Slightly smaller than the pond liners I buy from Lowes, but a few bucks cheaper... may have to go take a look and see how much sturdier it is to see if it is worth changing. Tractor Supply is a little further away from my house, but I have to go soon to get some chicken feed to my lawn leveling ordeal this spring.
I've got several of those. Perfect for big BC trees. I scuff them down and paint them earthy colors. They can pass for clay from 20 feet.
You can make your own if you know a little woodworking. On the cheap side you can use 6"x6' cedar picket for the sides, and either 2x4 cedar or PVC pipe cut in quarters for the corners, then use one of the below options as the bottom. There are cheaper plastic options, but the items below can be reused for ever... since they are 304 stainless. All you would need to do is make a new box in the even that it gets too damaged by a fast growing tree.
I guess if you've got tiny trees those will work...
Thanks I appreciate the info . Essentially what I was planning . I have built boxes for collected trees . Have used scrap wood . Pallets for example . But went to 1 x6 cedar fence board are my go to . Even rip them length wise to make shallow boxes . 3 inch high . But I like your pvc idea . For corners . Also been thinking about trying ceramic
I’m going to try some . What do you do for drainage . I’m thinking of large area of screen like a Anderson flat . Concerned about making them to flimsy to move stuff around . One of my things is I . Move trees a fair bit . Portable benches chasing the sun .
I just drilled a bunch of holes.
Kind of related- hedge clippers work great for cutting greenhouse panels. Tried a razor blade on a powered multi-tool, tin snips, razorblades, and metal blades on a jig saw. Hedge clippers work the best.
You could cut larger holes leaving wider spaces between them for rigidity, then glue a hardware cloth screen in the bottom. You could potentially remove upwards of 2/3 of the material in the bottom without compromising the integrity of the tub IF you do it in the right pattern.
They should be good to use. Cost is the issue for me.My quest continues . Having failed to find a Anderson tray supplier in Canada . With stock . My search continues . For grow out containers . Having trouble seeing the downside of these . There restaurant steam pans . Having somewhat limited full sun . Area . I prefer square / rectangle max use of space . Non corroding stainless steel . Sturdier for moving around than plastic . Multiple sizes and depths avail
You might be able to find vermicomposter trays (worm compost). The square ones might actually be Anderson flats.My quest continues . Having failed to find a Anderson tray supplier in Canada . With stock . My search continues . For grow out containers . Having trouble seeing the downside of these . There restaurant steam pans . Having somewhat limited full sun . Area . I prefer square / rectangle max use of space . Non corroding stainless steel . Sturdier for moving around than plastic . Multiple sizes and depths avail
Cost is always a issue for me . But you must consider I have different variables than you guys . One the Canadian dollar is worth Approximately 75 cents American . So add that to the equation. 2 shipping international is crazy since Covid . So need to source as much local as I can . So perspective . Same store your bus tubs are 8.99 $ the steam trays are 5.99 to 21.99 depending on size . The ones I show in the pic are 10.99 and 12.99 . So I think that’s reasonable . 10.99 is 12x14 x2.5 in inches . My concern is the quality of the stainless . Or are they just coated . Hence when I drill holes . Will they start to rust . But I think there a good option for smaller than a tub . I like the multiple depths . 2.5 and 4 and 6 inches deep . Hard to get that shallow and stiff . When I consider cost I look at it from the perspective . In general I put aside some hobby money each pay check . If I want something expensive it has to come out of that budget . So I’m as frugal as I can be so the budget goes farther .
I’m not aware what your talking about . Do you have a pic . At one time I had used some containers . That grocery store grapes are shipped in . Styrofoam about 16x16x4 bottom full of holes . They stand up pretty good . For a few years depending on how much you move them . Not sure about anywhere else . But here the stores are limited how much styrofoam they can dispose of in the garbage . They are pretty happy to give them away
Most Chinese restaurant trays are cheap 304 stainless. Used as planting trays they will rust but not to the point where they are not useable in your lifetime. The rust is just cosmetic.
This one is called the worm factoryI’m not aware what your talking about . Do you have a pic . At one time I had used some containers . That grocery store grapes are shipped in . Styrofoam about 16x16x4 bottom full of holes . They stand up pretty good . For a few years depending on how much you move them . Not sure about anywhere else . But here the stores are limited how much styrofoam they can dispose of in the garbage . They are pretty happy to give them away
Thanks my understanding is 18/8 and 304 are the same product so you have used this . Not concerned about a little rust just don’t want fert and water to eat them
