3-Tyre Plant Pot

[Kymba]

Found this in my garden when Clearing it... Am now trying to think how to use it in my wildlife area

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Kymba

Found this in my garden when Clearing it... Am now trying to think how to use it in my wildlife area

clearly for a very large cup of tea

alternatively you could make a minature pond like cherrrybee did with hers , tho you will need to seal up the plug hole with cement or similar - or you could use it as a planter to contain mint or similar from spreading too much

[m1keanderson]

Originally Posted by Kymba

Found this in my garden when Clearing it... Am now trying to think how to use it in my wildlife area

Clean it up, turn it on its side, add a polycarbonate front, fill it with leaf skeletons and have an uber-urban hedgehog hibernaculum

Not helping really, am I....

[Pete the Tree]

I first started using tyres on my allotment around my favourite deciduous plants (weeds really; Perenial Poppy, Foxglove, Betony) and also a Buddleia to stop me strimming them whilst attacking the continual abundant couch grass and mares tail.

I have more recently used two 3 tyre "containers" for Carrots hoping that being over 2 feet off the ground this will inhibit carrot root fly attack.

I was wondering if anyone is aware of the tyres containing and releasing any undesirable material into the ground (or more importantly the foodstuffs being grown) either from the composition of the tyres or any contaminants encountered from their life on the road (oils, fuels, salts etc)?

[J-Williams]

Omg, I have 3 tyre plant pots in my garden!!! I now know I am not alone....

[Pete the Tree]

Having stacks of 3 tyres is working well for carrots and i have just started trying it out for sweet potatos (when the little b's finally root).
Conventional tyres have a serious amount of space that needs filling which if you only have limited volumes of soil / compost is a pain. Using Plastic sheeting to make an inner core means the centre is a column of soil/compost surrounded by a warm air (tyre wall) insulator. I found this week that if you can get hold of low profile tyres there is less void to fill - you really need to live in an area of dudes with bling