Specialty Gardening: What is the most unusual thing you've used as a container?, 1 by lonejack

lonejack wrote:
Hi Friends,
Here is a picture, taken in June, of a planter I have been using for a couple of years.
It is a combination of planter and wicking container.
I use a clothes hamper from Big Lots - turn it upside down - cut the bottom out, (save the bottom,) - put a plastic bag inside - place a 3/4" water pipe diagionally from top to bottom; with a water hole drilled approximately 12" from top; with a cap on bottom - fill with soil to approximately 4" from top - mix a large cup of gypsum, "Soil Sweet," - add a cup of 10/10/10 fertilizer to a knee high stocking and coil around in a pocket in the center of the top. - pull the plastic over the soil. - cut a couple of holes in the saved bottom for plants and replace the bottom. - cut holes in the plastic bag and insert plants.
I have a drip system that waters this 30 minutes a day with a 2 gallon/hour dripper in the top of the water pipe.
I should include a later picture, the planter has really filled out, you can hardly see the hamper.

This message was edited Aug 1, 2013 1:39 AM

This message was edited Aug 1, 2013 1:40 AM