How to make your own Hanging Herb Garden

Some of the best new designs for hydroponics involve hanging gardens or other similar designs that pack more plants into a smaller space. For many of those were setting up hydroponics project, space is a major issue. Especially for someone trying to fit a hydro garden into a residential or living space, there's usually just not quite enough area to go around.

Here are some of the best steps to creating your own hanging herb garden, to get the benefits of fresh produce without taking up a lot of square footage in your home or business area.

Measure and Design

There are a lot of ways to conceptualize a hydroponics garden that stacks plants vertically or hangs them from a shelf, wall or ceiling. One interesting example is one that has been used by many growers -- it's a tilting design where you have buckets or plant holders stacked vertically, but their tops are tilted out towards the exterior of the room -- this often helps plants get more light and helps them breathe better in a room. Whether or not you use this method, think about how you will arrange the plants in the plant holders.

Fasteners

Generally, you're going to want big plaster or drywall screws to get hanging hooks into the ceiling. In some cases, you may need to look at existing electronics to make sure you're not going to interrupt other infrastructure to get your fasteners in place. Look for weight ratings to make sure that the fasteners you use are up to the job.

Attach Pump Equipment

When you have a garden hanging from the ceiling, you have to figure out a way to get irrigation set up throughout the entire project. We recommend fastening the pump line to the wall all the way up, until it reaches the plant environment. Growers who skip this step can find that the tubing will put pressure on the system or over time, or it will get tugged away from the plants which can lead to leaks were lack of nutrients delivered to the plant roots.

Maintenance

You're going to want to make sure you have adequate design for maintenance, whether that means pruning or picking debris off of plants, or getting them what they need to thrive in terms of nutrients and other resources. If you have high hanging gardens, make sure you have ladders or something else on hand to reach the highest plants, so that you don't neglect part of your crop.

Try your own hanging garden and benefit from a gardening strategy that's as old as ancient civilizations, but now emerging as an innovative way to grow food for families.