A bed of plastic bottles. Warm beds of plastic bottles

Inquiries by far not all gardeners can be accommodated on standard six hundred square meters. And the majority of the principle works: 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. Among the variety of their varieties, the most popular was a bed of plastic bottles.

Advantages of vertical beds

• An undeniable advantage is the compactness of this type 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 that 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.
• The unpretentious care of such beds conserves a lot of time for truck farmers. Thanks to the high arrangement 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 truck farmers, is that vertical beds of plastic bottles or other materials require frequent watering.

Lack of moisture in containers leads to the fact 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 helper in solving this problem can be a hydrogel, which can be freely purchased at any garden or flower shop. It should be added to the ground and dig it. This is done before boarding. 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 drip irrigation. This method is more expensive, but its efficiency is higher. You can make yourself.

The compactness of the garden bed also creates one of its disadvantages: 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 will be problematic to transport or move the assembled and sown structures.
• The substrate for filling the tanks must be prepared 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 think over ways of sheltering the beds for the winter (whether they will hide in the house or hide themselves with lapnik or other options).

New life of an old plastic bottle

A row of plastic bottles can be attached to anything. For example, a vertical bed can be greened the wall of a house, a garage or any other ancillary structure, 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 dye bottles with plants 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 a modular 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), wire rollers, cutters, well sharpened knife, frame for attaching containers, paint and brush for decor (if necessary).

The first thing to do is to wash and remove the label from the plastic bottle. The bottle is cut approximately in half. The upper part with a loosely closed lid is turned over and inserted into the lower part. Fill the tank with 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 to water the plant. The container thus created can be fixed to the wire frame.

Another version of the vertical bed

For the second method of creating such beds, all the same bottles, washers, knife, awl, strong rope will be needed. The stage of preparation of the 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

Plastic bottles can be used not only as containers for growing plants in order to save space, but also as a material for creating a warm bed. 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 created as simply as vertical ones. For their construction it is necessary to excavate a trench 4 meters long and a meter wide, the size can be changed depending on the wishes. Two and one-and-a-half empty plastic bottles with closed lids are laid out on the bottom. 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 also be filled correctly. First, the bottom layer of excavated soil is poured onto the bottles. The next layer is laid organic. For this purpose, fine branches, leaves, previously weeds torn out, will do. Faster reprocessing of the laid organic matter will help EM drugs. The decomposition of organic 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 the top layer of EM with drugs, the dug up earth will recover faster.

Next, warm beds of plastic bottles are sheltered. 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, develops much faster. Her illnesses are much less impressive. 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, the gardeners also use humus. In short, a solid advantage.

Plastic flower beds, created by oneself, is an opportunity to obtain an excellent, diverse, ecologically clean harvest with minimal territorial costs.