Risers to keep smart pots off the floor?

athomegrowing

athomegrowing

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I'm using milk crates to keep my smart pots off of the greenhouse floor. Is there something on amazon that is recommended for this purpose, and is ideally only 3" or less in height? Breathability is important.
 
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RelaxedGrandpa

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Just be aware that you'll be cutting plastic, which in reality the blades at high speed will be melting the plastic as opposed to actually cutting. The blade will be gunked up. Along the cut, since the plastic is melted, you'll need to file off the flash (if you want it pretty). But yeah, either will do the job.
 
SageFromZen

SageFromZen

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I use smartpots/geopots outdoors and I have all of mine up on cheap trellis arbor that I picked up at a yard sale for $6. Picked up four of them. Certain nursery flats also fit 10 gallon smart pots perfectly. Then I put em' up on bricks. Get creative. There's a lot that can be found in a nursery dumpster!
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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RelaxedGrandpa said:
Got a Dremel or small angle grinder? You can cut those crates to whatever height you'd wish.
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SageFromZen said:
I use smartpots/geopots outdoors and I have all of mine up on cheap trellis arbor that I picked up at a yard sale for $6. Picked up four of them. Certain nursery flats also fit 10 gallon smart pots perfectly. Then I put em' up on bricks. Get creative. There's a lot that can be found in a nursery dumpster!
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charface said:
Actually couldn't find any on Amazon
But i found these.

Or you could use blocks of wood

https://www.amazon.com/Potrisers-32-Standard-supports-statuary/dp/B0037MTEU0
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A lot of ingenuity in this thread. I'd have just used cinder blocks.or bricks or whatever the hell was laying around my back yard. Although I like the plant thingies with castors on the bottom. You can move plants around the grow room floor easier. My back says thank you.
 
athomegrowing

athomegrowing

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dannyboy602 said:
A lot of ingenuity in this thread. I'd have just used cinder blocks.or bricks or whatever the hell was laying around my back yard. Although I like the plant thingies with castors on the bottom. You can move plants around the grow room floor easier. My back says thank you.
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I don't want bricks or cinderblocks in my apartment unless necessary :)
 
lee1000

lee1000

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Cut the top 2 inches off the top of a bucket with a blade. Sit the fabric pot directly on the 2 inch cut-off piece. You can easily make 5 or more stands from a bucket, For bigger pots, use bigger buckets and so on. I have 30 litre fabric pots standing on a 10 litre bucket piece cut offfabric pot stand.jpg

Make Sure that any water can drain away from the fabric pot stand by cutting out an arch at the bottom. This will stop any runoff from staying within the stand. If the fabric pots stands are always full of water, the tap roots will grow into it eventually
 
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