making my first pot (s)

[rustygarden]

I decided to finally make a few cement pots . I watched Evolution Bonsai you tube videos and it looked easy . First I bought some metal lath and some Quickcrete vinyl patching concrete . I thought it would be cheaper and easier than buying all the separate components . Make a wire frame , I used a cardboard box to help bend it . I wired the corners together with bailing wire . Mixed up the concrete and applied . I let the first coat dry overnight and applied the second coat . The third morning I filed and sanded knocking off loose pieces . Then I scrounged old latex house paint from the garage . Finally spray painted over them with a satin clear latex enamel . The smaller pot is 13 inches x 11 inches x 5 .5 inches , The larger one is 16 inches x 11 inches x 4.5 inches . I am pretty happy with both of them . Very easy and inexpensive to make .

 

[_#1_]

Neat!

Side drain holes? Daring lol

 

[W3rk]

Neat!

Side drain holes? Daring lol

And they seem kinda large.

 

[rustygarden]

Yeah the mica pot the japanese maple is in is16 x 13x 4 inches . The smaller pot is for an Amur maple in the thread titled Amur Maple and pot a new journey . Its base above the nebari is over 4 inches . Bigger trees bigger pots . The japanese maple is over 5 inches add the odd root and its 8 plus .

 

[_#1_]

Are there plans to secure trees to pots given drainage is unorthodox?

 

[rustygarden]

Probably end up using bamboo to pin them in .

 

[Crazy Diamond]

The water dont pool in the bottom?

 

[Pitoon]

Your substrate will wash out when you water.

 

[rustygarden]

Wow you should check out his you tube channel . You put long fibered sphagnum moss in the aeration holes as you backfill with substrate then top it off with living moss .