My New Raised Bed Containers

[drew51]

Originally Posted by blackcat54

"Are those cages homemade too?"

No.....The cages are from here:

http://www.henryfields.com/product/T...urce=shopzilla

Last year, they were on sale for 75% off!

Yeah they have good sales, i picked up some trees really cheap last year. They look decent. I just bought two locally, more like traditional cones, but with super thick wire, they look awesome and are 5 feet. The nursery even had bigger ones. I still like these too, a little small, but if I can hit a sale, i probably will try them, thanks for the link! Normal price isn't bad as offer is for 2 cages, 13 bucks a cage ain't bad!

[easttx_hippie]

You can do this by setting the re-bar on the fancy eating table and beating with a hammer.

Should I heat the rebar until it's glowing before I start hammering it on the fancy eating table?? I heard that the metal bends easier that way.

Mac

[Growing Giants]

I have built 13 tomato raised beds that are 56" x 56" made of cut outs for sinks. They cost me $3.00 each panel and last about 5 years. I have another 25 boxes that I have built over the last 6 years.

[Zana]

Sounds like a cool way to recycle materials Growing Giants. Unfortunately your photo wasn't visible.

[peppero]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Drive two 3 foot lengths of 1/2 re-bar one in opposite corners into the ground 2 feet inside the container.

Bend the top of the re-bar in an L shape first.

You can do this by setting the re-bar on the fancy eating table and beating with a hammer.

Worth

good idea worth.

jon

[Growing Giants]

Tomato Box highway by wellingtonphil, on Flickr

Do you have to post pictures from flickr or from your computer. Can anyone see my picture!

[Zana]

Originally Posted by Growing Giants

Tomato Box highway by wellingtonphil, on Flickr

Do you have to post pictures from flickr or from your computer. Can anyone see my picture!

This look great! And very sturdy too. I would imagine you could get much longer out of them than just 5 years. What are the dimensions of the "beds"?

[Growing Giants]

The box made of sink cut outs are 56x56 and 21 inches tall. I will be laying down horizontally two Giant Tomato plants. The one in the SW corner will be buried 12 inches deep at the root and ground level at the head. They will then grow vertically 21 inches tall and reach the top of the box. I am laying a cattle panel on top of each box. When the plant is 18 inches above box I will lay the plant horizontally on top of the cattle panel and allow one fruit each plant to exist from a mega bloom.

[dsyukon]

Now that is a Five Star production !

[Dewayne mater]

Beautiful small container black cat. I too would recommend staking them because tomato plants get extremely top heavy when they are large. It doesn't take that much wind to topple them. I'd also consider working the soil underneath them so the roots can extend beyond the box. They would probably do ok in a cube that size, but, larger plants like a lot of root space.

Phil - interesting with the huge boxes! Please keep up posted as to how that works throughout the year. With the lumbar likely being untreated, I wonder if it would be worth lining the inside of the boxes with plastic to create a moisture barrier. Moisture will likely be the reason the wood breaks down.

Dewayne Mater

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Growing Giants

Tomato Box highway by wellingtonphil, on Flickr

Do you have to post pictures from flickr or from your computer. Can anyone see my picture!

May I ask what the cut out for sinks is made of for them to last 5 years.

Is it MDF?
I thought MDF would swell up and fall apart in no time.
At least it used to.

Worth

[Growing Giants]

Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Beautiful small container black cat. I too would recommend staking them because tomato plants get extremely top heavy when they are large. It doesn't take that much wind to topple them. I'd also consider working the soil underneath them so the roots can extend beyond the box. They would probably do ok in a cube that size, but, larger plants like a lot of root space.

Phil - interesting with the huge boxes! Please keep up posted as to how that works throughout the year. With the lumbar likely being untreated, I wonder if it would be worth lining the inside of the boxes with plastic to create a moisture barrier. Moisture will likely be the reason the wood breaks down.

Dewayne Mater

I have 25 boxes that are 5 years old and near perfect condition. The only bad panels are ones I hit with the tractor bucket or the roto-tiller!

They do not need staking. Each panel weighs 50 pounds. The tomato vine will be laid over on the cattle panel on top of the raised bed box! They will be tied down to the cattle panel!

[Growing Giants]

Originally Posted by Worth1

May I ask what the cut out for sinks is made of for them to last 5 years.

Is it MDF?
I thought MDF would swell up and fall apart in no time.
At least it used to.

Worth

I don't know. $3 each is $12 for a 5-10 year solution. I blow more money than that on eating out, on buying tomato seeds, on buying shoes, on vacations. It last me about 5 years if I don't gouge them with the tractor bucket. I really can not ask more of them! Come to Sedalia, Mo and look em over!

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Growing Giants

I don't know. $3 each is $12 for a 5-10 year solution. I blow more money than that on eating out, on buying tomato seeds, on buying shoes, on vacations. It last me about 5 years if I don't gouge them with the tractor bucket. I really can not ask more of them! Come to Sedalia, Mo and look em over!

MDF is medium density fiber board AKA particle board.

Sounds like a good deal to me practically free.

Worth

[Father'sDaughter]

Originally Posted by Worth1

MDF is medium density fiber board AKA particle board.

Worth

AKA Fallapaticle board