Space themed plantings.
Two large hanging baskets joined. I see 45cm wide baskets now available. These baskets are sitting on top of ridged pots. Not actually hanging. The red planet has three one litre containers inside, with holes.
With Pansies last year.
A single tray for the marble planet. For the red planet, used lettuce and strawberries.
will add more pictures as they grow.
A picture to show the three bottle with holes. One of the issues, with quick watering of a pot plant, or a sphere, is getting the water to soak down a distance. Hence some soft drink bottles. These match up with the top. The potting mix was mounded up around the soft drink bottles, then the top put on. Zip ties from Bunnings were used. UV stabilised. The Scott’s potting mix from Bunnings was used.
Notice the larger hole drilled near the top, and smaller ones near the bottom. To work out the volume of potting mix, I used the formula for the volume of a sphere. To get Pi on an iPhone, rock it over. Pi day was March 14. (4/3)*pi*r^3. So a radius of 20cm comes out at 33litres. Take off a few for the volume of the bottles. The blue is a plastic sheet that used when painting inside walls.
