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I gave up trying to move my Bill's plastic half barrel planter Sips with a hand cart. They want to go oval when I try to move them on a hand cart. I now have little wheel dollies I bought from Harbor Freight under each of them which means they have to be located on concrete

My 20 gallon Gro Pro pots have a huge lip formed into the top edge of the pot and I can move them with a regular hand cart no problems so far.

As far a cut down plastic food barrels... my wife's "no" vote stopped any chance of those. She is ok with the Gro Pro pots and I can put as many of them as I want in the yard.
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Gloria, is correct! I use 55g food grade barrels. I get mine for 10 bucks a piece. I cut them in half and get 2 - 27g pots. I also have a few of Bill's pots. But the 55g barrels are larger than Bill's containers.
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Gloria, is correct! I use 55g food grade barrels. I get mine for 10 bucks a piece. I cut them in half and get 2 - 27g pots. I also have a few of Bill's pots. But the 55g barrels are larger than Bill's containers.


I do have some 55 gallon drums that will now be getting chopped in half.  And I'm going to order some cloth pots to experiment with.  I am going to start hitting up landscapes for large pots, and I'm going to order some new large pots.

Basically run a giant experiment. See what works best for my needs, ease of moving around and tree growth and health. 

This is going to be fun.
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The Growstore in Littleton. These are for GroPro pots.

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hi everyone, yes hit up the landscapers .. I do landscaping and had hard time getting rid of pots..
I will start keeping some this upcoming spring.




wish list :: any
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The Growstore in Littleton. These are for GroPro pots.


That is not to bad, it is a modest mark up.  I'll have to see what I can find in the Springs as well.  Still the winner is Greenhouse megastore, if I get 25 gallon, they will be delivered for $10.20ea.

Pretty good deal.
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Originally Posted by cis4elk
The Growstore in Littleton. These are for GroPro pots.


That is not to bad, it is a modest mark up.  I'll have to see what I can find in the Springs as well.  Still the winner is Greenhouse megastore, if I get 25 gallon, they will be delivered for $10.20ea.

Pretty good deal.


I think we are only paying $12 each to Hydro Girl at The Grow Roon in Nyack for our Gro Pros 20s . I can't imagine paying more than that in CO with all of that agriculture going on there.
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I'm going to start hitting up the local spots and see what is available and what there prices are. Start pestering the landscapes after the new year for large pots. 

I see the 55 gallon barrels on Craig's list all the time, I'll start stocking up over winter. Get them cut in half, build wheeled carts for them and go buy a few yards of soil to start filling them up.  

I've got well over 1000 one gallon pots, maybe do some trading or sell some to buy larger pots. Will see what January and February bring. 
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