Strawberry Pyramic

Cool design and very good build.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Pretty slick and it’ll hold a bunch of plants.
Do they have bottoms or do you just leave the plants in boxes?

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Thanks, guys. The bottom is open – except for crossing 2X4s (you can just barely see them). Best as I can tell, you just stick the plants in the soil at each level.

I built one of those 20 years ago. Copied one a client got from a catalog. It had a 3/4 treated plywood base on casters so you could turn it and all the plants got the afternoon sun once or twice a week. I used redwood and it is still going strong in my backyard. Mostly flowers and herbs now days. I wonder if the plants on the backside will get enough sun to grow fruit with it sitting still?

-- Fine Custom Woodwork since 1978

Yeah, I wondered that, too. It sits out west of the house and for a good chunk of the growing season the sun will pass just about directly overhead. We may have to think about a bottom and casters.

Doc that is a great idea and ready for the spring
I would love one in my front garden, Shirley concurs
Welcome to LJ’s

jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Jamie – if you’re interested I still have the plans.

Doc I am interested in making one that is a nice job.

-- Ed Carlinville IL

Welcome to LumberJocks. I’d be interested in seeing your plans as well.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

Yelp put me on the plan list
That looks great and I love strawberries

-- I have the Saw Dust Fever

I would be interested in the plans so I can buidl one for the wife.

-- I came, I sawed I fixed it. (well sort of)

Check to see what the wood is treated with. It can leach into the soil & plants. Some of the stuff is toxic. Love the design.

-- Bruce from Central New York...now, if you'll pardon me, I have some sawdust to make.

Very nice.
The idea of “Treated Pine” in contact with the fruit concerns me a bit.

-- Directions are just the Manufacturer's opinion on how something should be assembled. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

I understand your concern with treated wood. I did quite a bit of research online – forums and such. This stuff is AC2, I believe, and from what I have learned we’d have to eat LOTS of strawberries before it would be a concern. Of course, the safest choice would have been cedar. Seriously considered that but it was a bit too pricey for us at the time.

I can’t find the file with the plans, but here is the webpage where I bought them. You download them. For $10 it’s not bad. As I recall, the plans were very good – nice detail and instructions:

http://www.chesapeakecrafts.com/STRAWBERRY_TOWER.php

make your own judgement, but CCA-treated wood is nothing close to the problem the older pressure-treated was. Here is a good article laying out some information.