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Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU). Mother nature supplies the light for photosynthesis and technology supplies the water and oxygen.
I did not make this planter and there was a mis-communication. The sheet plastic lining should have been installed all the way to the top to make the planter watertight. It does not diminish the functionality of the planter but the wood will not last as long.
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
These beautiful, fresh, new green plant shoots were reaching wonderfully towards the sun in a porch-side planter box down the street from an estate sale in NW Calgary that Lisa and I visited on Saturday afternoon.
After 4 days of solid rain last week (desperately needed rain after a relatively dry winter), Saturday was a glorious day, with bright, warm sun, green grass finally growing in, blue skies, incredible clouds, and signs of new spring life popping up everywhere you looked!
A couple of weeks ago we spent a wonderful weekend on the Bellarine Peninsula in a fabulous original 1960s Barwon Heads beach shack.
The shack has been stylishly renovated in classic vintage style with a touch of modern luxury. Inside it's filled with endless inspiration with it's beautiful styling and fabulous collections of books and local art. Outside the garden is filled with all sorts of beautiful plants and birds. We even had a pair of white faced Herons nesting in the tree next door!
There is even a bungalow out the back for use in the Summer months!
Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum (Ahinahina, Haleakala silversword)
In planterbox at Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.
August 03, 1999
The blackberries and raspberries are really taking off and are slowly starting to block the view into the neighbors' kitchen. The underplanting is butternut squash and we are getting a bumper crop.
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Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height (top) of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
Note: The piece of duct tape (upper right) covers a cutting error.
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
Needed a photo of the day, had to lean out the garage to the planterbox, in the dark with my ringflash....not bad for pressure, huh?
No raindrops were manipulated for this shoot, they were coming down just fine on their own!
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Flowers in planter box outside a Restaurant in Howth, Dublin, Ireland
A visit to Howth on the Northside of Dublin. I travelled over to Howth by DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) Commuter train from Dunlaofhaire. The journey took almost an hour.
Another fascinating symbol in Basque country, seen on a concrete planter box and the lintel over a door in the village of Isaba in the Spanish Pyrenees.
"Lauburu is an ancient Basque symbol that is believed to be representative of the Basque identity, culture, and unity. In the Basque language, Euskara, it literally translates to ‘four (Lau) heads (Buru). The icon is generally considered a symbol of prosperity, but it lends itself to several interpretations that have religious, cosmic, philosophical and naturalistic meanings.
Some intellects associate it with the Christian Cross and believe it to symbolize the eternal circle of life. As a sign of mankind, the four heads of the Lauburu are said to be indicative of the four states in which man exists, namely physical, mental, emotional and perceptual. It represents the four fundamental human elements – Form or Density, Life or Vitality, Sensibility, and Conscience
According to another interpretation, the symbol is believed to correspond to the four cardinal directions. It is also supposed to indicate natural phenomena like the four essential natural elements, and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun that results in the four seasons. The vertical heads of the Lauburu are also called sunset and considered as symbolic of the elements of water and fire. The horizontal heads are called sunrise and represent the elements of earth and air.
The Lauburu symbol can be depicted in two forms. With the heads turned right, it is in a positive form that is representative of life, creation, and good fortune and can be found as a decorative motif in Basque carpentry and construction. With the heads turned left, it assumes a negative form that symbolizes death, destruction and misfortune and as such, finds use on tombstones" (from www.ancient-symbols.com/symbols-directory/lauburu.html)
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I would not recommend using these boxes out of doors. The plastic does not stand up to the weather. It becomes very brittle and cracks.
This version made from a Rubbermaid tote box is a better idea. It is very simple to make without power tools. All you need is a box cutter or sharp paring knife.
There are many DIY versions of the popular EarthBox planter. This is one that I made from 2 clear plastic storage boxes sleeved together. The inner box has capillary wicking cones made from plastic party cups. You can see them here in this planter box photo. Read more...
This is a generic planter box modified for sub-irrigation. The platform(s) were made from easy-to-cut floor tiles. The capillary wicking cones are plastic party cups glued underneath. I don't know why I bothered to spray paint when the inside of the box is hidden from view. Read more...
