Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
--
Chris

In article ],
Chris ] writes:
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| Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?

Probably to make them easier to pick up using machinery.

| Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

Older ones often did. I have some like that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
--
Chris



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"Mike" wrote in message
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Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
--
Chris



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are flat?




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is not enough?




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a revolver at him?




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Special Olympics?



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In article ], Chris ]
writes
Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

It is very difficult to empty a plant out of a straight pot.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

In article , Kay writes:
| In article ], Chris ]
| writes
| Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
| Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
|
| It is very difficult to empty a plant out of a straight pot.

He said a straight taper. I.e. a simple truncated cone. Many
older plant pots were like that. Modern ones have a step at
the top where the cone is effectively glued onto a slightly
larger one, causing a lip outside and a wider bit inside.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:31 +0100, Chris ] wrote:

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

I assumed it prevented the top of the pot flexing too much. Not so
true for clay pots but with the plastic pots they would flex in any
direction they could and so break quicker.

JB

"Chris" ] wrote in message
]...
Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
--
Chris


Possibly;

To give people a fill line for compost, to allow for watering,

Maybe to increase the volume of water that can be fitted in the top of the
pot.

Maybe for stuctural reasons - it makes the pot more rigid having a little
lip

Perhaps someone just thought it looked better!?


Thats the best i can do at this time in the morning.

Colin

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:31 +0100, Chris wrote:

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

So you can stack them, without the sides and/or base being damaged?

--
Tim C.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:41:19 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:31 +0100, Chris wrote:

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

So you can stack them, without the sides and/or base being damaged?

Um, It also stops the pots jamming together as much.

--
Tim C.

Hi,

I always thought it was to limit the chances of the terracotta cracking when
the soil inside freezes during inclement weather. The frozen soil is forced
up and therefore does not exert to much pressure on the off vertical sides.

Chris
Essex, Obviously

"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:41:19 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:31 +0100, Chris wrote:

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

So you can stack them, without the sides and/or base being damaged?

Um, It also stops the pots jamming together as much.

--
Tim C.

In message , Colin
writes

"Chris" ] wrote in message
]...
Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

Could it be to help in stacking them?
Allow them to nest together but still give you a lip to get hold of to
separate them more easily.
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Sue Begg
Remove my clothes to reply

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for
you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:48:07 GMT, news wrote:

Hi,

I always thought it was to limit the chances of the terracotta cracking when
the soil inside freezes during inclement weather. The frozen soil is forced
up and therefore does not exert to much pressure on the off vertical sides.

Sure, any sloping-side will do for that.
The OP was asking about the thickened ring around the top lip, not what are
pots tapered. As I understood it.

--
Tim C.

In article , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article , Kay
writes:
| In article ], Chris ]
| writes
| Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
| Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?
|
| It is very difficult to empty a plant out of a straight pot.

He said a straight taper. I.e. a simple truncated cone. Many
older plant pots were like that. Modern ones have a step at
the top where the cone is effectively glued onto a slightly
larger one, causing a lip outside and a wider bit inside.

OK - reading too fast.
Isn't it so that you can make the pot out of thinner plastic? You have a
strong rim, then you don't need the rest of it so strong.

Doesn't explain why modern clay pots have the same rim! Older ones are
often rimless.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:31 +0100, Chris ] wrote:

Why do plant pots have a wide bit at the top?
Why not just a straight taper from the bottom to the top?

The worst sort of pots in my experience are the ones with a
curled-over rim which is a wonderful hiding place for small snails and
adult vine-weevil.

Pam in Bristol