- Wood looks great, but it will break down way to easily. While I could seal it, were looking at some sort of resin to do the job right.
- Wood with a liner is two things to doo the job of one. While it would help on the modularity end, the aesthetics of a non-simple solution gets to me. It’s this aesthetics or ethics? Aethetics? One’s moral view on gestalt, vision and beauty?
- Liner only. No. Just no.
- PVC pipe was running high there, and it’s still not out of the running. Obviously there’s a couple issues though. I don’t like the mental picture of a wall based PVC pipe idea. Once things get root bound, it’s going to be a problem to replant.
- Cut beer bottles, well bottles to cut, is a commodity I have in spades. (Hahaha…in spades! Gardening! In shovels?) Good modularity, easily replantable, inherently water tight. Crap all for maximum root size, and ease of fully IoG (internet of gardening). This is still on the shorter list. I could definitely grow most herbs, some chili’s, carrots and radishes, once I got drainage sorted out of course, but even cherry tomatoes would be out of reach.
- While building glass terrariums would give me what I want, I’d have a bunch of weight to support, and a large glass bill.
- Acrylic, like the glass above, but lighter, cheaper, and not as good for every other metric.
So I’m thinking cut bottles for the planters. It’ll limit me on size, but they’re water tight and I already have a lot. It looks like while the Wif is in NC next, I’ll be cutting glass. This of course is entirely tenuous. Also, based on the microscopic wood splinter that’s been digging is way through my eyelid for the last month, I need better safety gear.