"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 6/5/07 13:55, in article ,
"Gregoire Kretz" wrote:

Dwayne & Angela wrote:

i could still do with some plant ideas
was thinking of clematis (which is about the only plant i have had any
success with) but do you get dwarf varieties?

The idea is nice but my first concern is about the metal: I know Britain
is slightly cooler than Sicily, but how will the planter and the plants
inside react to the heat?

It doesn't take much sunshine for metal to go warm so someone who knows
better than me will have to say if roots will like it. Maybe it will be
just a matter of the soil getting dry quicker than with clay planters,
for instance, or if the whole thing is going to overheat?
I'm not too worried about the stems climbing on the metal, after all you
see old wisteria almost merged with ancient metal fences.

Perhaps you'd simply be better off with putting a second pot inside: of
all the metal planters I've seen in gardens, the only ones that directly
contained soil were of the thick, cast-iron variety. May be wrong,
though, anyone here has an idea on this?

It's an interesting post, Greg. In the old and long gone times, people
used
lead planters but what they grew in them is open to debate, I would think.
Certainly, the metal planter could be used as a câche pôt but drainage
would
be just as important. And I do remember my ex father in law saying that
he
didn't like training plants on metal wires in his Jersey garden because
they
got too hot, so he used wooden trellis.


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Thanks for bumping this Sacha I missed Gregs post. the planter will have a
clay pot the steel work will accomodate a 270mm pot. the steel itself will
only be 20mm X 3mm. I really ought to paint up the one I made wrong and get
a pic up on my blog (I measured the tray and not the pot itself so the pot
wouldnt fit)