A bed of plastic bottles. Warm beds of plastic bottles
Requests from far from all truckers are possiblefit on a standard six hundred square meters. And the majority works the principle: the more land, the more you want, and it's really hard to pacify your gastronomic requests, because the land is now expensive. It is for these gardeners that modern "crazy hands" came up with how to combine needs with opportunities, namely, vertical beds were created.
Advantages of vertical beds
- An undeniable advantage is the compactness of this kind of construction, which allows you to place it not only on the garden plot, but also on the city balcony.
- Also worth noting is the variety of materials,which gardeners have managed to adapt to vertical beds. They are made of plastic pipes, pots, pockets of different materials, machine tires, and even old wooden chests of drawers with drawers are used for similar beds. Well, a bed of plastic bottles can be built by everyone, since such a container can be found in every house.
- Uncomplicated care of such bedssaves a lot of time for truck farmers. Due to the high location of seedlings, and in the subsequent harvest, a person does not have to bend into three deaths to find a berry or to rip a bush of lettuce.
- Again, the high location of the root system protects plants from small pests. A pyramidal or cylindrical shape of the construction will not allow the birds to sit on the beds and spoil the harvest.
Disadvantages of beds with a vertical arrangement
The main drawback, which complains most gardeners, is that vertical beds of plastic bottles or other materials require frequent watering.
The lack of moisture in the containers leads to,that the plant in it dies faster than a similar variety growing in the open ground. But this problem, in general, can be solved with relatively little financial expenditure.
The first assistant in solving this problemcan become a hydrogel, which is freely available can be purchased at any garden or flower shop. It should be added to the ground and dig it. This is done before landing. Gel is characterized by the accumulation of water, which the plant can use if necessary.
The second way to cope with a lack of moisture is to equip the drip irrigation. This method is more expensive, but its efficiency is higher. You can make yourself.
The compactness of the garden creates one of itsdisadvantages: small in volume containers are suitable only for stunted plants, which, nevertheless, will still need nutritional supplementation.
Useful advice on the arrangement of beds
Before you make a bed of plastic bottles or other vertical beds, you should think over a few points and take into account a couple of nuances:
- The place where the garden bed is going to be raised should be chosen wisely, since it is problematic to transport or move the assembled and sown structures.
- The substrate for filling the tanks is necessaryprepare in advance. For example, beds for strawberries from plastic bottles should be filled with sandy loam mixed with peat, fertilizers (overgrown with humus) and hydrogel.
- Vertical ridges should be placed closer to the water, as it will often be watered.
- In advance, you should consider ways of sheltering the beds for the winter (whether they will hide in the house or hide themselves with lapnik or other options).
The new life of an old plastic bottle
A bed of plastic bottles can be attached toanything. For example, a vertical bed can be greened the wall of a house, a garage or any other ancillary facilities, a metal mesh can also be a good help for plastic bottles. Some gardeners construct individual frames of metal and wood for similar vertical beds.
Creative gardening paints bottles withplants in different colors, making the garden itself more aesthetic. In a word, vertical beds of plastic bottles offer a wide field for the manifestation of fantasy, creativity and self-mastery.
One way to create a vertical patch of plastic bottles
A bed of plastic bottles is amodular type construction. So, the height and width of these beds can be varied at will. For one of the ways to create a design, you will need plastic bottles (2 liters), a coil of wire, nippers, a well sharpened knife, a frame for attaching containers, paint and a paintbrush for decor (if necessary).
The first thing to do is to wash andremove the label from the plastic bottle. The bottle is cut approximately in half. The upper part with a loosely closed lid is turned and inserted into the lower part. Fill the tank with a nutrient soil, plant the plant in it and water it. Excess moisture will pass through the top, through a loosely twisted lid, and gather in the lower part. When you see that the moisture evaporates, it is time for the plant to water. The container thus created can be fixed to the wire frame.
Another variant of a vertical bed
For the second way of creating such a gardenyou will need all the same bottles, washers, knife, awl, strong rope. Stage of preparation of container is the same as in the first case. Then, with a sharp knife, a rectangular small hole is cut from the side of the bottle. On the opposite side, which will play the role of the bottom, drainage holes are made. At the neck of the bottle and from the bottom, through holes are made, through which a rope or wire is passed. Under that hole, which is located below, a knot is tied or a washer is put on, which will fix the bottle and prevent it from falling to the lower tier.
Warm patch of plastic bottles
Not only can you use plastic bottlesas a container for growing plants to save space, but also as a material for creating a warm patch. On how to make a bed of plastic bottles warm, we'll tell you now. Simplicity of design will surprise any trucker.
Warm beds of plastic bottles are createdas simple as vertical. For their construction it is necessary to dig a trench 4 meters long and a meter wide, the size can be changed depending on the wishes. At the bottom lay two-and a half-liter empty plastic bottles with closed lids. They serve to contain the cold from below. The side walls can be insulated with cardboard from old boxes or sheets of packaging foam.
Warm beds of plastic bottles should bealso fill in correctly. First, the bottom layer of excavated soil is poured onto the bottles. Next layer is laid organic. To do this, fine branches, leaves, previously weeded out. Faster reprocessing of the laid organic matter will help EM drugs. Decomposition of organic material will provide plants with heat and carbon dioxide, which will have a positive effect on their growth. At the top of the organics we fill the earth from the top layer. If you pour and the top layer of EM drugs, the dug up earth will recover faster.
Next, warm beds of plastic bottlestake cover. If the action takes place in the spring, then the shelter should be film so that the earth warms up faster. If the garden is created in autumn, then cover it with a thick layer of mulch.
What gives a warm garden bed
Seedlings, planted in warm beds, developsmuch faster. Diseases affect it much less. Plants in warm beds grow strong and healthy. Weeds in such beds practically do not grow, fertilizers introduced into the soil remain in place. After the use of the garden bed, the gardeners also use humus. In short, a solid advantage.
Plastic flower beds, created by their own hands, is an opportunity to obtain an excellent, diverse, ecologically clean harvest with minimal territorial costs.
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