A planted cart is reminiscent of romantic country house design. Colorful summer flowers in particular look good in the cart. However, there are a few things you should keep in mind when planting. Find out below how to plant your ladder truck step by step.
How do you plant a ladder truck?
To plant a cart, prepare the cart by lining it with pond liner and closing it with wooden slats. Fill the cart with a drainage layer of pebbles and soil. Plant creeping or hanging balcony plants such as fuchsias, begonias, geraniums or petunias.
The variants for planting the ladder truck
There are different types of ladder carts or handcarts: some are only made up of crossbars so that the body has plenty of free space, others are more solid and completely lined with wood. Ladder carts with large gaps are often simply decorated with beautiful flower pots. This saves a lot of work and materials. The other variant is to fill the ladder truck completely with soil and then plant it. To do this you need:
- Slats for ladder trucks (€76.00 at Amazon) with gaps as well as hammer and nails
- Pond liner or similar
- Tucker
- Scissors
- Pebbles
- Earth
- Plants
1. Prepare ladder truck
If your cart is one with a lot of gaps, you will either need a suitable planter that you can place in the cart or you can fill the gaps by closing them with wooden slats. The wood must be protected from moisture in all variants, otherwise the joy of the planted cart will only last for a short time. To do this, line the entire ladder truck with pond liner and staple it securely to the edge.
2. Filling the ladder truck
Now cut several holes in the bottom of the pond liner, where there is a gap in the slats on the cart floor so that backwater can drain away. Now add a layer of pebbles one to three centimeters thick into the cart. This acts as a drainage layer. Be careful not to block the drainage holes. For example, you can cover and protect it with a piece of pottery. Then fill the ladder truck with soil.
3. Plant ladder cart
Now put your plants in it. The more colorful and densely vegetated, the more beautiful! But make sure to maintain the recommended planting distance between individual plants. Also pay attention to the location requirements of the individual plants! Here are a few ideas for choosing plants.
Which plants are suitable for the ladder truck?
Creeping or hanging balcony plants look better on the ladder cart than tall ones. Typical examples are:
- Fuchsias
- Begonias
- Geraniums
- Petunias
Small flowers or flowering ground cover are also suitable for smaller handcarts such as:
- Pansies
- Autumn Anemones
- Phlox
- Thyme
- Carnations
- Ice Flowers
- Bluebells
- Vinca minor
- Storksbill
- Elf Flower
- Catnip
Tip
Plants have different location requirements that must be taken into account. The choice of plants for handcarts that are in the shade is somewhat limited. Ask your specialist retailer which ones are suitable for you.