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Monty's giant terracotta pots

nadine12nadine12 Posts: 45
in Garden design
I'd love some but the only ones I can find are really expensive?
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Giant terracotta pots  ARE really expensive.  I'd love some too. There's always the eurosquillions lottery tomorrow night
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    They are, especially if baked high enough to make them frost proof in the UK and even then I wouldn't trust them not to flake.    I have a few, nowhere near as big, and give them a couple of coats of clear, mat or satin varnish to protect them from water absorption and thus frost damage.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    That's a good idea Obelixx, hadn't thought of that. I've only ever painted a few of mine with emulsion.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I assume Obelixx you coat them on the inside and outside with the clear varnish?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    3 coats of acrylic, water based varnish.  Easy to use and clean but 3 coats max or it goes cloudy.   Dries quickly too but I like to let it set for a day between coats.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    I just cannot do heavy pots as nice as they look. I just use plastic because my back is in already in bad way. 



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I love my giant pots from Italian Terrace. Their advice is to fill the bottom third of the pots with crocks so they are very free draining.


    Rutland, England
  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    edited May 2018
    Oh, if wishes were horses I would be romping round a field and you could call me Merrylegs. :D
    Those pots are to die for...
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    https://www.wayfair.com/outdoor/pdp/marchioro-plastic-pot-planter-mci1062.html

    There are quality cast plastic that looks a lot like terracotta.. without the cost or worry.  Not sure how it weathers or looks up close. 
    Utah, USA.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    @Daisy33
    Oh Merrylegs you made me laugh!
    They are very beautiful pots though!!! 
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