I purchased a simple wood burning tool several years ago that I use for putting holes in all my plastic pots. You won't crack the plastic as you are just melting a hole through the pot. You need only purchase the tool not the entire kit and Amazon sells one for 12.99 which will last for years . Though I also have 3 Green Stock vertical planters I enjoy my dollar tree ones for herbs, strawberries and flowers like marigolds. I don't allow runners to develop on the strawberries and I put the planters in the garage for the winter in our zone 4 so I can water them lightly if the soil is drying out. We get a fair amount of wind at times but I have never had them blow over as I top with a nice size rock and only stack them three or four high. Also purchased an extra GS base so I can move them around easily on the deck and turn them daily to equalize the amount of sun they receive on all sides.

You can heat up a nail held in pliers and melt a hole, easy peasy.👍🏻

Very solid review! I just started buying these a few days ago when I ran into these by chance recently in my local dollar store.

@dsa2591

3 ай бұрын

Or spend a few bucks on a small soldering iron. I paid $5 for one ten years ago, and it's still going strong.

@gordonsmith5589

3 ай бұрын

@@dsa2591I don’t understand the soldering iron part.

I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve seen this in several videos. If you drill backwards, you will have less cracking. (Like you are backing the bit out of a hole.)

@FigletAndTheHound

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! Yeah, the ones where I only used one hand since I was holding my phone filming definitely cracked more and the ones with two hands were gentler and less cracking even without reversing the drill.

You may want to look watcha "Like on Turkey Lane". To has a little self water tower that I will be trying. I will add the middle pole like you did.

Your towers look great, I want to try this for strawberries 😊

Good to know❤ thank you. I'll use my old gutters

@FigletAndTheHound

4 ай бұрын

So many great options to try!

I just picked some of these up at my local $ store. Think I may grab some Matte clear acrylic spray and put a coat of that on the exterior of each so maybe they won't break down so quickly. Thinking bush beans over strawberries... Love this video, thank you.

I’m definitely gonna try this. Thank you so much.

New subscriber, I'm starting a new garden in a few weeks and have some of these in storage. Thanks for some great info ❤

I use a soldering iron.. works great

@PorchGardeningWithPassion

4 ай бұрын

Great idea!

Put masking tape over the holes and drill through a few at a time to prevent the cracks due to the grill and to do the job more quickly

Awesome thank you

New subscriber. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Awesome.

@FigletAndTheHound

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Welcome!

If u place the containers on a flat board or plywood right side up then drill holes from inside they won't crack

Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 I subscribed to your channel 😀🙏 Great work..

What if you wrapped the tower pots in tin foil? It would stop uv rays from deteriorating the plastic, deflect heat keeping the roots cooler, and maybe increase light to the greenery of the pot near it . Just a thought.

Can you do a tour of your garden. I love the look with the containers but it was too quick for me to get ideas. Thanks in advance

@FigletAndTheHound

4 ай бұрын

Great idea! I'll probably do a garden tour this summer. Thanks!

@patriciagraham4786

4 ай бұрын

You can slow the video down.

I want to know about the irrigation for these things...

If they’re from the Dollar Tree, does that mean each one costs a dollar? (Sorry if that’s a dumb question but I haven’t been to that store in decades.)

@hydrangeaparadise674

4 ай бұрын

It is $1.25 each

@murdermittensinc3296

4 ай бұрын

I got mine yesterday. It was a 3 pack for $1.25. I bought ALL of them. I’ll be doing strawberries, cucumbers and tomatoes

@tnijoo5109

4 ай бұрын

@@hydrangeaparadise674 thank you 🙏

@tnijoo5109

4 ай бұрын

@@murdermittensinc3296 thank you 😊

@FigletAndTheHound

4 ай бұрын

Dollar Tree is $1.25 now lol.

I wonder how the strawberry plants will survive through the winter in zone 6

@denisewiggins6464

4 ай бұрын

I’m in upstate NY. This is the first year I’ll be using a grow tower for my strawberries. They’re in a raised bed now and they’re looking good. I’ll probably put the towers on our screened in porch in the winter for a little protection while they lay dormant.

I had these and they never worked