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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Planter Box Thickness

A cedar planter box can be an excellent addition to your backyard, providing you with a space to showcase your gardening abilities and add beauty and color to your backyard. However, you need to make sure that you have the best planter box available. If you choose a low-quality box, although it may last for one season, it will not be good the next time you want to grow flowers in it.
If you want to reuse your planter box, it is essential that you choose a wooden planter that is at least ¾” thick. Planters that are only ½” thick will become warped and twisted from the moisture in the soil after only one season. This warping will render even the most attractive of planter boxes of no use, after only being able to plant one set of flowers in it. To keep your cedar planter boxes from warping, be sure your planters are at very least ¾” thick, so it can withstand water damage without warping. It also helps to use a plastic planter box liner, which offers further protection from the soil moisture. This added protection decreases the chance of your wooden planter box warping due to water damage.

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