Stackable Planter Tower / Vertical Garden Strawberry Tower / Dollar Tree Stackable Tower Alternative
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2021
- //How To Set Up A Stackable Planter Tower And Keep It Off The Ground///Container Garden//
I tried out a stackable planter tower, and I wanted to share the planting and set up process. You may have heard of the dollar tree stackable planters. I tried to order those from dollar trees website, but they were backordered. Instead, I tried another brand that I found on Walmart.com. These are a very similar size and shape to the dollar tree planters. I knew I would need to use something to keep this tower from falling over in the wind; and I also wanted to keep it up off the ground slightly, because we have rabbits in our area. In this video, I show you how we kept our planter sturdy and safe. I also share a garden update at the end of the video. I ordered these planters from walmart.com These are also a good alternative to the dollar store stackable planters, because the dollar store website was sold out last time I checked. These are priced higher than the dollar store planters, but they are much more affordable than the higher end stacking planter systems from other retailers online.
Here’s the link to the planters I used in this video www.walmart.com/ip/6-Tier-Sta...
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Have you tried stackable planter towers? We enjoyed watching these plants grow. We are going to continue vertical gardening in the future. Thanks for watching!
Just a sudden Idea. What if:
instead of a Pipe, you elevated the planters with a bucket. So here is my dumb on the fly idea. Do everything the same, except instead of PVC, get a bucket and drill the rebar hole into the bucket and then hammer it into the ground. THEN take some silicon and seal the hole in the bucket where the rebar goes into the ground. (BTW I found coated Rebar, it's got green plastic all around it) Then Fill the bucket with water and put in a water pump, maybe solar powered, and run a skinny hose alongside the rebar.
Thread the planters on the same way except you have a hose alongside the rebar to the top ( or i guess the hose could go through the drainage holes. Then After you plant everything put a fountain head on the hose at the top and you have a self watering raised tower planter with a reservoir at the bottom. The water from the top drips down and waters the ones below.
At least that how it works in my head.
I like how this method also makes it very easy to rotate the tower for sunlight.
This is a great idea for herbs, strawberries, and flowers. I have personally used this for my bush beans and it worked great. However, I honestly don’t think this will work for squash and zucchinis. Those vegetables get gigantic and they need space to spread out their leaves and the base of their plants.
Squash, zucchini can be planted in the lowest pot.
They also need a deeper pot
Very neat; interesting in trying myself. Need more content like this on RUclips!
You did a very good video. Thank you for sharing your tips on the stackable garden and I love your follow up. your vegetables are awesome 👏🏾👏🏾That’s exactly what I’m going to do with my stackables..👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful!
We have 2 of these towers with strawberries in our enclosed garden area. I love the idea of stabilizing these with rebar and adding heights with the pvc pipe. We have an automatic watering system and this will work for multiple varieties. Thank You!
Great! So glad it helped!
This is a great idea! Your little garden turn wonderful.🙂
Thank you! 😊
This is such a wonderful Idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, glad you like it!!
that looks beautiful i missed out last year...hope to get some this year!!
Practical and beautiful
I love it! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
Great idea with the rebar for support.
Thanks 👍
Great job 👍
Great idea
Great idea, thanks for sharing!
You bet! Thanks for watching!
❤️❤️❤️ I love this!!!
Thanks!!!
Perfect !
Blessings +++!!!
I’m really looking forward to planting in mine 😀😀😀
Me too! Upper MN. 4A. I use a heat mat in winter to keep stray cats warm in winter. I am able to set a temp. So they will go ahead and be ok when it gets warm.
Exactly what I'm doing for my herbs!!!
Great idea!!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Good job. My garden is on a slant also it is a pain. Thanks for sharing
I love vertical gardening! Strawberries are great in these!
Yes they are!
You need compost and fertilizer mixed in the soil mix. Add worm castings too for more power.
