Will_Heath

Good question. I have a few taller trees that I place a brick on the soil surface for stability but I never have had a pot blow off before. I have known some people to wrap a wire around to secure them and I have seen pots chained to the poles before for security reasons.

Remember that your surface should be made so that is is bigger than your pots. If so, your pots have just as much of a chance of blowing off a monkey pole as they do a bench. If you are extremly worried, you could create a lip on the sides of the platform to prevent this also.

Your question reminds me of the questions I get about sitting in a tree stand all day on an area the same size as a kitchen chair. People ask me if I am afraid of falling out or if I ever have. I typically respond by having then sit in a kitchen chair and then asking them if they are afraid of falling off. Same area, same danger, the mind just acts differently when you add 30 feet to the equation, lol.

Good luck, be sure and post pictures for us.


Will