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Have been looking for tall and deep pots of several sizes.
All I've found were the black plastic pots.
Barb
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Posted : 29/09/2007 5:40 pm
Hey Barb,
You might have to mail order them. I bought some on the internet.
Dean
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Posted : 30/09/2007 10:49 am
The ones I bought were black though.
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Posted : 30/09/2007 10:51 am
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I think black plastic pots heat up too much and create unnatural temp at the root zone.
There are some palms that I don't want in the ground...just an accent on the patio.
Lots of extra watering.
Will look on the internet.
Thanks.
Barb
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Posted : 30/09/2007 12:02 pm
Barb
Spray paint made for plastics will make any color pot you want and they're cheap. Clean the plastic good and hang it from the bottom hole with a piece of wire, I use a metal clothes hanger. I just got some crackled copper spray paint for a 30 gal. tree pot and it looks pretty good. Add a water tray and your set.
Craig
BTW, ask a local landscaper if you can have their disgarded pots. Most do not keep them and just throw them out.
Not the pot I was expecting........
Posted : 18/12/2007 6:57 pm
Craig is right, paint them. Best place I have found for them is here http://www.stuewe.com/products/treepots.html
Posted : 18/12/2007 7:12 pm
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Excellent idea to spray paint pots.
I bet that copper color looks great.
Interesting link on pots...one of those tall pots--at first glance--looked like a length of downspout (giving me an idea!) 😉
Over the years I accumulated about 120 to 130 one-gallon plastic pots.
Traded them at a nursery for more plants. Win-win.
Barb
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Posted : 19/12/2007 12:37 am
