Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: mrs bouquet on November 01, 2020, 11:44
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After the debacle with one large container, I need advice about a second one. It is by "Feather" 45cmH x 55 Wide. I have now decided not to plant it up with a shrub, because it will be too heavy. So what can I do with it - could I fill it almost to the top with styrene or similar then layer over that with cardboard then somehow plant above that in say 6 inches of soil. Perhaps some sort of container maybe 6". I am not doing anything anymore without asking your ideas first. :lol: (Bought in haste - repent at leisure !! ) Mrs Bouquet
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You can use broken up polystyrene to fill the base and then easily put bedding plants into the shallow depth of soil you are thinking about - primroses and violas/pansies for the winter and then switch over to a summer mix.
I think it is a very good idea not to fill it with soil and a shrub after your last calamity. We do prefer you to be in one piece :)
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I'm sorry to hear about your struggles but depending on the surface on which it stands, could you fit castors? ???
Cheersa, Tony.
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I do have a set of those castors for moving plant pots, but my garden is all up and down steps, so their use is very limited. Thanks for the idea. Mrs B