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3/16/2012 Vertical Gardening Susan Holewa Sedgwick County EMG Gardening in the Third Dimension UP!! Plant Plant Plant Plant • Typical Garden Layout Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant Plant • Vertical Garden 1

3/16/2012 Why Do It? • Produce more from the same garden footprint Why do It? • Easier harvesting • Keep fruits off the ground • Better air circulation 2

3/16/2012 Types of Vertical Gardens • Hanging Container Types of Vertical Gardens • Arbor • Fence 3

3/16/2012 Types of Vertical Gardens • Trellis Cattle Panel ??? • No! 4

3/16/2012 Cattle Panel • Metal fencing • 4 feet x 16 feet • Available at farm supply retailers • Cost ≈ $20 Space Gained per Panel • Demo Garden raised beds 4’ x 25’ – (100 Sq Ft) • Add one cattle panel = additional 64 Sq Ft • Actual additional approximately 48 Sq Ft (Take out cattle panel foot print 4’x4’) 5

3/16/2012 Construction • With bolt cutters, cut panel in half • Secure two halves at top with strong cable ties • Set up vertically Construction • Measure width at second rung • Using table saw, cut PVC pipe to match width, saw 1 ½” notch at each end 6

3/16/2012 Panel Installation • Place bottom sections (4-6 feet apart) • Poke bottom wires of panels into soil • If using side-by-side panels, secure together with cable ties Adaptable Plants • Pole Beans 7

3/16/2012 Adaptable Plants • Cucumbers Adaptable Plants • Squash • Melons 8

3/16/2012 Adaptable Plants • Malabar “Spinach” Adaptable Plants • Melons/Cantaloupe 9

3/16/2012 Plant Selection Criteria • Right plant/right place • Vining habit • Produce size/weight Maybe Not! Growing Tips • Support maturing fruits with nylons or netting secured to panel wire • Tie (or thread) growing vines through holes in panels 10

3/16/2012 Demonstration Garden Experience • Pole Bean: ‘Emerite’ & ‘Red Noodle’ • Summer Squash: ‘Park’s Straightneck’ • Winter Squash: ‘Sweet Dumpling’ & ‘Waltham Butternut’ ‘Tasty Bites’ & ‘Edonis’ • Cantaloupe: Demonstration Garden Experience • Malabar/Ceylon Species Spinach: • Cucumber: ‘Suhyo Cross’ & ‘Garden Sweet’ & ‘Sassy’ 11

3/16/2012 Why do it? 12