An excellent solution for garden plots small size will be the cultivation of crops on vertical structures. There is already experience in arranging vertical beds for cucumbers, herbs and berry plants. Strawberries are often grown in structures resembling a green pyramid.
What it is?
The pyramid for strawberries is a structure in the form of a multi-tiered whatnot. This design is used as a bed for vertical cultivation.
This method is increasingly used in suburban areas.
The pyramidal bed saves space significantly, so it can be an excellent replacement for the usual garden bed. In addition, it looks attractive and will decorate any site, especially during flowering and fruiting. You can build a pyramid from improvised materials and any configuration - nothing limits fantasy. Its main feature is that when planting, the upper strawberry bushes do not shade the lower ones from the sun.
You can place vertical beds anywhere: in an open area of the garden, in greenhouses and even on balconies.
Advantages
A pyramid-shaped bed has a number of advantages over a regular strawberry bed.
- Saves site space. A multi-tiered planting of strawberries allows you to place the same number of bushes in a small area as in a wider ordinary garden bed.
- Convenience of care. With this arrangement of beds, it is much more convenient and faster to trim the mustache, water, fertilize, loosen the soil and harvest - you do not have to lean to the ground and the whole plant is clearly visible.
- The risk of diseases is reduced. When growing strawberries vertically root system less susceptible to decay and fungus development. Thus, it is possible to avoid infection with gray rot.
- Pest protection. You can significantly save effort and money, since you do not have to process berry bushes from all kinds of pests: slugs, cabbage, rodents, moles.
- No weeds. With this method of growing, the beds are on a hill, weeds appear extremely rarely. Therefore, such a laborious process is minimized.
- The ripening process is accelerated. Thanks to the shape of the flower bed, the crop ripens faster by at least a week. And due to the fact that the berries do not touch the ground, they remain dry and clean.
- Provides aesthetic value. Thanks to the lush foliage, beautiful flowers and bright fruit design can be used to decorate the garden. Therefore, more and more often it is used as an element of the design landscape.
Material selection
To make a vertical garden bed with your own hands, any material at hand is suitable: wood (boards), metal, old car tires, bags, large plastic bottles and much more. From these materials, you can construct an original stand.
If you plan to place the pyramid in an apartment, then you need a more compact design. In this case, the option from ordinary flower pots is suitable.
But if the street garden for strawberries is made not for one season, but for several years, then it is recommended to use more durable and reliable material. Most often, wooden boards or beams are used to build a pyramid.
Making a wooden pyramid
It is not difficult to make such a bed for strawberries with your own hands. At self construction wooden pyramids are more popular.
The shape of a wooden pyramid can be with three and four corners. Before manufacturing, it is necessary to make all measurements and drawings. Height and dimensions can be designed individually, while it is necessary to take into account the large load on the structure.
To build a pyramid is immediately at the place where it will be located. Since these beds are very heavy and bulky, it will be problematic to move or transport them to another place later. A place for strawberries should be chosen sunny, and one of the sides of the pyramid should be located on the north side.
For construction, you will need a set of tools and materials, consisting of:
- boards or bars;
- chain-link meshes;
- drying oils, varnish;
- carnations 20-50 mm in size, glue;
- level (water level);
- planer;
- hammer;
- PVC pipes with 10 mm holes.
According to the drawings, markings are made on the boards and all the details are cut out. The necessary grooves and holes are cut out on the parts. Before assembly, it is recommended to treat them with drying oil, varnish can be applied with a second layer. This will protect the pyramid from the harmful effects of water, fungus and rodents.
It is not worth treating wood with other chemicals - they can be absorbed into the soil and harm the plant.
The bed can be of different sizes, such a pyramid is considered standard:
- the lowest row is 2.2x2.2 meters;
- the second level - 1.7x1.7 meters;
- the third - 1.2x1.2 meters;
- fourth - 0.7x0.7 meters;
- fifth (uppermost) - 0.2x0.2 meters.
