10 Gallon Planter

[willyb]

10 Gallon Planter

• Prototype, need to build a few for others.
• Overall outside dimensions are about 19”x19”x 21” high
• Water reservoir is a 5 gal. pail cut to 10” high
• Lumber is 1”x6” used cedar
• The joints are not tight, allowing air to roots
• All is air-nailed together with 18 gauge x 1 ¼ nails
• The shelve that the soil lays on rests on the top of the water pail, not fastened in for ease of fall cleaning.
• The wick is a 3’ x 3’ piece of landscape burlap, rolled to a tube a stitched with yarn
• Fill with water through pipe until it spills over
• Soak the planting medium the first time, after that it will wick to maintain even moisture.
• I’ll put a skirt around the bottom to hide the castors one day.
• The photo labeled “Tomatoes in wicking bags” uses the same burlap wick system. I have not top watered them since planting about two months ago. Have topped up reservoir once a month,
• Plant medium:

1 part conifer bark
1 part peat moss
1 part potting soil/garden soil/compost
1 cup 7-7-7
½ cup 0-20-0 (with sulpher and calcium)
½ cup 0-0-60
1 cup bone meal
1 cup Diatomaceous earth for micro nutrients
½ cup Epson salts

[Sun City Linda]

WOW! That is just beautiful. Great job! Not familiar with the ferts 0-0-60 and 0-60-0. What are they? Thanks!

[willyb]

Thanks Linda.

0-60-0 is phospherous
0--0-60 is Potash

[janezee]

Wow, that is nice! Love that you can move it around, too.

Now, where is my box of casters, and how much cedar do I have left?

j

[Sun City Linda]

Willy - What I meant is I had never seen a garden fert labeled like that as just all P or all K. Where do you get it? thanks.

[willyb]

Linda, Sorry for the poor answer I provided.

The P is 0-20-0 not 60 with 20% Calcium and 11.5% Sulper
The K is 0-0-60 Muriate of Potash

The brand is So-Green (Canada)

[willyb]

Hi Jane, Thanks! How is gardening on the West Coast this year? Do you have any tricks to fool the late tomato blight besides cover? We get it here inland some years

[willyb]

I think this one looks a lil' more finished. Maybe I'll get it right in another 6 or so.

[janezee]

Hi, Willy,

Still cold, grey and rainy here. <sigh>

Only peas, pole beans, beets, carrots, garlic, onions, spinach, lettuce and mizuna in the ground as yet.

I'm doing a test bed of tomatoes that are supposed to be blight tolerant or resistant this year, and all I'm doing is a little cover for them. The rest are getting cover, Actinovate, and ...shoot, I can't remember at the moment.

No tomatoes or peppers in the ground yet, and the hoop house isn't built yet, but it can't stay like this all summer, can it?

Do you have anything in the ground?

j

[lakelady]

Wow that sure is nice! If I had a flat yard it would be great to wheel around and follow the sun!

[willyb]

Hi J,

I have about the same in my garden here in Edmonton Alberta, except for mizuna. I will look for some for my herb garden. Thanks for that. Have lots of scarlet runners coming up well, like them for the flower show and early green beans. Other pole beans also. (and bush bean)s Lots of sweet peas. I have always been a vegetable Gardner, just learning about flowers and enjoying it. The garlic is doing great, planted last Oct. Have 30 or so tomatoes in the ground for 3 weeks. They looked terrible as it was hot, cold hot. They are now recovering, don't think I will lose any. Peppers are still in the greenhouse. I had poor germination with the hot ones (My fault, too cold) the warm and sweet ones are doing well.

Grapes strawberries and herbs are coming back fine as I had them well mulched with leaves.

I make a spray for aphids, white fly and powdery mildew. Works on my grapes, honeysuckle, roses and clematis and others. Not sure if it helps for blight.

1 table Bonner's castile soap
2 table whole milk
1 table baking powder
1 table apple cider vinegar
1 table oil that has been infused overnight with garlic and chives
1 gal water

I spray it with a cheap pump up plastic sprayer.

Look forward to hearing how your blight resistant tomatoes do.

Brad

[willyb]

Antoniette,

Thanks! I have too much cement drive way. Until I can convert it to garden, I will grow above it.

Brad

[TNTiger]

Originally Posted by willyb

I think this one looks a lil' more finished. Maybe I'll get it right in another 6 or so.

That's a gorgeous planter! I wish I had the skill to make something that looks that nice!