The vertical garden
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
July 5, 2020 2:03am CST
Let me share the picture of the vertical garden that I chanced upon in the pet center. The plants are actually planted on small plastic pots that are arranged in a kind of wall. It is nice to look at but what's on my mind is the difficulty of watering the plants.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
5 Jul 20
Vertical plantation is getting popular here in my area as well
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
I didn't know much about the vertical garden although I had seen it in one avenue last year.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@amitkokiladitya oh, not trees but just plants.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy even I don't know much . But it looks like a good use of small place for planting more trees
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
What problems do you see aside from the difficulty of watering the plants?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@JudyEv there should be an even alignment so the pots would stand upright.
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@JudyEv (326275)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy The pots would need to be on a bit of a slant I think which would mean the soil would also tip out a little.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy Please go ahead and make one commercial strawberry vertical garden.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@msdivkar not now. I have only 8 pots of strawberry.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
Wow, I like strawberries and I probably would think of having a vertical garden for that.
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@LadyDuck (459598)
• Switzerland
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy I am going to show this to the gardener.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@LadyDuck maybe the gardener can easily make one for you.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
You need the holder of the plants which should be steel for durability.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
@fluffy69 you need a good carpenter to do that or maybe a welder for the vertical platform is steel.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
I also think the hose is the easiest to use for this kind of garden.
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@ptrikha_2 (45576)
• India
5 Jul 20
That looks quite fabulous. I think that a good quality pipe would be used to water these plants.
Or may be a sprinkler.
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@ptrikha_2 (45576)
• India
6 Jul 20
@Alexandoy
So you can write your next post about the sprinkler system!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
I think some of them have the sprinkler on top so the water will just drip down.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
5 Jul 20
Very neat looking. I thought it was yours.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
I just took the picture, waheehee.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
6 Jul 20
@Alexandoy But its a good idea, though.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
@cherigucchi yes, it is a good idea. I want one which is smaller.
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@Deepizzaguy (94985)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jul 20
Nice view of the garden.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Jul 20
That is the first time that I got near a vertical garden.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Jul 20
@Deepizzaguy it is unique in design.
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@Deepizzaguy (94985)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jul 20
@Alexandoy I have never been to a vertical garden myself.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
Small vegetables like lettuce will do.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
@thelme55 alugbati grows easily except when there is snow.
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
6 Jul 20
@Alexandoy Yes, that will do. I plant in the pots that I can´t get from the supermarket here. I have planted Alugbati.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
@Hannihar it is just a display like a wall. There's also one in the middle of the avenue.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
Pet center is like a mall but more of pet shops and vet clinic.
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@Hannihar (129590)
• Israel
6 Jul 20
@Alexandoy
So is the vertical garden for the animals?
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
5 Jul 20
May be it use certain technic for watering the plants, like waterdrop
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
I had seen a water drop using a plastic pipe with holes.
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@nawala123 (20852)
• Indonesia
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy it is more effective and less human effort
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@nawala123 but it is not easy to make that pipe with holes.
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@HannahKusKus (4025)
• Semarang, Indonesia
7 Jul 20
Very unique garden.. it must be alternative to all houses which has no more yard . What about the cost to make it?i'm afraid it is too expensive
. What about the cost to make it?i'm afraid it is too expensive1 person likes this
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Jul 20
Yes, I also think it is expensive to make. It is made of steel.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Jul 20
@HannahKusKus wood will rot with water. Maybe plastic can do.
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@HannahKusKus (4025)
• Semarang, Indonesia
7 Jul 20
@Alexandoy wow... steel is expensive material. Maybe to make it cheap we can use other material to replace. Any idea?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
That is right. I also think that garden hose is the easiest for watering the vertical garden.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
@sitia1 that is nice to have an automated sprinkler system.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jul 20
Yes, in the middle of the road they have the vertical garden.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
That would be difficult when each plant has a different water requirement. You cannot use a garden hose.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@Sathyabo maybe next time I go there I would ask the caretaker how they water the plants.
@Sathyabo (866)
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5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy Yes. I have a same doubt how they watering plants in vertical garden.
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@Miracle_Maya (2244)
• India
5 Jul 20
I would guess they're spraying water on to the pots using a hose pipe. That's the easiet way to do.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
That's also what I think because using a bucket would take them a long time in watering the plants.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Jul 20
@Miracle_Maya maybe it is the garden hose and no other. The problem is when the water pressure is weak that it cannot reach the upper part, waheehee.
@Miracle_Maya (2244)
• India
5 Jul 20
@Alexandoy Not only that, but to reach those pots that are placed so high, a bucket wouldn't a good option.
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