With which plants and how?

Which plants are suitable?

For planting one Rain barrel are suitable both

• Useful and vegetable plants,
• Ornamental plants
• as well as herbs

The latter prove to be particularly practical, as most of the aromatic plants only grow to a comparatively low height. Vegetables such as tomatoes or peppers can also be grown in the rain barrel without any problems. Basically, the vessel corresponds to a conventional flower pot. For this reason, however, the plants must meet two important properties:

• no excessive root formation
• not too high a nutritional requirement

Root formation

In contrast to normal bucket cultivation, it is not possible for you to move the plants into a larger container when planting the rain barrel. The volume of the barrel must be sufficient for years to provide enough space for the rhizomes.

Nutritional requirements

In addition, the plants get fewer nutrients than when planting in the bed. If necessary, promote growth with a suitable fertilizer.

Requirements of the rain barrel

Most plants do not tolerate waterlogging. Therefore, remove the soil before filling in the substrate. This allows the irrigation water to seep away. Ideally, you should place your rain barrel on a permeable surface, such as a gravel bed.
In addition, make sure that you have good stability. Most of the time, however, this is automatic through the fill up with the Potting soil given.
Of the Location is based primarily on the preferences of the selected plants. However, your rain barrel should not be too sunny, as massive heat radiation can damage the material.