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Comments (9)I didn't have any luck with used nursery containers either. I ended up going with used 5 gallon pickle buckets. Most were free from bakeries (icing and margarine more so than pickles...) and restaurants but I did buy some from Firehouse subs for a $2.00 donation to firefighters. A good cause and still cheaper than buying them from a store ($6) or actual planters. All you have to do is drill some holes. I pay more for good potting mix so I like to save on the container. Nice ideas everyone!...See Morecheap BIG containers
Comments (5)Huge, cast stone planter pots are available at Sam's Club. They are decorative, lightweight, and cheap for their size. The 18" is about $10.00, the 22" somewhere around $16. They are always selling out tho. They even come in colors...a patina grey, off white and terra-cotta....See MoreCheap plants and cold container garden
Comments (8)Hi there, How big are the fish? I know it's hard to believe but goldfish will quickly outgrow a 19 gal. container, if they haven't already. But if you're already planning a bigger and better container pond for next year, it might be a good transition :-) I don't know if others will agree with me but if you've got an iris and a water lily, I don't think you really need the aquarium pump. I tend to try and avoid spending more $$$ if I can, and in this case I think if you have the iris (which is supposed to be a very good water cleaner) and just two small fish you will probably be okay. You will just have to stay diligent about water changes, no different than if you had an indoor aquarium. And to be safe I'd probably add in a few submerged plants (anachris, hornwort, etc.) and floaters (water lettuce, water hyacinth, etc.) For the plants you bought, I'd take them out and re-pot them. The mesh stuff sounds like landscape fabric designed not to let roots grow through, so you'll need to remove it, wash most of the existing stuff off and *then* repot. For lilies, I use a mix of soil and kitty litter too, but if you do that, make sure to top them off with plenty of pea gravel or stones so all the soil doesn't wash into your water and turn it into a muddy mess. I plant my iris in plain gravel. Mine seems to be doing great that way and I figure it's sucking more excess nutrient from the water. A lot of it is trial and error to see what works for you, but hope this helps :-)...See Moreyour fave frugal containers for seed starting?
Comments (8)I use numerous free containers from assorted sources. Many types and sizes of leftover nursery pots and 6 or 12 packs, plastic jugs, lettuce boxes, 1 and 2 LTR bottles, and cups of all sizes. Even the styrofoam cup-o-noodles cups that my son used to eat! This year I had to toss a couple, because they got torn, but I've been using those crazy cups for at least 5 years. I do re-use containers for years, that is very important because it saves resources, and I am lazy, I do not want to search for or prepare containers every year. I found a couple dozen brand new Solo cups along the side of the road once, and scooped those up. They make great containers. Some of the Solo cups I've been using for almost 20 years, and sometimes I will tape them if they tear a little to make them last a little longer. As for transplanting, I kind of like to transplant, it's pretty easy to transplant seedlings, the hard work comes when you have to tend the seedlings out in the garden and keep them alive long enough to become grown-ups :). Daylily seedlings in Cup O-Noodles cups that are lined up inside an old refrigerator drawer -...See Morepuzzlefan
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