--Plant Tower Basics--
The Plant Tower is a vertical garden built from four main ingredients. Please know that there is no strict formula or specific materials that you must use to build your tower. I would really encourage everyone to experiment and use what they have available. That being said we build our towers along these lines...
The Exoskeleton/ Frame-
Wire Fencing- 4' tall and 7' in circumference with a 2" by 4" grid spacing. Nylon Deer/ Bird netting is laid and tied on to fencing, fencing is then wrapped into a cylinder with netting on inside.
Straw Shell- A thin layer of straw between frame and soil.
To contain soil, reduce evaporation, and shelter soil from the elements.
The Soil- We use a medley of good garden soil, mixed with compost, and bark chips that will retain moisture and break down slowly.
The Watering Tube- Roughly 2' of 3" Perforated Drain Pipe aka Perf Pipe. Comes pre-perforated with lots of little slits. The tube extends from the top halfway down into the center of the tower. This allows water to penetrate deep into the core of the tower without having to flood the top.
Holes are cut in the side of tower and plant starts are transplanted into the side of the tower.
A full DIY tutorial will be coming soon with details for each ingredient and step of the process.
-TOWER POWER!
Steel fencing-4ft/1.2m tall and at least 7 ft/ 2.13m long. 2’’x4” grid spacing works well.
3” Perforated Pipe, aka black drain pipe. The tube should be cut to half the height of the tower.
You can find this pre-perforated at most hardware stores.
The Plant Tower "exoskeleton", made of a cylinder of 2"x 4" grid fencing,
wrapped a finer nylon deer/ bird netting
The first step is layering the straw around the inside edge of the tower.
Soil is then added, another ring of straw, more soil, another retaining ring of straw, more soil, etc...
The top of this tower with some root crops like radish. Notice the irrigation tube poking up.
ALL PHOTOS AND TEXT CREDIT TO: PLANT TOWERS .....GREAT.
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