Matt's Original Inverted Planter a.k.a IPlanter.

Step 2: What.

You will need
1- two or three liter soda bottle.
4- equal lengths of string.
1- hook to hang it from.
1- piece of plastic wrap. (used to cover the opening at the bottom of the planter)
soil
A metal tool such as a pliers or locking pliers.
A scissors, dremel or other cutting tool.
A vine variety plant. Tomato, bean etc.
A heat gun. I purchased mine a while back at Harbor Freight for $10. It also works great for thawing pipes.

So without further rambling here we go.

Arrange your parts and supplies on a level surface in an area where you will be able to hang the planter from to fill it with soil. (Basements are a great place.)

Comments

[laresekae]

if you don't have a heat gun, you could probably dip the top of the bottle in a pot of hot water to soften it enough to do the job...

[mattl]

Yes, that should work as long as it is very hot, possibly boiling. A hair dryer may also do the trick.

[riteandritual]

 Just under boiling is usually fine. I tried to 'sanitize' a soda bottle once using boiling water (this was before I heard of chemical horrors that seep out of them at high temps) and ended up with a wrinkled, deformed lump of a bottle. 
I guess the most tricky thing would be to localize the heat, and get the temp right, not too hot...

[HimeNoHana]

Well since my heat gun only has off and 'hot enough to strip tar' (good ol 70's/80's stuff, ya know, that stuff that actually works) I found that if you cut the top off, turn it upside down, sink it in, then use a silicon sealer it works really well too!