Ideas for a large homemade plant pot or planter

[Accy cyclist]

I bought a palm tree/plant a month ago. It's doing so well that i'll soon need a larger pot for it. The palm is now in a pot about 11 inch in diameter. I know i can re-pot it in a bigger plastic pot but i fancy something a bit better looking than a plastic pot. I've looked at pots and planters on the web. what they describe as big planters are around £50 to £80 and some are well over that. I have an old galvanised bucket outside. I've thought about drilling holes in the bottom and painting it bronze. On looking at it again i don't think it'd be big enough. It's only 12 inch diameter at the top,8 inch at the bottom and 12 inch in height. Have any of you lot any ideas for a cheap homemade,or ready made big enough pot or planter that my palm can grow in?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Something like this, painted up maybe?

 

[PK99]

Nowhere near big enough - you want something much deeper or else it will be top heavy and unstable.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Nowhere near big enough - you want something much deeper or else it will be top heavy and unstable.

Yes,i've just had that thought myself. It's got to be tall as well as wide.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Buy some treated decking boards and build one..
I made a 6feet by 3feet and 2feet deep in my garden for the potatoes..cost about 25quid

Cost more to fill it lol

 

[fossyant]

What about a wooden planter ? Cheap and easy to make out of timber.

 

[accountantpete]

Our palms are in those big plastic buckets - handy as they can be moved in the greenhouse for winter.

 

[fossyant]

Buy some treated decking boards and build one..
I made a 6feet by 3feet and 2feet deep in my garden for the potatoes..cost about 25quid

Cost more to fill it lol

We've got two 2.4m x 1m x 5 deckboard deep raised planters for veg and strawberries. Yep filling it was costly, but we excavated quite a bit of soil before building decking and then the planters.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Buy some treated decking boards and build one..
I made a 6feet by 3feet and 2feet deep in my garden for the potatoes..cost about 25quid

Cost more to fill it lol

What about a wooden planter ? Cheap and easy to make out of timber.

Can you remember when Frank Spencer made a cot for baby Jessica, in Some Mothers Eo 'Ave' Em? My attempt at woodwork would look like that!

 

[rikki]

I'm planning to make a large planter from concrete moulded onto a wire frame over a large cardboard box. See here for inspiration - http://www.artistjamesmaxwell.com/IntroductionToCookbook.pdf
or something like this
http://www.curbly.com/18148-weekend-project-make-these-large-scale-modern-concrete-planters

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Do you know what type of palm? Is it suitable for your aspect, year round?


You could save yourself loads of hassle over the years and plant direct.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

 

[Accy cyclist]

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They cost more than big planters.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Do you know what type of palm? Is it suitable for your aspect, year round?


You could save yourself loads of hassle over the years and plant direct.

If you mean planting it in the ground,i want to be able to take it with me if i move house.

 

[rikki]

They cost more than big planters.

And they fall apart.