The height of all tiers is the same and is 25 cm - this is the optimal depth for the strawberry root system. A board about 4 centimeters thick is suitable as a base.
Now all the prepared parts need to be connected with nails, glue. You can make the structure even stronger with the help of metal corners and screws.
The first box is installed on the grid and covered with prepared soil. All other levels are set in the same way. In this case, it is necessary to ensure their strictly horizontal position.
A pipe with holes for irrigation is placed in the center of the pyramid.
At the end of the assembly, any decor can be added to the strawberry pyramid.
Tiered bed of car tires
in a simple way is an assembly of a pyramid from old tires. She has her own advantages. For example, a dense rubber bottom retains heat well and thus protects the roots from frost.
Such a bed turns out to be a beautiful round shape. For the construction will require tires of different diameters. At the same time, the depth and width of each land layer should be sufficient for planting strawberry bushes.
For the lower level in the ground, it is necessary to make a recess with a diameter of the largest tire. Top part the tire is cut off and this blank for the first layer is placed in the prepared hole. Drainage should be poured to the bottom, and only then the soil composition. All other rows are installed in the same way.
It is important that the pyramid is stable and strong. Therefore, it should not be too high. Optimally - up to 1.5 meters.
Landing Features
It is recommended to plant strawberries on a pyramidal bed from May to August, when frosts do not threaten the plant. By this time, top dressing in the form of humus should already be introduced into the soil and the soil should have time to sit down. For planting, it is better to choose a cloudy day or evening time - so young strawberry bushes will take root easier.
Landing should begin from the lowest tier. For a standard wooden pyramid, the diagram looks like this:
- On the lowest tier, 7 bushes are planted on each side.
- In the second tier - 5 bushes.
- On the third - 4 bushes.
- On the fourth - 3 seedlings.
- On the last, topmost - 2 bushes.
How to care?
Since when growing strawberries on a pyramidal bed, weeds, pests and diseases are not afraid of her, then all the main care comes down to watering and feeding.
Irrigation for strawberries is more suitable for drip, so you can build a suitable irrigation system.
To do this, you need a special perforated hose. The usual one is also suitable - you can make water holes in it yourself, at a distance of about 10 cm from each other. The hose is neatly laid on the pyramid in a spiral. One end is tightly sealed, and the other is connected to a water source. The irrigation system is ready.
Top dressing for a vertical bed is better to use liquid - so it penetrates the soil faster. Otherwise, the process and schedule for fertilizing is no different from strawberries in a regular garden.
By winter, it is imperative to take care of the insulation of the pyramid with strawberries. Branches of coniferous plants, spunbond and polyethylene film can be used as a covering material.
In general, the strawberry pyramid is a simple and economical structure. Such a flower bed will decorate the garden and turn care of it into a pleasure. For information on what types, sizes and drawings of pyramids for strawberries exist, see the following video.
It is difficult to arrange compact plantings if there is not enough space in the garden. This is especially true for such an exquisite culture as strawberries. Many experienced gardeners invent different ways- pipes, frames, pyramids. As it turns out, this is not such a complicated matter - it would be enough imagination.
This wooden structure, built of boards, filled with soil.
This design looks very attractive, and it is not difficult to make it.
Cultivation is carried out in a vertical way - so that the roots are directed downwards, as if planted in an ordinary garden bed, but raised above the ground.
The design is quite simple, can be built by hand, involving improvised means for this. The principle of the pyramid is that the lower layers of plantings are not obscured by the upper layers from the access of sunlight and just light. The beds themselves are arranged in the form of steps- seedlings are located in several tiers, while the tiers look like an ordinary planted horizontal bed.
Advantages
Even this small design can accommodate several dozen strawberry roots.
The main advantage of the pyramid is that it is possible to save space in the garden, in addition, to plant a large number of seedlings in a relatively small area. Another plus is a beautiful aesthetic appearance - it looks like an exotic flower bed.
Scheme of cutting boards.
