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Source of frost free pottery tubs
I am looking for a selection of these, apart from the local garden
centres is there a good source (on line would be fine) of these? I lost half a dozen of mine to frost this Winter! |
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Source of frost free pottery tubs
On 07/06/2013 07:16, Broadback wrote:
I am looking for a selection of these, apart from the local garden centres is there a good source (on line would be fine) of these? I lost half a dozen of mine to frost this Winter! What do you mean by "frost free"? What you should be looking for are "frostproof" tubs. Ignore anything which uses the meaningless term "frost resistant". Unfortunately, IME at least 90% of tubs are described as "frost resistant". -- Jeff |
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Source of frost free pottery tubs
On 07/06/2013 07:16, Broadback wrote:
I am looking for a selection of these, apart from the local garden centres is there a good source (on line would be fine) of these? I lost half a dozen of mine to frost this Winter! You don't want "frost free" ones then. They would be large containers intended to be used in "frost free" greenhouses or outside in mild dry winter Mediterranean climates where frosts are rare and even if they do occur everything is bone dry so no spalling damage can occur. You want high baked "frost proof" or plastic containers that are impervious to water and frost damage for outside in the UK. They still don't last forever as they occasionally fall over in the wind and break. Pottery ones these days never seem to be truly frost proof for me and last five years outdoors at most before flaking apart. The high glazed thick chunky ones last best of all but are more expensive. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Source of frost free pottery tubs
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:16:14 +0100, Broadback wrote:
I am looking for a selection of these, ... Frost Free? Presumably you mean frost proof, try: http://erringtonreay.com Hand thrown, salt glazed pots, with 10 year guarantee. The above has a better overview of the company and products than: http://www.erringtonreay.co.uk/ Which has the online shop. £60+ for free delivery. The pots ain't cheap so £60 is easy to achieve... B-) The pottery is at Bardon Mill on the A69 between Haydon Bridge and Haltwhistle. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Source of frost free pottery tubs
On 07/06/2013 07:16, Broadback wrote:
I am looking for a selection of these, apart from the local garden centres is there a good source (on line would be fine) of these? I lost half a dozen of mine to frost this Winter! The Yorkshire Flowerpots are (allegedly) frostproof to -15c. There ought to be a supplier close to you. http://www.naylor.co.uk/wp-content/u...are2013PDF.pdf -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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