Today at the gardening skill share, we learned how to make vertical garden succulant pockets. The basic steps to create these pockets include: - Folding a square of chicken wire in half and wrapping the wires on the sides together so that it makes a pocket.
- Attaching the wire pocket to the fence with some wire (we used small pieces of roofing wire, because it is easier to bend that other wires).
Filling the pockets with soil or sphangnum moss. You can use a potato sack to hold in your soil if needed, or try wetting the soil or moss to keep it inside the wire. Eventually the roots of the succulants will hold in the soil/moss.- We sewed up the top of the pocket with twine, because after a few months the moss and soil will settle and compact and more will need to be added. It's easier to remove the twine to open the top and add more.
We put a hole in the moss with our finger to create a tunnel for the stems of the succulants. The succulants can be tied in with twine or wrapped around the wire to make sure that it stays in the pockets.
Note: After being put in the pockets the succulants will look a bit wilty and sad for a few weeks, before they begin to look more at home. Because they are succulants, you should not need to water the pockets regularly. If you do water them, like right after you plant them to give them a bit of a head start, be sure to use a very low flow of water so that you don't wash all the soil and moss out of the wire.
As the succulants get happier in their new home they will flower as a sign of their health.
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