Harvest Walls Growing In
A visit to the vegetable test gardens in Brentwood are fruitful. Small berries are starting to form on the strawberry wall and the tomatoes are flowering already. After 3 weeks the Harvest Walls are growing in. The roots emerge from the root wrappers to receive nutrients and water from the felt.
We have run irrigation lines across the top row of pockets. We are using 1/4" mini soaker hose connected to 1/4" irrigation tubing connecting it to the hose timer. Our hose timers are set to water for 1 minute every 6 hours.
Usually it is considered too early to start planting in this area because the ground is too cold. The pleated planters are warmed by the sun getting us off to an early start.
Succulence Nursury - Pleated Planters
Succulence Nursury in San Francisco is selling planted and unplanted pleated planters. Ken Shelf has prepared delightful arrangements that are intended to grow in and become entire works of art.
Succulence Nursury: http://www.yelp.com/biz/succulence-san-francisco
2010 Tropical Plant Industry Exhbition
PlantsOnWalls traveled to Fort Lauderdale to show at the 2010 TPIE Show. We were overwhelmed with interest in our Pleated Planter full wall display, the Small, Wide and Tall Pleated Planters, and a Stainless Steel Floraframe on display. We also demonstrated how to use Root Wrappers. Leaving portions of the full wall unplanted gave us the opportunity to demonstrate how to wrap the roots of plants and simply slide them into the pockets.