Grow Pots For One Acre

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>           </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Plant up to four and one half acres of strawberry plants on one acre.</B></I></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>The  Plant Towers Make A </B></I><I><B>Beautiful Farm Or Garden.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>                                            </B></I></div> <div>  </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="194c28e0.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Long Island, NY</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1957bb80.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Santa Maria, CA.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1418c690.png" border=0 width="140" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Top View</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19971550.png" border=0 width="113" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bottom View</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#99FF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Agro Tower Grow Pots</B></div> <div> <B>Page # 7 </B><B>                         </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Suggestions For One Acre</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f080000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">One Acre; 208 ft. X 208 ft. - - = 43,264 Square feet.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Planter & row spacing:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>1.  Arrange The Grow Pots - two rows back to back, three foot  apart. </B></div> <div> <B>2.  Stagger  the rows 4.5 ft apart, then a service alley  eight foot on center from row to row.</B></div> <div> <B>3.  The rows are staggered for maximum sun, plus ease of maintenance and harvesting.   </B></div> <div> <B>4.   Alleys should be wide enough to accommodate an electric golf cart for a service   </B></div> <div> <B>      vehicle, or other small carts.</B></div> <div> <B>5.   Each row equals 46 towers per row. </B></div> <div> <B>6. </B><B>  Thirty eight rows, 46 towers per row equals </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B>1748</B></FONT><B> towers per acre @ six units per tower equals,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B>10,488</B></FONT><B> grow pots that will contain </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B>62,928 plants</B></FONT><B>, and equals about</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B> 3.5 acres </B></FONT><B>of conventional grown strawberries. (</B><B>10,488 units = 44 pallets or 2 truckloads of grow pots)</B> </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f080000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">STABILIZER POST: (Suggestion)</B></div> <div> <B>      Use a rebar,conduit or galvanized pipe that will fit inside of a one inch or ¾-inch schedule  </B></div> <div> <B>      40 PVC pipe.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bury the metal pipe into the ground,(about 16 to 18 inches) while making sure that the pipe is plumb and extends thru the first three pots.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An inverted </B><B><U>plumb and level </U></B><B>nursery bucket that large plants are delivered in, ( eight and one half inches across the bottom) makes a good base slick enough to rotate the towers back-in forth, or a short piece of eight inch PVC pipe works good. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Slide a one inch or 3/4 inch PVC  pipe over the metal pipe that is long enough to extend through the top of the tower about 5 or 6 inches. This will allow you to insert a PVC- T in the top of the tower for an irrigation lateral that runs from tower to tower.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can plug a 1/4 inch distribution hose into the lateral to feed a sprinkler or a double circle of drip tubing that fits just inside of your plants on the top grow pot and irrigate all of the pots below.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Slide the planted grow pots over the PVC pipe and rest on the inverted bucket, this will allow you to twist or turn the towers for maximum sun or harvesting.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Each Grow Pot will take about ½ Cubic foot of growing medium to fill.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180000ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pest Control Tip: </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> I Apply a strip of Petroleum Jelly or Vaseline At the base of my tower stand and support post, to keep the small ciders and ants from getting into my Grow Pots. </B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180000ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A strip of black tape</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>, (like the kind used for  insulating pipes) around the trunk of fruit trees, then apply a strip of jelly to the tape works great.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When planting </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>S</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>trawberries </B></FONT><B>make sure that you keep the crown above the potting soil, this will allow your crowns to expand or split to make more  or</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> larger berries.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701180000bf00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Do not over fertilize, you will burn the plants.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000ff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Note:</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The towers can also be arranged in a more condensed pattern</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" ><B>;</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f080000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Example; </B></FONT><B>Divide one acre into 4 sections with 4 - 8 ft. service alleys, each section containing 46 rows - 4.5 ft. apart, (staggered) 11 towers per row = 506 grow pots x 6 ports = 3,036 plants per section.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Four sections x 506 grow pots = 2024 pots @ 6 pots per tower = 12,144 grow pots, x 6 ports per a pot = 72,864 plants,or about 4 conventional acres on one acre.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Phone/Fax: 805-461-1761</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> - </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Toll Free in US: 1-888-269-5343</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:fleeblevins@charter.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:fleeblevins@charter.net"><U><B>leeblevins@charter.net </B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>