Assembly order
Summarizing the above, we can highlight the following:
Due to the fact that the plants are on a hill and practically do not come into contact with the soil, the root system is much less susceptible to decay. A similar method of cultivation makes it possible to avoid infection, infection with slugs, cabbage.
Strawberry resistance to fungi when planted in a pyramid
But also the culture acquires conditional immunity to infection and the spread of fungal diseases.
Due to this simplifies prevention - the number of preventive sprayings or therapeutic treatments is reduced. Among other things, plant care is simplified - it is convenient to cut off the first flower stalks, stepchildren.
And the pyramid can also be made collapsible and put away for the winter in a barn.
Reviews of gardeners
- It is easy to loosen the soil, remove possible weeds, introduce mineral or.
- Easier garden watering - several tiers are watered at once.
- Reduced fruit ripening time , easier harvesting You don't have to constantly bend over.
- Many gardeners use pyramid beds as element landscape design - looks great both during the flowering period and during the fruiting period.
- The structure can be decorated with climbing plants - bindweed, wild grapes.
The choice of material and the mechanism for constructing the pyramid
When deciding to build a pyramidal structure for strawberries, one should take into account the possibilities - the presence required material, skills and fantasies.
This structure can be built from various raw materials - wood, metal, polyethylene, plastic, but, in addition to the named materials, the following means can be used:
- unnecessary tires;
- a set of old pipes of different lengths and diameters;
- bags for construction needs;
- plastic bottles;
- empty containers - barrels or boxes;
- vases for flowers.
From these materials, you can create not just a solid pyramid - depict a beautiful decor element on the site. It is desirable for long-term service to use raw materials that can stand firmly for several years - from one to four years.
In most cases, gardeners choose wood- boards or long bars. A structure that is made of wood is usually built with three or four corners, while several steps are erected - tiers.
It is more difficult to make a high pyramid, since it is necessary to calculate the sufficient rigidity of the structure.
Location identification
If on personal plot there is a place for a garden, then there should be no problems with choosing a place.
Otherwise, you will have to choose a place right in the yard, and in this situation it is worth showing imagination, installing a vertical garden bed in the form decorative element landscape design. The same decision should be made if you want to install the building in an apartment environment - you have to figure out how to arrange the frame in the form of a beautiful flower stand.
Pyramid with strawberries in the apartment
If the installation is carried out in an apartment, the best place for this would be a balcony - it is desirable that it be insulated and on winter period closed tightly.
For a balcony, it is better to come up with something compact, such as a small rack based on pots.
If the frame is small, it can be. At the same time, it is important that the location of the vertical flower bed is on the south or south-west side. As a last resort, should be provided maximum light access - it is possible to equip artificial lighting with a special lamp.
When to plant seedlings
In some cases, you can plant until mid-September, but in these circumstances it is necessary to plant in such a place that do not expose new gardens to the first frosts - in the apartment, on the closed balcony.
Preparatory work and drawings
In order to get a high-quality and durable pyramid, it is worth calculating the parameters using the drawings.
The scheme of the pyramid from the boards.
- Next, you need to prepare wooden boards, nails for joints - a size of 20 to 50 millimeters.
- Take a hammer, planer, spirit level.
- But you will also need pipes made of asbestos cement or PVC, in which there are holes with a diameter of ten millimeters.
- To fill the cavities of the flower bed, you will need a soil mixture - black soil, sand, peat, humus.
- It is desirable to treat all surfaces with drying oil.
- Better to avoid processing chemicals due to the fact that these funds will affect the quality and size of fruits, the level of development and adaptation of seedlings.
Selection of connecting grooves
Base
The base is a board about forty millimeters thick. When all the blanks are ready - connect with nails and glue.
You can use screws and metal corners for greater strength. The lower tier is filled with compost with a small gap of 6 cm for subsequent top dressing. Next, the soil is compacted. In a similar way, all floors of the pyramid are installed. Tiers can be from three to nine.
We fall asleep fertile soil and plant strawberries.
Landing features
At each level, designs are applied.
- They start from the lowest floor - seven seedlings on each side.
