Gardening is a fun job. Rather than see the yard empty, how beautiful if we plant some trees or flowers. Use our spare times to take care a variety of ornamental plants, fruits, herbs or drugs can make the time more useful. The home atmosphere is also appear more fresh. But, what if I do not have adequate land? Or just a little space in front of the house? Meanwhile, the desire to care trees is very big. About this matter, don’t lose your spirit. Mothers, young people or the father who has a pension will still be able to do so in between the routine activities of day-to-day. Verticulture is an agriculture method by using little outdoor space. Suitable applied in the area of dense settlement.

Verticulture consists of two words: vertical and culture. It is a method in agriculture which is done with a multilevel system. Cultivate land by using this system is not much different with the planting of trees as in a garden or field. However, there is a surplus, with a minimum of land able to produce the maximum results.

In a general or conventional agriculture, one square meter can only be planted with five trees. By using this method, we can grow more than five trees, by create a shelf to put the plant. No need to directly plant in the available area. Rack can be made of wood, board or flavor. If you want to make it stronger, use a framework of iron or stainless steel. But it’s more expensive.

About the model and size, it’s depends on customer’s creativity. Created in such a way that is able to fill many plants. Generally it has a shape of square, triangle, or designed like a stair with a set of shelves. The most important is strong and easy to move.

Some building shape combined with materials like zinc or rectangular aluminum. Usage is to sprinkle the ground, as the planting media. That’s similar to the rice field or garden plot.

A number of flower pot can also be put on the shelves. About the tree’s container, does not have to buy it on the market. Try to find something in the warehouse or terrace. Paint cans, used lubricant oil, or mineral water plastic bottles that are not used, can be used.

Anti flood

In the making of building’s framework, the important thing to consider is the height. Plants treatment will be easier if the rack created normally. Because we talk about vertical culture, than it would be similar to a ladder, vertically stacked.

Not directly planted in the ground, but above the floor. Spare a little distance from the surface soil, is very useful when there is some spoil water. Floor is still clean when you put it around the room with tiles or ceramics.

Rack easily put anywhere as you wish. In front of the house, in the side area, above the level, even inside the room. Framework of the building is made higher to prevent plants submerged by water.

Creativity can be done by painting pot or rack to add a touch of art more interesting. Also combined with various colors of different types of plants. May be also added with some pot accessories, such as water container under the pot, or some hanging pots.

In addition to ornamental plants, medicinal trees are also very well planted. Fair to add a collection, is also more useful. Not only that, the combination of fruit plants in the pot will make the content of  our “garden” more solid. To get one, just go to plants’ seller. Various small trees which have lots of fruit is provided. Used drum or big paint cans will be the perfect one as its container. Indeed, the type of trees are too heavy in the top rack. However, you can adjust the placement.

Verticulture be very suitable for planting a one-seasoned plants, such as vegetables. Besides it is easy to plant, we can harvest the results immediately. Variety of vegetables that can be planted include celery, lettuce, kangkung, spinach or basil. Chili, tomatoes, or eggplant, is also easy to grow in the pot. Type of poly bag or blact thick plastic bag, can replace the function of plants’ pot.

It depends on how to treat and take care of them. When the result excessive, sold as an additional income. Is more healthy and more environmentally friendly. Because in this plant farming, the family members no longer need to issue the funds to buy fertilizer. Natural fertilizer can be made from the kitchen waste. Pieces of vegetables, fruit skin or leftover food is organic materials that are useful. Those materials is easy to unravel by land and needed by plants. Just bury it in the ground. Left it ravel for about one month duration. After that can be used as planting media. With added by a mixture of sand, loose soil, and compost. Use a balanced composition, which is 1:1:1.

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