A tip. Next time fill with soil water it good to settle soil then add more soil
Thank you
I'm going to try strawberries
I just picked up some stackers
That's a great idea will definitely do this, by the way I purchased my stackers at dollar tree was surprised to see them there
That's awesome! I recently purchased stackers from Dollar Tree's website. Thanks!
I was surprised, as well. Strawberry plants will go in mine.
Love the idea of having them elevated to keep pests down! How did the squash perform in these? I always thought they needed more root space but maybe not. Are you going to plant the same plants again this year? Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks! So glad you liked it! I will definitely do herbs and strawberries in these again. The squash flowered well, but the squash itself was small. I'm looking into other types of plants to test in the stackable planters for next time.
@@diybythepond i grew yellow bushels in mine last year. It worked really nice
We’re so super windy, (strips flowers and leaves off of everything but weeds) we have no where to put in ground. We’re working on a patio on the non wind, but it is steep grade and another project. I ordered mine from the dollar tree store online but put fushias and trailing ground cover in them and lettuces I gave away to friends and the last I’ve got is for herbal medicinal plants which will be right outside my door on our new not quite done, non-wind patio
Hope the new non-wind side patio helps. Our neighbors put up a small greenhouse to grow in because of the wind.
i think i would have sunk the base of the rebar in cement but only if you definitely werent going to move them
Bought some of these from Dollar Tree. But I realized they were not food-safe plastic. I'll use them for flowers
The planters I used in this video are food grade. They have a #5 on the bottom, which is a food safe plastic. In my video, I say that I purchased these planters from Walmart.com because Dollar Tree was sold out of the planters; and in my title and description, I say that these are a ‘Dollar Tree stackable planter alternative’. Hope that helps. Happy gardening to you.
After the strawberries have stopped producing what do you do with them? Can you trim and they come back next year?
Yes, I didn't do that because I replanted mine after the last fruit, but that should be fine for any strawberries in a container. Trim them back after last fruit, and move the planter to a shed or garage to overwinter them. The stackable planters can be unstacked and restacked easily.
Hi I love how you elevated your garden ,can you tell me the manufacturer of the product please
Thanks. I purchased the stackable planters in this video from Walmart. I don't have the manufactures information. In my other stackable planter video, I purchased those from Dollar Tree.
Hi! Do you think this would work for stabilizing stackable planters on a hill?
Hi! I think so, but you might have to put the stake deeper in the ground.
This is amazing!! I’ll be trying the stackable planters this year. Are you able to rotate them in case one side doesn’t get as much sun or are they too heavy?
Hope it goes great! Yes, I could rotate mine, but I didn't stack them super high. Thanks!
With that PVC pipe holding it up off the ground, u should be able to turn it
Dollar tree has these
Where did you get the middle piece that extends from the top through the bottom?
It's a piece of rebar from Home Depot.
Any hardware store should have it
At first view I thought what a great idea but second thought was are these food grade plastic if you’re planting editables in them?
Yes, the stackable planters I used in this video are food grade plastic. They have a #5 recycling code on the bottom. I purchased them from Walmart.com, and had them shipped to me.
@@diybythepond Thank you 😊
What kind of soil r u using? I’m on year 3 of trying to grow strawberries in this type of system. A little confused on watering.
I used potting soil, and watered in the morning and the evening.
There is no option to water down the center column with these is there? seems you have to water ever cell individually.
I watered each plant in the planter individually. There may be other stackable systems that let you water down the center, but that's not the way my stackable planter worked.
With so many… isn’t every other row under the other? Couldn’t you poke a hole for drainage and the drain into each other?
What do you use to put in each planter? Can you use regular potting mix or soil?
Yes, in this video I used potting soil. In my most recent stackable planter video, I used a mixture of potting soil and compost. That did really well too. I've had success both ways.
@@diybythepond Did you use any kind of mulch after planting? If so what did you use? Can you use wood chip much like the kind for around a flower bed?
@@lindadelcamp6686 I didn't use any, but that could help to retain moisture in the planters.
