Balkonbepflanzung: Hanging gardens a bit different
It is still a little early in the year to balcony Greenery to think, that's why there is still no photo. But it is not difficult to imagine.
You need 1 PET bottle per plant. The best are the thick coke bottles or even 5-liter canisters.
For filling with earth I leave the lock on it. The soil is cut off with a pair of thick scissors and 4 holes drilled on the edge. Pull through the suspension cord. You then need an S-hook for hanging.
Now stands / hangs the bottle / canister on its head and is filled with potting soil. Then you open the lid and put 2 seeds (one is reserve, if the other does not rise) from a tomato or an offshoot of a strawberry plant in the pouring hole. With the seed one can do the closure even for a few days on it, until the Seedling shows.
Cast on well. Until the plant really starts, you have to be a little careful with watering, because the water that you pour in on the top of the soil comes out of the cap ...
Really something for outside and not for the apartment. Watering is best done with a plastic bottle that has a curved spout. Just press it and the water comes out. Is available on the Internet under laboratory needs or in garden center for casting hanging staffs. Since it is a bit more expensive then ...
Soon the plantlet will germinate or make new leaves. At first, the tomato will orient itself upwards, but as soon as fruit is on the line, it goes downwards by gravity. The plant keeps with the root ball in the bottle and can not slip out.
The strawberry will also hang its spurs down and it will look funny when everything is hanging upside down. I wish you a lot of fun trying it out.
