Large shallow pots - how to make them.

[bil]

The huge problem with epiphytes is getting air to flow thru the medium easily, and the bigger the pot, the deeper the medium will be, and a small increase in depth will make a BIG decrease in air flow.

Nowhere, but nowhere have I been able to find shallow pots (ie 6 - 8 cm.) So in the end, I decided to see if I could make them.

Now, I really like these cylindrical pots. They are simple, and not top heavy like the more tapering pots. Plus, I worked out that with their slight taper, a cut and shunt job might just give me what I wanted. If you try this, it pays to measure very carefully, or you will end up with a lot of ruined pots.


Basically the trick is to find two pot sizes where the base of the big one will fit nicely into the top of the small one. You can then cut the top off the small, the bottom off the big and fix them together.

This pic shows the type of pot I like, a cut rim and base, and the end product.