I came across this site www.gardensup.com and was wondering if anyone has ever used this or knows anything about it. It looks very interesting, but it looks as though you need to have a raised bed. Does anyone know?
Vertical gardening
Very interesting, looking at photo though, don't you think we could make out own to try it??? that's just me..love gardening projects...thanks for sharing..
Interesting! I too was thinking one could make it a DIY project but the clips and hangers would not be so easy to duplicate although I suppose one could just buy those parts.
Sydney you would have to have it either in a box or in the ground. Dont think that would be too difficult to sort out.
I think we could make our own. It's just PVC pipe, PVC pipe connectors, cord, and wire stakes. The PVC pipe and connectors are commonly available at any store like Home Hardware, TSC, etc. It's easy enough to drill holes into for connecting the cords. Cord could be bought anywhere. The wire stakes look like those used to anchor small tents and portable greenhouses - probably any tent anchors would work just fine. The cradle and pulley system for supporting large fruit might be a little more challenging if you've never done anything like that before, but I'll bet you can find instructions on the web for threading cord in the proper way through a pulley (available at almost any hardware store), and the cradle itself could be something as simple as a piece of burlap attached to the cords. As for the genuine rubber vine thingies, I always use re-useable velcro tape (from Lee Valley) to support all of my plants and vines. It works great, can be adjusted as required, doesn't hurt the stems, and can be re-used every year.
This a great idea. I have a chain link fence on one side of the yard. I"ll try that and feed the vines up and through the link.
Ive looked at the site over and over again, but it keeps changing the picture and Im not very mechanically inclined to build something like that, wish I was..Im still trying to figure out how to have a raised bed on my deck to even make it work..lol...any ideas for that? I might just go down to Home Depot and see if I can find a handy man down there to help me with this and try to make it a DIY project
This is very interesting! My dad did something similar to that many years ago. He used the old clothes line poles in the back yard, strung heavy duty clothes line on them and then started his cucumbers. He vined the cukes up the poles to the line. They eventually just grew across the line and we had dangling cucumbers all summer!
He also planted his carrots in large clear plastic bins. We could "watch" the carrots grow and mature!
How wonderfully creative of your dad! That must have been a sight to see :-)
we loved it! it is fun to have a garden that is different.
The best thing about the container garden is you don't have to worry so much about critters digging them up, like you do when they are in the ground.
That does sound very interesting...did you just bring in the clothes line and pick them..lol...I was also thinking that if someone is planning on making this a DIY project, pantyhose would probably do the trick for supporting any of the larger fruits or vegetables. You could always attach hooks to the cords and when something grows big enough, just tie them up with the pantyhose...wish i had a place to try this out and if anyone does attempt it, please post photos okay.
Ive decided that I'm just going to buy large containers and use bamboo stakes for a trellis like a tee pee and hopefully that will work as well. Ive seen some pictures of it and it looks quite pretty when its all filled in..has anyone does this with vegetables or fruit or do you think it would only work with vines or beans etc?
LOL sydney480............
I bet you could try quite a few vegies in your containers. peas, beans, tomatoes,cucumbers, squash, egg plant.........almost any vegie that trails could be tried this way.
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GinnyLynn the anchors could be easily made via use of redi-rod ( looks like a long headless screw, available from hardware places too ) Use a hacksaw to cut to length and bend the end in a vise and "viola" you got your anchor !
You're absolutely right! That would work very well.