Does the water drain out the bottoms and drip down to each pot below them?
My stackables have drain holes. I still water each individual cell to thoroughly saturate the dirt, but the plants on the bottom have some water dripping on them by time I get to those levels. Once the plants got bigger, some of that dripping would run off the plants and not reach the dirt, and that's mostly why kept watering the dirt with a watering can. Also, the top tiers would dry out faster from the sunlight.
I heard the pvc pipe is 8" long but how wide?
The pipe is 3" wide.
Those planters should have been designed with the middle portion totally separated from the three growing areas. That way the rebar would not be sitting in wet dirt ; and you would require less potting soil for your purposes.
They are cheap Dollar Tree pots. Not like Mr. Stacky system. It is a great idea for what they are.
@MYAKKA FARMSTEAD she purchased the stackables in this particular video from Walmart.
Have you ever used the dollar tree pots like this?
Yes, I'll share a video about soon.
How did the Zucchini squash work out in that
The squash flowered well, but the squash itself was small. I will definitely do herbs and strawberries in these again.
Well I prefer the smaller zucchini, more tender. The larger they grow more pithy they are.
What all can be planted in this Tower
I will do a video to answer this question more in depth, but a few of the popular choices are strawberries, lettuce, and herbs. Any fruit or vegetable that have a shallow root system will work.
How hard is it to mow around?
My husband mowed around it without touching the base, and then used the weed eater to get closer to the edges. He said it wasn't very hard that way.
@@diybythepond Thank you.
What was the diameter of the PVC?
The diameter is 3". We cut the length to 8".
I got that from Amazon, waiting for my seeds to be delivered. 🍓🥦🥬🧅🫚
Have looked everywhere for these and none to be found.
Yes, the Dollar Tree stackable planters come out seasonally, and sell out pretty quickly. In the US, there are other brands of stackable planters available online to purchase and have delivered, but they are more expensive than the Dollar Tree stackables. Amazon and Walmart.com are two options to search for stackable planters online.
My daughter bought some for me from the LTD Catalogue.
what about beans?
You can grow beans in stackable planters. You might need to rotate the planters to make sure all sides are getting enough sun. You'll also want to water often.
@@diybythepond Can you rotate these with the rebar holding it in place? 🤔 I'm going be planting mine up soon and was wondering.
@@Sweetlady1916 Yes, If you drill the hole slightly bigger than your piece of rebar. We got a 3/8" piece of rebar, and drilled a 1/2" hole with a 1/2 drill bit. I was able to turn mine. You can also unstack them and restock them on the planter while the plants are smaller.
I saw those, but when I lifted them up, they smelled of toxic plastic.
Thanks for sharing!
I'm worried that this container is not food grade. I've been researching this issue because I was considering using the containers myself. A recycling number in the bottom of the pot would tell you what kind of plastic it is made of - 1,2, 4, 5, and 7 are considered food grade. The pots at Dollar Tree have no number, so they probably not food grade, and probably have toxic chemicals that would leach into the soil and be taken up by the plants. Sorry, I usually try to refrain from making negative comments on people's videos, but in this case, I'm concerned about health and safety.
The planters I used in this video are food grade. They have a #5 on the bottom. In both my video and description I say that I purchased these planters from Walmart.com because Dollar Tree was sold out of the planters. I also say in the title of the video that these are a ‘Dollar Tree stackable planter alternative’. Hope that helps, but if you are very concerned about the health and safety of using the specific Dollar Tree planters you could email Dollar Tree Corporate and ask about the grade of plastic they use for their planters. I have recently purchased Dollar Tree planters, and will use them. The plastic on both the Walmart.com planter and Dollar Tree planter feels similar in weight and thickness, but the Dollar Tree planters have no ID# information stamped on the bottom, which is unfortunate because it would be helpful to have that information for anyone who is concerned like yourself. Hope you find a stackable planter system that you feel comfortable using for your garden.
Great idea