Beer can plant pots

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• tui34 Posts: 3,493

  July 2020

  Hello - mint maybe?

  A good hoeing is worth two waterings.
  
  

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  July 2020

  Don't forget drainage holes in the bottom.

  
  

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  July 2020

  And they'd get very hot in the sun so mint or something else that tolerates shade would be good.
  Never seen a special beer can . Photos?

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  Perhaps use them for cuttings or seeding, out of direct sunlight. Kitchen Cress? I have seen wine bottles cut off and they look stunning. The edges are ground flat for safety. You would need to turn the edges of the cans somehow or you risk slicing of your fingers.
  

  
  

  https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/diy-tin-can-herbs/

  
  

  https://www.instructables.com/id/Soda-can-seedling-container/

  
  

  http://www.swiish.com/blog-post/diy-tin-can-herb-garden/
  

  
  
  
  

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• Samridout92 Posts: 95

  July 2020

  B3 said:

  And they'd get very hot in the sun so mint or something else that tolerates shade would be good.
  Never seen a special beer can . Photos?

  Sorry by special, I mean nice designs aha! I enjoy my ales and have a collection of quirky cans! I will grab some photos  

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• Samridout92 Posts: 95

  July 2020

  Fire said:

  Perhaps use them for cuttings or seeding, out of direct sunlight. Kitchen Cress? I have seen wine bottles cut off and they look stunning. The edges are ground flat for safety. You would need to turn the edges of the cans somehow or you risk slicing of your fingers.
  

  
  

  https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/diy-tin-can-herbs/

  
  

  https://www.instructables.com/id/Soda-can-seedling-container/

  
  

  http://www.swiish.com/blog-post/diy-tin-can-herb-garden/
  

  
  
  
  

  Good idea I’ve been using 2 for cuttings already so maybe I’ll carry on with them and then throw some herbs in the others!

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  July 2020

  Barley and hops!

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• Blue Onion Posts: 2,995

  July 2020

  Small bedding type flowers (I'm thinking impatiens) or house plants would be fine.  Succulents?  

  Utah, USA.

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2020

  I'd find some plastic pots that slip inside the cans nicely and then you can have a rotating display of whatever is looking good at the time. You can take them out to water too which will keep the cans drier and means you don't need to bother with drainage holes.
  

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