Indoor garden idea: I want to place a rack against the wall to hang multiple pots in different sizes to farm herbs and potentially small vegetables. What are the watchouts you can think of?
Indoor garden idea: I want to place a rack against the wall to hang multiple pots in different sizes to farm herbs and potentially small vegetables. What are the watchouts you can think of?
I’ve been researching the idea but haven’t found many people trying it, which might indicate it’s not a good idea 🙂
Some risk factors I’m keeping into account:
Wall: It’s a concrete wall, very sturdy, I should be able to put plugs in there that can carry 300kg of weight.
Water: I will manually water the plants and use pots that I can detach, in case there is too much water.
Sun: this wall has direct sunlight all day through the window on the left.
humidity: I’m new to this and wondering if by adding plants the humidity in my room (living room) changes too much, making it bad for me as a person or it starts growing mold in the appartment.
Mold: I’m afraid I’ll create mold in the wall. While the pots shouldn’t touch the wall, I’m not sure if it creates negative effects as I assume the temperature will be lower compared to other places in my appartment.
Plant types: I want to start with herbs and expand with complimentary plants useful in the kitchen when cooking.
I would really appreciate if you can think along and identify other watchouts and pitfalls and don’t hesitate to challenge me on the pointers above.
psychonaut631
Here my two cents.
If you donn’t owe the place be very careful.
In my opinion , water and humidity are the biggest problems with that idea. Because all the water from your plants and the humidity can get to the wall and could cause water damage on the wall, floors, etc, that is very expensive to repair. Also the dampness of the earth will probably cause mold wich is not only difficult to get rid of and expensive, but also a health hazard.
If you are handy with building things on your own, give it a try. But there’s a few things I’d advice you to think of:
– The back part of watever shelf system you build and hang should have a distance of several centimeters to the wall so the air flows behind it and the humidity is not absorved directly into the wall.
– the construction should be very well waterpfoor, so the excess water cannot leak on the wall and floors after you water your plants, but you also need a posibility to throw that excess water out before it starts smelling, etc.
– The entire rack needs a water barrier from a very resistant material at the back and at the bottom to prevent leaking. wich is hard to do. Plastic bags/sheets are normally not enough because they’re fragile.
– If you don’t have enough light in winter, the plants could die, so you may need to take into consideration to build something that has plant lights integrated, wich means more work hiding cables, and also insulating those electric cables from the plants water.
Honestly I have no idea how to build stuff but those would be my main concerns
You have a lovely room btw
LitherLily
Is it a southern facing window? Even if it looks bright to you, many vegetables especially want six hours of full, direct sunlight to thrive. What you have there would more be considered bright indirect light as it is several feet away from the window.
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I’ve been researching the idea but haven’t found many people trying it, which might indicate it’s not a good idea 🙂
Some risk factors I’m keeping into account:
Wall: It’s a concrete wall, very sturdy, I should be able to put plugs in there that can carry 300kg of weight.
Water: I will manually water the plants and use pots that I can detach, in case there is too much water.
Sun: this wall has direct sunlight all day through the window on the left.
humidity: I’m new to this and wondering if by adding plants the humidity in my room (living room) changes too much, making it bad for me as a person or it starts growing mold in the appartment.
Mold: I’m afraid I’ll create mold in the wall. While the pots shouldn’t touch the wall, I’m not sure if it creates negative effects as I assume the temperature will be lower compared to other places in my appartment.
Plant types: I want to start with herbs and expand with complimentary plants useful in the kitchen when cooking.
I would really appreciate if you can think along and identify other watchouts and pitfalls and don’t hesitate to challenge me on the pointers above.
Here my two cents.
If you donn’t owe the place be very careful.
In my opinion , water and humidity are the biggest problems with that idea. Because all the water from your plants and the humidity can get to the wall and could cause water damage on the wall, floors, etc, that is very expensive to repair. Also the dampness of the earth will probably cause mold wich is not only difficult to get rid of and expensive, but also a health hazard.
If you are handy with building things on your own, give it a try. But there’s a few things I’d advice you to think of:
– The back part of watever shelf system you build and hang should have a distance of several centimeters to the wall so the air flows behind it and the humidity is not absorved directly into the wall.
– the construction should be very well waterpfoor, so the excess water cannot leak on the wall and floors after you water your plants, but you also need a posibility to throw that excess water out before it starts smelling, etc.
– The entire rack needs a water barrier from a very resistant material at the back and at the bottom to prevent leaking. wich is hard to do. Plastic bags/sheets are normally not enough because they’re fragile.
– If you don’t have enough light in winter, the plants could die, so you may need to take into consideration to build something that has plant lights integrated, wich means more work hiding cables, and also insulating those electric cables from the plants water.
Honestly I have no idea how to build stuff but those would be my main concerns
You have a lovely room btw
Is it a southern facing window? Even if it looks bright to you, many vegetables especially want six hours of full, direct sunlight to thrive. What you have there would more be considered bright indirect light as it is several feet away from the window.