Trailing potted plants are best placed on the wall of the house. There you will find support to grow upwards. However, they often don't really come into their own in the protected location. By building your own planter with an integrated trellis, you can place the tall plants anywhere you want.
How can I build a planter with a trellis myself?
5. Connect steel wires and place grid on plant
Instructions
- For the grid you need a steel mat (€26.00 on Amazon).
- Use a cut-off grinder to adjust the dimensions of your bucket size.
- Then deburr the ends.
- To do this, file off the sharp-edged ends with a metal file.
- Move to the bucket.
- Drill a hole in the ground for drainage.
- Place a pottery shard over it to prevent blockage.
- Fill a layer of expanded clay into the bucket.
- Pour potting soil over it.
- Place the selected plant in water for some time until the root ball has absorbed enough liquid..
- Plant the plant.
- Go to the trellis again.
- Connect the individual steel wires with some floral wire.
- So that your structure is really stable, two to five connection points are recommended.
- Now carefully place the finished trellis over the plant.
- Carefully insert the ends into the soil.
Tip
Plant pots with trellises are ideal as a privacy screen for your terrace.
Design
To adapt the trellis to the rest of the garden design, you can spray or paint it as you wish. Make sure you use paint that is free of harmful substances and weather-resistant. However, keep in mind that your climbing plant will later overgrow a large part of the trellis, so you should first consider whether it is really worth the effort. However, if you plant your self-made planter with annuals or deciduous plants, the trellis will be bare in winter. Then a coat of paint is recommended.
