouse

[Sweetpea C]

 but this is my strawberry tower, cost £7 using the triple pots from poundland.

It's 10 high now and lives just inside my greenhouse
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That looks great - poundland here I come!

[GrannieAnnie]

I think they are £1 each now Caroline, but when I got them last year, they were doing 3 for £2 !!  

You have to be careful if the wind catches it though, which is why I put it inside the greenhouse.  I had lots of strawbs and no bird damage.

[Annen]

Hi all,

 but do you think it would be suitable as a planter for strawberries?

Thanks,

Caroline

There is an article in the new GYO (March) where they do just that.

[angelavdavis]

I am also planning to incorporate some vertical strawberry planters into my "fencing" on my new plot.

[RJR_38]

but this is my strawberry tower, cost £7 using the triple pots from poundland.

It's 10 high now and lives just inside my greenhouse

How did you make this? I can see a metal pole going up through the middle but how did you attach the pots at the top and bottom and where would you get a pole like that?

[Ema]

I think you'd have to get the plastic just right to stop the soil drying out really quickly.

[GrannieAnnie]

but this is my strawberry tower, cost £7 using the triple pots from poundland.

It's 10 high now and lives just inside my greenhouse

How did you make this? I can see a metal pole going up through the middle but how did you attach the pots at the top and bottom and where would you get a pole like that?

My OH has these threaded steel rods.  He cut a hole through the middle of each pot, threaded them on the rod, then screwed a nut top and bottom.

I think you'd have to get the plastic just right to stop the soil drying out really quickly.

Yes Ema, in the summer they can dry out quite quickly, but I mixed the water gell stuff in with the compost, and this year I am going to try to fix up a drip feed thingy over them.  When I water the top the water drips down the centre core too a bit!

I have some cheap perforated hose I bought a few years back.  I was going to wind it around and perhaps peg it into each level, then hang a bucket or something over the top and fit a little hozelock tap or something into the bucket to take the end of the hose.

[RJR_38]

Thanks for that! I shall keep my eyes open!