Hi, all!
I'm looking to clean up my deck act this year by severely limiting the amount of planters coming into contact with the surface of my deck. I will be utilizing a 4 level grow box for herbs and things not requiring lots of root space and a hydroponics rail system for similar items.
I'm addition to these, I'll be building a box roughly 4ft high, 4 square feet with multiple planting sites that will sit on casters.
Now, for my larger vegetables (peppers, okra, tomatillos, etc) I'm in a pickle. My deck has previously been littered with an assortment of 5 - 7 gallon pots housing these slightly larger plants. This year, my goal is to hang them from the sides or rails of my balcony. I have vertical 'beams' below the railing that are roughly 2 inches wide spaced also about 2 inches. My goal is to have hanging planters from this large enough to have some more vegetable plants.
I have put in too many options including the grow bags that are similar to and included be reusable shopping bags. However, I use a few small bags like this last year and apart from the natural deterioration that occurs, I noticed that they are in no way intended to hang with any amount of weight in them.
My question is, do any of you lovely folks have any potential solutions for me? I looked into pallet planters, traditional hanging planters, etc and not seem to be exactly what I'm looking for to get the root space the plants will require. So far I think my best bet will be a traditional hanging baskets that I would need to hang hooks in order to hang them and keep them off of the edge of the railing. Does anyone have a better, more exciting answer for me? Also in consideration is doing a fewer plant sites
In my larger group box with casters. Help!! Please
