Soda Bottle Planters - Page 3

Andrey_BY · December 18, 2006

Very nice photoes. Wish I have more free places on my window-sills, but usually they are full of home plants

But I think I will able to use my balcony (looking to the East) for such experiments. I've got some home plants (geraniums) there which is very unusual for our weather in December. Mother Nature has been joking with our Zone 4a during the second part of November and the first part of December!

+3+8 C is very anomalous for Minsk now. It used to be -5 -20 C here in December.

DavidinCT · February 26, 2007

My Florida Petits (started Jan 23rd) aren't as pretty. Photo from this morning:

They do have blossoms on them though.

caascher2 · February 26, 2007

Cool pic David. The snowy backdrop make them look really interesting.

jenn_sc · February 26, 2007

Wow!!!! I love that Christmas table! How did the fresh tomatoes go over at the dinner?

Lovely idea

Jennifer

dcarch · February 26, 2007

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Originally Posted by jenn_sc

Wow!!!! I love that Christmas table! How did the fresh tomatoes go over at the dinner?

Lovely idea

Jennifer

Friends really enjoyed fresh pick tomatoes for their salad. Most of them have never eaten green tomatoes before. I had to convince them to try my Lime Green Salad. They all asked me for seeds afterwards.

dcarch

honu · April 26, 2007

These are great ideas that will be wonderful for workshops for our "Hands on Healing" program under the American Cancer Society. The program provides workshops for cancer patients to explore and discover their creative resources to promote physical, mental and spiritual healing.

honu · April 26, 2007

Thanks dcarch! Your wonderful ideas will give joy to and uplift spirits of many folks!

sirtanon · April 26, 2007

Dcarch - I actually made one of those last week. Well, all except the finishing part. Still haven't painted it yet, but I will.. as soon as I figure out what I want to finish it WITH.

If I could ask - what do you use to cut the bottles with that you get such a uniform and clean scalloped edge? The straight edge I can do fine, but when I tried to do the curvy one, it turned out like junk.

velikipop · April 26, 2007

Wow, what a wonderful integration of art, recycling and growing tomatoes. Very impressive.

Alex

Granny · April 26, 2007

This is a stupendous idea! And I even have all of this stuff

What a great project this will make.

Warren · June 18, 2007

very cool. so are these dwarf tomato plants?

was the bottle two litter or three litter?

and you grew these using Compact FL lights?

dcarch · June 18, 2007

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Originally Posted by Warren

very cool. so are these dwarf tomato plants?

Yes. LGS, Florida Pitte, Red Robin.

was the bottle two litter or three litter?

Two-litter. I guess 3-litter would be even better.

and you grew these using Compact FL lights?

250W metal halide lamp.

dcarch

neoguy · October 16, 2007

How many hours did you have the lights on for?

dcarch · October 16, 2007

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Originally Posted by neoguy

How many hours did you have the lights on for?

Varies.
I work around my plants, and the light for the plants also lights up my work area. I work long hours.

12 to 18 hours?

dcarch

neoguy · October 16, 2007

Thanks, I'm giving this a try this fall. I've sprouted Lime Green Salad and Tiny Tiger, just transplanted to 16oz cups. I certainly do not possess your creativity so I'll be planting in simple 6" pots.

December 18, 2006	#31
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Very nice photoes. Wish I have more free places on my window-sills, but usually they are full of home plants But I think I will able to use my balcony (looking to the East) for such experiments. I've got some home plants (geraniums) there which is very unusual for our weather in December. Mother Nature has been joking with our Zone 4a during the second part of November and the first part of December! +3+8 C is very anomalous for Minsk now. It used to be -5 -20 C here in December. __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

April 26, 2007	#38
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	Dcarch - I actually made one of those last week. Well, all except the finishing part. Still haven't painted it yet, but I will.. as soon as I figure out what I want to finish it WITH. If I could ask - what do you use to cut the bottles with that you get such a uniform and clean scalloped edge? The straight edge I can do fine, but when I tried to do the curvy one, it turned out like junk. __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

April 26, 2007	#39
velikipop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 768	Wow, what a wonderful integration of art, recycling and growing tomatoes. Very impressive. Alex __________________ I'll plant and I'll harvest what the earth brings forth The hammer's on the table, the pitchfork's on the shelf Bob Dylan

February 26, 2007	#32
DavidinCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Connecticut Zone 6B Posts: 88	My Florida Petits (started Jan 23rd) aren't as pretty. Photo from this morning: They do have blossoms on them though.

February 26, 2007	#33
caascher2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Va. Beach, VA Posts: 178	Cool pic David. The snowy backdrop make them look really interesting.

February 26, 2007	#34
jenn_sc SPLATT™ Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florence, SC Posts: 502	Wow!!!! I love that Christmas table! How did the fresh tomatoes go over at the dinner? Lovely idea Jennifer

April 26, 2007	#36
honu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 270	These are great ideas that will be wonderful for workshops for our "Hands on Healing" program under the American Cancer Society. The program provides workshops for cancer patients to explore and discover their creative resources to promote physical, mental and spiritual healing.

April 26, 2007	#40
Granny Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 507	This is a stupendous idea! And I even have all of this stuff What a great project this will make.

June 18, 2007	#41
Warren Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kilgore Texas Posts: 102	very cool. so are these dwarf tomato plants? was the bottle two litter or three litter? and you grew these using Compact FL lights?

October 16, 2007	#43
neoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 610	How many hours did you have the lights on for?