You can turn an old chair into a tasteful garden decoration in no time. You can find out which materials and tools you need here. Comprehensible step-by-step instructions explain the procedure. This is how you plant an old chair with houseleek correctly.
How do I plant houseleek on a chair?
To plant houseleeks on an old chair, remove the seat, attach wire mesh and pond liner to the seat frame, add drainage and succulent soil and test-arrange the houseleeks before planting and watering.
How can I plant houseleek on a chair?
Give new life to the old chair from grandma's attic with a houseleek plant. Best suited for thecreative upcycling idea is a chair whose seat you can remove. Indestructible houseleek species have no objection to the stylish bed. In three simple steps you can transform the old seating furniture into a trendy garden decoration in shabby style. Detailed lists and step-by-step instructions read below.
- Have all required materials and tools within easy reach.
- Preparing the chair for houseleek planting.
- Plant houseleek correctly in unorthodox beds.
What materials and tools are needed?
The main actors in the floral transformation are arustic wooden chairandvarious types of houseleeksIf houseleeks already thrive as ground cover in the rock garden, you can cut off beautiful daughter rosettes as planting material for free. The list of additional materials and tools required is short:
- wire mesh
- Pond Liner
- Saw, stapler, pliers, scissors, screwdriver
- Pebbles, succulent soil
- Choice of acrylic varnish, clear varnish, brush
How do I prepare the chair for houseleek planting?
In the first step, please remove the seat. In this way you create space for the future houseleek bed. Now place the chair on a back-friendly work surface. How to proceed:
- Cut the wire mesh and pond liner to fit the empty seat with a small depression in the middle.
- Attach the wire mesh and the pond liner over it to the seat frame with the stapler.
- Use the screwdriver to puncture thepond liner in several places.
- If necessary, paint the visible chair elements with acrylic varnish and seal with clear varnish.
How do I properly plant the chair with houseleek?
After the craft preparation, you can devote yourself to the gardening work. This is how you plant the chair with houseleek correctly:
- Place pebbles in the pond liner as drainage.
- Fill in succulent soil.
- Houseleeks in the nursery pot firstarrange on a trial basis.
- Unpot the houseleek, plant it and water it.
Tip
Houseleek beautifies unconventional planters
The resilient houseleek has achieved cult status for planting extravagant containers. With evergreen, colorful leaf rosettes, houseleek species decorate antique washtubs, discarded leather shoes or grandfather's wooden wheelbarrow. Important premises for magnificent growth are holes in the ground for water drainage, drainage made of grit, lean cactus soil as a substrate and a sunny location.