- The next level is five bushes on each side.
- The third and fourth row - three bushes on each side, the upper level - two seedlings at the base of the pipe.
Care
Planting care consists in regular watering of seedlings, but one cannot build on any conditional scheme.
Watering is carried out as needed. Top dressing is carried out by means of liquid nutrient mixtures. Among other things, it is worth taking care of protecting the plantings from low temperatures and providing a sufficient amount of lighting .
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Start the strawberry season by building elegant vertical pyramids for growing strawberries. Pyramids will save you space and make your garden more attractive. Be sure to read the instructions.
I offer you two completely different projects of pyramids for strawberries.
Do-it-yourself pyramid for strawberries. Project number 1.
In accordance with the project, we will get such a pyramid.
Project details.
Approximate time: 2-3 hours.
Complexity: moderate
List of materials:
- narrow board;
- 4 wide boards;
- 44 screws;
- 4 angle brackets;
- 32 strawberry plants;
- soil for strawberries.
List of tools:
- miter or circular saw;
- drill;
- scissors or stationery knife;
- measuring tape;
- shovel.
Parts of the pyramid-bed.(board width and thickness may vary)
| Part | Quantity | Size in cm. |
| Base walls | 4 | 3.8x14x91.5 |
| Side walls 2nd level | 2 | 3.8x14x106.5 |
| Front walls of the 2nd level | 2 | 3.8x14x55.8 |
| Sidewalls 3rd level | 2 | 3.8 x 14 x 78.7 |
| Front walls of the 3rd level | 2 | 3.8x14x28 |
| Upper side walls | 2 | 3.8x7x43 |
| Upper facade walls | 2 | 3.8x7x9 |
Scheme of cutting boards.
Now that everything is ready, we begin to collect a pyramid for strawberries.
We lay the base walls, as shown in the figure. Drill pilot holes for self-tapping screws at each end base wall. Try to position the holes onequidistant distance apart and approximately 2 cm from end of the board. Use 3 self-tapping screws for each edge to secure the construction.
Prepare the side walls for the second, third, and top levels by cutting the edges at 45 degrees.
We collect the levels according to the scheme.
The first three levels can not be attached to each other. Due to their own weight and the weight of the soil, they will be very stable. But the upper level needs to be attached to the corners.
We fasten the top to the third level.
Now we fill it with earth and plant strawberries. Everything, the pyramid bed for strawberries is ready. And most importantly, it is made by hand.
Pyramid for strawberries. Project number 2.
For those who want a taller pyramid for strawberries, our second project will do. Its advantage is also that this pyramid is very mobile, as it has wheels.
Materials:
- High bar for the base;
- Square wooden or plywood base.
- 4 wheels;
- Boards of different lengths;
- 75 self-tapping screws;
- Joiner's glue;
- crushed stone;
- strawberry plants;
- soil for strawberries.
Additional Tips: it is worth varnishing the boards so that the pyramid lasts longer. When adding soil to each level, cover the base with crushed stone or pebbles for better drainage.
Let's do the assembly. Preparing the base for the pyramid. We use self-tapping screws and wood glue to fix the elements.
We attach the wheels to the base of the pyramid.
On six acres of land it is difficult to grow all the crops that we would like.
In order to save space, gardeners are increasingly resorting to vertical cultivation.
If you are a beginner gardener and want to learn how to make a strawberry pyramid with your own hands, this article will help you.
Pyramid garden - what is it?
A pyramid-bed is a structure that rises above the ground, created from boards and soil. The method of planting berries with a pyramid is referred to as vertical cultivation. The product can be built from improvised materials and give them a different shape. The pyramid model is designed in such a way that it does not upper levels shade the bottom from sunlight. The beds arranged in a pyramid are called strawberry steps. The seedlings are planted one above the other. Such flower beds will be a great replacement for ordinary beds. The pyramid makes it possible to plant a large number of strawberries in a relatively small area. And, oddly enough, vertical flower beds look much more attractive on the site than ordinary strawberry bushes.
