It's end of winter here so just on time to fill them up and start growin food for the local pests to monch

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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I've heard that you can grow a FUCK TON of potatoes with these.

What you do is you start the plant in one, let it grow, stack the next planter on top, and gradually fill with soil. Rinse repeat.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    OK, this might be a dumb question but...how do you get them out after that? Just knock the tower of boxes over and fish them out that way?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Is there a risk of lower down potatoes rotting? How tall can you reasonably go

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As long as the soil is able to drain through it and not sit there for weeks, should be fine.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I wouldn’t be using plywood for veggies myself. Too many chemicals, just the glue alone.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Well done! Hope to see what you will be growing.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The tall one in the back looks a little inconvenient. Are you growing native prairie grass in there?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I wish I could do something like this but getting even old pallets seems almost impossible nowadays.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You don’t want to use old pallets for garden beds or projects anyways. Don’t know what chemicals you’re introducing into your home or food.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're thinking about possible run-offs from cargo or chemicals from treating the wood?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Both. Unless it’s a brand new single used pallet, you don’t know that a pool chemical didn’t spill on it at Walmart.

    They are also treated to prevent rotting.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Euro pallets I'm aware that are usually pressure treated to prevent rot. I know some are not treated at all.

    But it is simply difficult to get pallets where I live lately. Unless they are completely broken, businesses don't discard it (which is not bad by itself; less waste) but they won't even sell them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That is awesome!

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