Choosing the right container for your plant isn't just about looks. it can have a big impact on the plant's health and your watering routine. Ceramic and plastic are the two most common pot materials, ...

The plastic plant pot is the gardener's equivalent to the shopper's plastic carrier bag: we know we use too many of them - some 500 million each year in the UK - but they’re really cheap and they're ...

For me, I hate to throw anything away, if I think I can find a second use for a product. However, I always seem have a ton of those plastic nursery pots laying around. They are nice to have when I ...

Sometimes, the simplest items that seem trash-worthy are actually more like treasures when it comes to DIY projects. Take those lowly, thin plastic containers that come with plants purchased from a ...

A: My faithful readers are going to be experts on the basic rules-of-thumb for R.I.’s bin/cart recycling program. I repeat them as often as I can in my quest to get all Rhode Islanders to a status of ...

As I was setting up my grow lights and heat mats last week in preparation for sowing seeds, I was struck by the neatly stacked pile of old plastic pots lurking in the corner of my shed. I reuse pots, ...

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Don’t just throw away those plastic pots your plants came in! Here are our six favorite ways to reuse and recycle plant pots. Take an old plastic pot and cut off the bottom.Push it partway into the ...

Different pots have different uses for your home plants and planters. Plants behave differently in plastic containers than they do in glazed ceramic pots, and each pot has its own set of care ...