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Yup...they're diaper pails NEW! 😆 😆
Drilled a bunch of drain holes, and presto...deep palm pots.
Washies have such long roots, works great (for now).
Barb
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Posted : 14/10/2010 11:02 am
Great idea, I need to find some of those! 8)
Steve
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Posted : 14/10/2010 5:18 pm
Looks nice Barb............
do I need to clean mine out? 😯
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Posted : 14/10/2010 7:42 pm
Barb,
Great idea!
What do you have for soil in those, uh, potties?
--Erik
P.S. I don't need to add, but I will anyway: I have a LOT of trouble growing Washy! 😳
Posted : 14/10/2010 9:20 pm
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Steve, the downside (pardon the pun) is that the $ you save buying diaper pails are quickly used up with the extra bags of soil 😐
I find myself slowing when I pass near a hydro/utility yard, wondering "if those tall concrete things" would make good palm pots.
Nope you don't have to clean it out, Jim, save on fertilizer costs.
But it's a little tough on the drill bit.
Erik you'll grow the best Washies one day, I know it.
By the way, you felt that tall narrow palm pots would topple over in a storm.
The bottom four inches of mine have approx. 20 lbs. of boulders...yup, big rocks...a hurricane wouldn't knock 'em over.
Just don't ask me to move them... 😕 😆
Barb
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Posted : 15/10/2010 12:47 am
That's a very cleaver idea 😀 I have a insert to a indoor trash can I plan on using to plant a sabal in the spring. That should work out really well for those filiferas, I found a washy root the other day popping through my field stone foundation 6 feet below grade and 7 feet away from the trunk 😯 😯 😯
Bill
Posted : 15/10/2010 12:34 pm
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That insert is a good idea, and you can't get a deep plant pot for the price of a trash can anywhere.
Plus they look better than the "real garbage cans" I've used (and still do for the CIDP).
Washy roots are amazing...they send down what appears to be a tap root (or two or three).
6 feet below grade and 7 feet away from the trunk
Not surprising, especially with the vigor and size of your Washies.
I've seen pics of Washies in deserts where I bet the main root has gone down 50 to 60 feet to find water.
Other palms would just pack up and die before they reached water. 😕
Barb
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