Wooden strawberry pallet walls

[Elmigo]

Is anyone using wooden pallets for their strawberries? I'm starting to wonder if those spaces are large enough for two strawberries or even three plants?

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And also thinking about ways to close the bottom gaps. I was thinking about getting another wooden pallet and using the planks to screw onto these.

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And I still need a way to keep the pallets stuck in place but I might already have a solution for this

[Stephen]

Certainly you can use planks from other pallets to create a trough. I think KG had an article early this year doing exactly this.

[vivienz]

That's got me thinking. I've got loads of spare pallets and 12 strawberry plants that still need planting. Off to investigate!

[Elmigo]

Took a while to figure out how to make this, but finally it's done! A strawberry wall made of wooden pallets. Used other pallets to close the bottom gaps and cut a few rectangles of anti-rooting cloth to make it root proof.

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[Primrose]

Well done ! See you've gone for a vertical option to make added use of space and the height should protect your fruit from slugs. If you ever get tired of growing strawberries it would make a nice planter for small salad leaves like rocket which don't have very deep roots

The need for regular watering will also be necessary as the soil could dry out quickly. Probably too late now everything is planted but for future use the incorporation of some water retention crystals in the compost may help.

[Elmigo]

Those slugs sure won't like to slither up the splintery pallet wood! I'm planning to place some more pallets indeed. I can still dig something in between the strawberries so it's not too late yet, untill they have rooted up the entire blocks.

[Primrose]

I imagine you must be spending every spare moment in your garden now, constantly looking for oppotunities to try and maximise the use of space. It's amazing how quickly everything gets filled up when things start growing!

[Stephen]

Well done.

[retropants]

I love that! How ingenious. Hope you get a LOT of strawberries!

[vivienz]

Fabulous! I haven't had the time to do anything more with our pallets yet, but I already have 2 raised beds dedicated to strawberries, so I may need other plants in them.
Great job - well done!

[Westi]

Looks great Elmigo!

I wonder if you could just use the cross boards not the frame bits, but in the same way. Just thinking that would be lighter & the potential to actually hang it higher onto the fence itself to give you even more growing space? Thinking then you could release more of your other beds for deep rooted or long standing crops or even a permanent Asparagus bed or something?

[peter]

Just be wary of the wood after the first growing season, pallet planks rot quite fast,unless they're the blue pallets, untreated rough-sawn timber.

[Elmigo]

Luckily they are easy to replace. I wonder how they'll do after the first growing year. As for what Westi said, I don't want to ruin the neighbours new fence but I might put up a few more pallets here and there

[HelenH]

Elmigo the "strawberry planter" looks great. In fact it's inspired me to do the same. My husband will be modifying a couple of pallets at the weekend and I've already got more strawberry plants. Not sure though what the anti rooting cloth is that you have used. What else might be suitable to line the planting area?

[Elmigo]

Lettuce could be placed in those wooden pallet planters as well, and pretty much any other small plant that doesn't take up too much root space.

The root cloth is to prevent the roots of my plants from reaching outside of the plants container area. I have folded a rectangle inside the container spaces. Perhaps in your area it's called by a different name, but it's a piece of black cloth that you could use about anywhere to prevent roots from going through in your garden.

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