Planter troughs allow you to have a beautiful garden irrespective of the tiny space you have. A beautiful variety of flowers, herbs, trees, shrubs, vegetables or ferns can all successfully survive and thrive in planter troughs making the designated space look beautiful, and provide fresh vegetables and herbs thereby satisfying your gardening instincts. Almost anything and everything can be used or re-used as a planter and each type of container have their own advantages and disadvantages. For larger plants that you need not move, a good and smart option would be concrete planter troughs.
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1. Insulates the soil well
Concrete planter troughs, because of their thickness, together with the lighter colours are available, protect the soil from fluctuations in temperature. Be mindful of the colour of your troughs before planting them. While lighter colours save and protect the troughs from changing temperatures, darker coloured concrete planter troughs can easily dry out the soil in hot and sunny climates.
2. Bigger sizes for bigger plants and trees
If you want to plant bigger plants or trees but do not have enough space for a traditional garden, then concrete planter troughs are exactly what you need. They come in a myriad of sizes from tiny ones to keep on your tables to large ones for larger plants and trees to be placed outdoors. Concrete being a hard and durable material as it is, allow the larger concrete planters to accommodate large roots of larger plants and trees without breaking and gives them enough room to survive. Larger concrete planters ensure lesser root crowding and more conservation of moisture in the soil while planting flowers, vegetables or smaller plants that have smaller root systems.
3. Lasts longer
While containers made of wood and plastic tend to rot or become brittle over time, concrete planter troughs will a long time owing to the fact that concrete in itself is a very strong and lasting material. Another advantage of a concrete planter trough is that they are too heavy to get knocked down by children, pets or lawnmowers or get blown over by strong winds. Concrete planter troughs do not get ruined easily by rain or humidity which keeps them safe in a damp and moist climate.
4. Beautifully decorated troughs make the space look beautiful
Unlike wood, plastic or fibre, concrete planter troughs can be stained or painted to give you scores of decorative effects to magnify the beauty of any given space. Even when left bare, the mossy, aged look a concrete planter naturally develops with time can go perfectly with a classic décor. Tip: Adding mosaic tiles to the exterior of the concrete container will give it an extra colour pop.
5. Consider these before buying or making your first concrete planter trough
Before you decide to buy your first concrete planter trough, keep in mind that because of the porous nature of concrete, concrete planters tend to dry out the soil inside them rapidly. You will need to seal the inside of the planter with a concrete sealant. Make sure that the sealant is also waterproof. You can alternatively choose to water your plants more frequently to save them from wilting. Also, keep in mind that the heavy concrete planter troughs become even heavier after soil and plants are added to it and become almost immovable so you will need to have a designated spot for your planter before planting.
Concrete planter troughs can be seen in the roadsides with plantations, also in the large gardens of complexes or malls along with creative landscapes with plants and trees.
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