Flower lovers try to fill every free area with plants, both indoors and in the backyard. Landscaping space not only ennobles the interior, but also purifies the air, gives the atmosphere freshness and aroma. Wooden planters with plants placed in them look organic and natural in the interior.
Advantages and disadvantages of wooden pots
If you are faced with a choice of what material to buy flower pots, it is better to give preference to wooden products. The main advantage is that it is an environmentally friendly and natural product. Wood is easily processed with few tools. This material allows using a jigsaw and a hammer to give the product any shape and size. With minimal skill and resourcefulness, wooden planters can be made by a person who has nothing to do with carpentry. There is no need to purchase expensive material and complex devices.
property like hygroscopicity. In contact with moisture, wooden products are able to rot and deform. Therefore, it is necessary to additionally process wooden planters with moisture-proofing agents.
Variety of flower pots
Due to the variety of shapes and sizes, wooden planters can be placed anywhere. Products are desktop, hanging, floor and wall. Massive flowerpots are located on the floor and are designed to contain ornamental trees, palms, ficuses. Planters attached to the wall, as well as hanging pots, are designed for plants whose stems curl and fall beautifully down. The main criterion for such pots is their lightness. Therefore, hanging pots are small in size, and plants such as ivy, petunia, begonia, fuchsia and others can be grown in them. Wooden flower pots woven from willow twigs look elegant. Medium-sized flowers and plants are mainly planted in table pots, the main thing is that the planter should be stable and not collapse. They are placed on window sills, bedside tables, tables, chests of drawers.
The variety of shapes of flower pots is striking in its infinity. Manufacturers offer pots in the form of animal figures, barrels, carts, stumps, fairy tale characters and many other original ideas.
Do-it-yourself pot
The easiest way to make wooden planters with your own hands is to use a stump or deck. This product will be an excellent decor on a personal plot. Forwork, prepare a log of the required size, focusing on the plant, which will subsequently grow in the structure being made. Keep in mind that the recess should be wider than the container that you place in it. The root system needs free space for development. Your task is to destroy and pull out the core of the stump. To do this, take a drill with a large and long drill and make holes in the upper part of the workpiece. Then, with a chisel, gradually remove the middle, starting from the center, expanding and deepening the recess of the required diameter.
Wood planter is essential in creating style. This is not just an accessory, it is a full-fledged item in the interior that ennobles, decorates and creates a favorable mood for both the room and the adjacent territory.
