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Originally Posted by Fairorchids
Bill,
I like your approach. Two thoughts:
1. Looks like pot size is somewhat larger than I would use for Den plants of that size.
2. I think that you can achieve the same result with less metal (and without welding), if you use a strip about 2" wide, and then bend it so that:
Middle section is flat (to be screwed to the wall).
Lower end is bent outward at about 70 deg angle (giving the pot bottom support, with 20 deg tilt). You might even give it a slight upward turn at the tip, to prevent pot from sliding off.
Upper end is bent over 180 deg, to hook over the edge of the pot.
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Well, I am a big pot person as well as a barkista (Death to the Mossites!)
Fact is that some of those nobiles have quite big root systems. I really wouldn't fancy stuffing that lot into a smaller pot. Plus, those suckers are up the top of the greenhouse, and dry out in a minute this weather. They need a bit of medium in there to hold water. The damn greenhouse hit 42.5 today, so more shade cloth went up.
Nice idea about the 2" strip, it would be an elegant design. I'd still weld, as bending strip that wide requires serious force, and is liable to leave bows in the metal. I'm not a pro metalworker, and I don't have the facilities to shape steel.
The only thing that I don't like about it is that the wider pots that I use need a bit more side to side support. That tho could be overcome by using two strips and linking them with a horizontal strip. I might try that with the the small dens that hang down. They do go in smaller pots, and my design would be a bit clumpy if I scaled it down.
Thanks for that.
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