How To Build A Downspout Planter

Choosing or building a planter.

How to build a downspout planter. A wooden box barrel plastic bin garbage can or watering trough will all suffice. Like a kicked up version of the kratky system. The 3 x 4 works best. I used pla on a prusa i3 mk2 at 1mm layer highs.

Rain gutters as deck planters. Try attaching rain gutters to both sides of your deck railing. Diameter and if desired larger decorative rocks or run an underground 4 in. Next using a straight edge draw a straighter representation on top of your tracing.

When the chain is used in the rain it will begin to tarnish which will give the cups a unique look that will most likely change the coloration of the chain to green or a darker copper color. At 8 5 feet in length there are 17 cups along the length of the chain. Not everyone has the ground space to plant a garden nor do they have the time to build one. Away from your home.

Print the basket and reservoir. This way you won t need to add the string and to make a hole in the map. No supports on the basket. Using the good clean cardboard stand your rain gutter on end and trace out the general shape of your gutter.

Painted rain gutters as fence decoration. To make it even easier to craft a self watering planter out of a plastic bottle choose a bottle that has a sports top. The size of the planter can vary depending on the amount of roof runoff to be collected. Some gutters are more ornate and can be painted with metallics or pale colors to create a vertical stacked garden on your fence or shed.

I grow all kinds of baby greens in vinyl downspouts everyone always calls them gutters. Calculate the size of your rooftop that drains to the downspout. Lay out your cuts. In addition to the bottle you ll also need some aquarium gravel soil a plant scissors or a small utility knife and some dried moss.

You just need to get the general shape and angles drawn. I ve found a very unique easy to install downspout vertical planter that makes vertical gardening easy. The size of the planter indicated in the above plans is 3 x 2 x 2. Place your rain garden at least 10 ft.

Each one is attached with a long link chain. Prepare the 3d printed parts. Use pvc for a better flow if the garden is more than 30 ft. A downspout planter can be created out of any type of sizable container.