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Posted by crmjtm 32507 (My Page) on Mon, May 18, 09 at 10:43
| Our condo in Florida has cement planter boxes (the entire wall) as the railing facing the water. We are having trouble with the drainage system leaking onto the balcony below. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what all owners could do with these planters? Right now we have live vegetation in each planter. The sprinkler system has been turned off and all of the plants are beginning to die. Someone suggested filling the planters with a rubber mulch and placing decorative stones on top. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. |
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RE: condo balcony cement planter boxes
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Hi crmjtm,
You can just use the cement planters as receptacles for bottom wicking pots.
These are pots in pots, with the upper one's holes drawing water up from the one it stands in.
The bottom one has no holes & this way your cement leakage is solved. The cement planter just becomes where you place several dual container growing sets inside.
These are sold ("Dutch" pots among other names) & also do-it-yourself ideas can be searched for on the GW "Container Gardening" forum as "SWC" (self watering containers). |
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