spotted creative use of containers in the citrus thread!
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I bought and used these crapazon ones as well. I regret it. By fall, the plastic would just break off when I grab/pinch the sides to move them. Absolutely not reusable and just landfill waste. I also found it slightly harder to remove plants, but mostly, it’s the fact it’s barely even one time use plastic that gets me. I’ll invest in nicer ones like Stuewe next year.
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Think those are similar to these? I can’t find the cheap HD/Lowe’s ones you and many people have posted about.
those looks similar but i dont know how the quality differs between them. the hd ones are usually more expensive they were just trying to move them for winter id imagine.
My 2 daughters (10 & 4), my Father-In-Law, and I like to collect acorns from around the farm and grow them out. We have used the small conetainers in the past, but they seem to be too small for the long tap roots of oaks. This year we bought some of the cheap plastic 4x4x12 pots off Amazon. I think it was like $25 for 100 of them. 9 of them fit perfectly in a milk crate. I think I’ll grow them in these pots for a year and plant them next fall.
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I use a 13 gallon stainless steel thrash can as a plant container, since I got a new one. I went to the thrift store. Found 30 gallon Sterilite Storage Tote for 2.50. I went to the field and found free dirt. I mix the straw and dirt together to fill the 30 gallon. Now waiting for the soil to break down and use it for spring.
if you would like to sell some extras for a good price, i would buy them from you. we’re trying to get oak to establish up here. traditionally there wasnt any, other that in town plantings. i think it would be good for our deer population and the few gray squirrels that started popping up in the last 10 yrs.
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