The benefits of planting strawberries using the pyramidal ridge method
Pyramid beds have a number of advantages over growing on the ground. Gardeners note the following positive aspects.
Significant space savings. A vertical bed allows you to plant the same number of bushes on a small piece of land as on a regular wide bed. Being in a longline position, the shoots do not take root too deeply. At the same time, the bushes grow normally, and from one square meter you can harvest a large crop of berries.
Strawberry roots do not rot, are not exposed to fungal diseases and dangerous pests. Thus, the means and forces spent on spraying and processing bushes are saved.
Ease of maintenance. In bushes, it is convenient to cut off regrown antennae. All manipulations for fertilization, watering and harvesting are carried out faster and easier. The tiered form allows you to cover several levels of bushes at once when watering. And the ripening time of berries accelerates by 6-8 days. The pyramid protects strawberries from weeds. In addition, the fruits do not come into contact with the ground, so they always remain clean.
Did you know? In a do-it-yourself strawberry pyramid, it is especially profitable and convenient to growrepairingstrawberry varieties. These are continuously fruiting varieties. Flowering and ripening of berries in them occurs for a long time.
aesthetic appearance
. Elegant and graceful vertical pyramid beds are often used not only for harvesting, but also as an element of landscape design. The product can become a wonderful decoration of the garden, if it is decorated with lush foliage. And in the greenhouse, a strawberry slide will create the impression of a winter garden. Material options for making pyramid beds
When choosing a material for a pyramid, everyone proceeds from their capabilities and experience with this or that raw material. A pyramid for planting strawberries can be built from a variety of various materials: wood, metal, plastic, polyethylene.
There are also options for designs from non-standard materials:
- old tires;
- metal pipes of different diameters;
- construction bags;
- plastic bottles;
- various barrels and boxes;
- flower pots.
So let's consider the most common and reliable version of the pyramid-bed is a wooden model. This design is usually made three- or quadrangular. A multi-tiered wooden bed for strawberries is easy enough to build with your own hands.
Choosing a place to install a garden bed
If you have a dacha or a garden, then there will be no particular problems when choosing a place for the pyramid. But even if you are limited to a city apartment, this will not prevent you from installing a pyramid bed. The structure is usually installed in an open area, in a greenhouse, but can also be placed on a balcony or windowsill.
It is better to do planting work from early spring (in summer - from the end of July) until September. By this time, longline beds for strawberries should be ready. For planting, it is desirable to choose a cloudy day. So it will be easier for strawberry seedlings to take root. The place should also be well lit, with easy access to water. One of its sides should face north.
Important!Pyramid beds are usually quite heavy and bulky. Therefore, the structure must be assembled at a permanent place planned for it. Otherwise, you will face transportation problem.
Preparation of material and tools
Before making a pyramid bed, you need to consider which design will be most suitable for you. You also need to do drawing of a pyramid for strawberries. 
- wooden boards;
- medium-sized nails (from 20 to 50 mm);
- hammer;
- plane;
- spirit level (level);
- asbestos-cement or PVC pipe with holes 10 mm in diameter at the top and 5 mm in diameter at the bottom;
- to fill the pyramid: a mixture of sand and ordinary black soil.
Important! When processing wood, it is unacceptable to use chemical compounds. Harmful substances are absorbed into the soil, having a detrimental effect on both the quality and taste of strawberries.
How to make a garden pyramid with your own hands
First you need to set the dimensions of the frame. A standard do-it-yourself strawberry pyramid has the following dimensions:
- chain-link mesh - 240 x 240 cm;
- first row - 220 x 220 x 25 cm;
- the second level -170 x 170 x 25 cm;
- third tier -120 x 120 x 25 cm;
- fourth tier - 70 x 70 x 25 cm;
- the last row is 20 x 20 x 25 cm.
