planter box lining
On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 10:57:34 AM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
looking for the favorite planter box liner
or maybe i will just make drain holes
pond liner seems too stiff but seems to be the right stuff
You really have two choices, you can either let the wood of the planter box get wet, or you keep it dry.
Assuming the planter is sitting outside, its going to get wet when it rains anyhow. So you need breathing room around the liner to allow the planter to dry after a rain and you need a drain (or drains) in the liner that pass through the planter and allow the excess water to drain out of the soil and yet not keep the bottom of the planter soaked.
The construction is simple, battens on the bottom of the planter for the liner to rest on and on the sides to keep the give the wood room to breathe. Then in the bottom of the liner, seal in one, or more, drain tubes and have them extend down through the bottom of the planter.
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