Use an old tyre to make a unique hanging planter for flowering and trailing plants
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Materials you will need:
- Tyre
- Rope
- Potting soil
- Trailing plants
- Rust-Oleum Painter’s
- Touch 2x spray paint
- Drill with 10 or 12mm metal drill bit
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Step 1
Spray the tyre with two coats of Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch 2x, which is a paint and primer in one, allowing the paint to dry in between coats.
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Step 2
Drill at least six drainage holes at the bottom of the tyre. Use a metal drill bit as there’s steel inside the rubber.
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Step 3
Fasten your rope using a hangman’s noose knot.
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Step 4
Fill the inside of the tyre with potting soil where you’ve drilled the drainage holes, and plant the plants in the soil.
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Step 5
Hang your planter from a beam on your veranda or fro a tree. Fasten it with a regular noose knot.