This is a simple, low-cost method to make any watertight container into a portable micro garden (aka sub-irrigated planter - SIP). It would work well in a traditional raised bed lined with sheet plastic. More information here
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A progress photo of the heirloom tomato seedlings potted up into sub-irrigated pop bottle planters on March 26, 2009. Look closely and you can see that they have already developed a well formed root system. This is how they looked last week.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
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This shows how to make a sub-irrigated tote box planter (SIP, aka "self-watering") using recycled plastics from your daily life.
This method has the potential to become the most generic way to sub-irrigate plants in any watertight planter including tote boxes, utility buckets, decorative ceramic containers, wood planters and raised beds. Wood planters require the addition of a sheet plastic liner to make them watertight.
Please understand that this is a beta test product. I am confident that it works but we need people to try it and report their results under varying conditions. I'll be glad to help anyone who has questions about making them this way.
This is to help explain how this universal sub-irrigated planter (SIP) design works. Larger views available. Click menu above.
Note that this particular SIP is for indoor use only. This translucent type of plastic will not stand up to outdoor weather and would probably last no more than one season.
See this version using the same construction method for outdoor use.
Also note that there is no overflow drain hole. It is imperative to use a measured amount of water, visually inspect and use a soil probe for accuracy in measuring soil moisture.
Any configuration of recycled plastics will work. An inverted nursery flat and a juice bottle were used in this planter. The objective is that the plastics be of essentially the same height. It could just as well have been made with recycled 1/2 gallon milk or juice containers (square type).
Does this work for you? Your comments and suggestions will be most appreciated.
This very simple design could revolutionize personal food production, particularly in urban environments. It is applicable to any water tight container, including raised beds if lined with sheet plastic.
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Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - A length of perforated, corrugated drain pipe cut in half horizontally forms the water and air reservoir. This method converts "death trap" window boxes (they dry out too quickly) into functional and productive sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Even rather mundane wooden window boxes can become highly productive and efficient portable micro gardens (PMGs) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Simply line the box with sheet plastic to make it watertight, install some inverted nursery flats to create a water and air reservoir. Add a recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and one or more overflow drain holes and you're good to grow.
A planter box in the south-side lobby of the Hotel Cascadas in the Zona Norte of Tijuana, BCN, Mexico. Unlike the planter box in the north side, these plants are probably real (the north-side box doesn't get enough light for real plants...) Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 35-135mm ƒ 3.5-4.5 AF lens. (at 35) Exposure is 1/30 sec @ ƒ 3.5.
Update: About 2 months later.
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These Coffee trees were grown from 4" pot size plants started in October 2006. They are now growing in a sub-irrigated planter (SIP) made from a translucent storage box. You can clearly see the pattern (darker soil) of the capillary water rise. The system obviously works. The only question now is if there is enough light from the window and a 4' fluorescent shop light to produce beans. Stay tuned and we will see if the trees produce flowers and fruit.
Center for Urban Greenscaping (CuGreen) lab - For those who are skeptical about the inverted nursery flat or perforated corrugated drain pipe or recycled plastic food container (milk, juice bottles, etc) sub-irrigated planters, check out the root growth of this coffee tree.
Since these trees are growing indoors with a combination of window and overhead fluorescent light, there is no over flow drain hole. I would not use this type of clear plastic outdoors either. The plastic is not UV resistant become brittle, cracks and breaks in just one growing season.
My standard practice is to weigh all of the plant in the CuGreen lab weekly. This way I know the exact water consumption. The scale does not lie. There is no guessing about how much water to add. I know exactly how much water the plants consumed over the past week.
If you choose not to use the weight method, the next most accurate way to measure soil moister is with a soil probe.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Closeup of the fill tube made from recycled (PET) water bottles and the overflow drain hole. Simply pour water into the planter fill tube until you see water start to dribble out of the overflow drain hole.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height (top) of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigation planter. The same method was used here and here.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the height difference between the two planters. They can be essentially any size to suit your particular design requirements.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Another repeat ...!
Chocolate cake filled/ganached/fondant/ 33 gumpaste frangipanis
Very happy with this one!! And I actually enjoyed making it...which is good! I have hated making the last few... I was all caked out!
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the height difference between the two planters. They can be essentially any size to suit your particular design requirements.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Witness the growth of these plants in the 12 days since the installation photos. The plants love living in these sub-irrigated planter (SIP) beds.
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).