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Homemade Exotic Plant Containers
from:Along with the varieties of plant containers you can purchase, there are hundreds of ways to create your own plant containers. Using common, every day objects, you can turn your plant display into a unique and creative piece of art.
Your creative plant pot can add personality, design, texture, and color to your plant display. Let your imagination run wild as you look around your house, garage, basement, storage room or yard to locate an item that you can use. You can also try some of the following items to create an exotic plant container:
- Little red wagon
- Antique copper kettle
- Wheelbarrows
- Old leather boots
- Wooden cradles
- Old kitchen sink (not the one you use in your kitchen!)
- Dishpans
- 5-gallon buckets
- Rubbermaid totes
- Salad bowls
- Fruit crates
- Old outdoor grill
- Old toolbox
- Old metal house planter
- Old chicken feeder
- Place a container or small containers of plants in an old toy truck or wagon
- Hanging basket
- Tire
- Drawer from an old dresser
- Wooden barrels
- Old water tanks
- Old fish aquariums
- Oil drums
- Large tin cans
- Polystyrene fish boxes
Here are a few systematic ways to create your own homemade plant container. If you do not have these items, use any of the others listed, or any that you can think of and follow the same basic idea.
Fruit Crate Plant Container
To make a plant container from a fruit crate, you will need a fruit crate, sheet moss, plastic lining (garbage bag works just fine), planting soil, garden rocks, flowers or plant such as ferns, African violets and ivy.
First, you need to line the crate with moss, slightly dampened. Then line the moss with a plastic bag. Add planting soil to fill the crate ¾ of the way. Plant throughout the crate by placing the flowers or plants close together. It looks interesting it overflows a little. Tuck in the plastic edges and fill with more sheet moss. Add whatever decorative touches you wish. Add a few garden rocks. You can also create seasonal effects such as gourds during the fall and a bird’s nest in the spring.
Indoor Leather Boot Planter
To create an exotic plant container from an old leather boot, you will need, of course, and old leather boot, a handful of gravel, plastic lining (garbage bag works fine), planting soil, flowers or plants.
First, place some gravel into the toe of the boot. This will weigh it down and keep it sturdy. Fill the bottom of the boot with a couple more handfuls of gravel. The plant will drain into the gravel and this prevents the roots from saturation.
Fill the boot 2/3 of the way with planting soil. Plant your flowers and plants and cover the roots gently. Place the boot in an interesting place, like a room decorated in Southwestern style. Note: plants in a boot container do not need water as often as other plants since the roots continually absorb the water from the gravel.
Outdoor Barbecue Grill Planter
If you would like to use an old barbecue grill as a planter, all you will need is the old grill (you can paint the exterior to match or accent your plants if you want!), planting soil and flowers or plants.
Before planting, make sure you have cleaned the grill completely. Make drain holes in the bottom of the grill or open up the vent. Fill the grill with planting soil. Plant the flowers and plants. Use it to decorate the deck, patio or to add a unique twist to the garden.
Toolbox Planter
If you have an old wooden (or plastic) toolbox around, you can make a planter or container display. You will need an old toolbox, potting soil, flowers and plants, a power drill and a trowel.
First, drill drainage holes in the bottom of the toolbox with the power drill. Place potting soil in the toolbox (if it is an old, sectioned wooden toolbox, place soil in each section). Then plant your flowers and plants.
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