Then the soil needs to be slightly compacted. Next, install the next row. The procedure is repeated until the complete erection of the designed structure. When building a pyramid-bed for strawberries with your own hands, do not forget to follow the developed dimensions. Please note that each tier should be 30-35 cm smaller than the previous one. The pyramid can consist of 3-9 levels. After the assembly of the product is completed, it can be painted or decorated in an original way.
How to water a pyramid-bed: features of installing an irrigation system
The most common way to water pyramids for strawberries is drip method. Water in this case comes directly to the roots of plants, and the soil is not waterlogged.
So, let's start setting up drip irrigation. We need a perforated hose. It is not necessary to buy it, you can take any used hose. It is necessary to pierce small holes in the hose with an awl at a distance of about 15 cm. Next, we lay the hose with a snake between the beds and hermetically seal one end. The second - we adapt to the container from which water will flow. The irrigation system is ready! Do not forget to provide for the dismantling of the mechanism for the winter.
Vertical beds for growing strawberries are becoming more and more popular with gardeners. Such beds allow you to use the area of \u200b\u200bthe site more efficiently, in addition, such high flower beds look very nice. There are many types of vertical beds, and one of them is a pyramid.
Strawberries in pyramids look very impressive, grow well and take up little space. Such beds are not difficult to assemble with your own hands. This design has a number of advantages over conventional beds.
- First, it is space saving.
- Secondly, high yield, which with this method of cultivation can increase by 4-5 times.
- Thirdly, simple care.
There are practically no weeds in vertical beds, and cutting parts of plants is much more convenient. When building a pyramidal bed, it is worth considering its location. It is recommended to choose well-lit areas. Set the tiers so that one back side, where the seedlings are planted, will not face the north side. Although you can install an equilateral design, where plants will grow on all four sides.
Pyramid design for growing strawberries
The pyramid is considered the most popular for growing among all types of vertical beds. It can be triangular or quadrangular. The design is easy to assemble and you can do it yourself.
When choosing a material, it is best to give preference to wood, as it is a natural breathable material. Metal or plastic can also be used.
The choice of design is important, so before you start making a pyramid, you need to decide on the size, irrigation system, number of tiers, make detail drawings and a general drawing. The algorithm for assembling a pyramidal bed is as follows.
Foundation preparation
As the base of the pyramid are best suited wooden blocks 40 mm thick. They must first be treated with an antiseptic to protect against mold, rot, fungi and pests.
The bars are fastened together with nails and glue in the form of a quadrangle. In the middle, for the screed of the structure, two bars are also fastened crosswise. They are placed on a mesh netting.
Box preparation
For the pyramid, you can use old wooden boxes, after removing the bottom from them. You can put them together with your own hands from boards of a suitable size. It must be remembered that the parameters of the boxes must be different and go in decreasing order. For a standard pyramidal bed, 5 boxes are suitable.
Pipe installation
Before placing the boxes, it is necessary to install a pipe from which drip irrigation of strawberries will be carried out. Suitable for this plastic pipe small section. Small holes are drilled in it with a drill. The pipe is buried at the base, so that its main part remains above the ground. First, you need to install a plug on the lower edge of the pipe and wrap it with polyethylene so that water does not seep deep into the soil.
Tier installation
After the irrigation pipe is securely installed, the installation of tiers begins. To do this, put the first box on the irrigation pipe, strengthen it well so that it is level, and then pour soil into it. Then the next tier is put on top, for which a smaller box is used. At the same time, there should be a place for planting plants on the bottom box on the sides. The second box is filled with soil in a similar way. Then alternately install all the tiers, filling them with soil.
Pyramid of boxes
Such a bed can be made very quickly and easily with your own hands. Its principle is the beds fenced with borders, located on top of each other. They pour on the ground high bed the right size. Any shape can be made - square, triangle, circle and so on.
For a square bed, an embankment is formed in the form of a square and fenced with wooden boards. The surface is leveled, another box, smaller in size, is placed on top.
Thus, 4-5 tiers are installed for planting, pouring soil into a new box. In the middle, you can pre-install a pipe for irrigation. It turned out a five-tiered bed.