Re: sealing containers
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- Subject: Re: sealing containers
- From: D* T*
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:25:48 -0800
- References: <200102110806.f1B86sq04711@nixon.ucdavis.edu>
Sorry, it seems I left out some information when I asked about sealants for my containers. I'm using
terra cotta containers, in this case ones that have been cracked. I'm planting various perennials and
shrubs in them. The problem is that water seeps through the cracks and the soil dries out really
quickly, not to mention I'm waisting water in run off. It seems to me I heard somewhere once, that there
was some type of paint or tar or som such thing that was made for this very purpose, sealing the interior
of pourus containers. I know I could just go out and buy new containers, but these still look great, if
only I could reseal them somehow.
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> Dana, what material are they made of and how necessary is it to seal
> them? Could you line them with window screen to hold in the planting
> medium instead?
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> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
