Re: metal containers

**"* <d*@comcast.net>**

I've used old metal colanders, saucepans, cut flower cans and the like (with 
holes punched) for plants - but only those that are going in shade. I had 
thought that they would be broad enough so that the roots would be ok, but 
in sun, the plant roots cooked. But I'm in Georgia, where it can be 90 
degrees before noon some years. Your mileage may vary.

Daryl Pulis
Manager, CompuServe/Netscape Gardening Forum
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> Does anyone have any experience w/metal containers...tall and thin, wider 
> that the top than the bottom? A client wants to get some but I'm worried 
> about cooking the roots. Metal containers get hot.
>
> jems

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