Plastic pots are a common choice for many gardeners due to their affordability and convenience. However, there are numerous reasons why it might be time to reconsider using plastic pots for your ...

Are you tired of earwigs crawling in your garden and eating your seeds? Find out how to upcycle those plastic nursery pots ...

Plastic pots are much more difficult to avoid if you buy in plants from garden centers or plant nurseries, most of which will not have made the move away from plastic pots.

Sturdy pots and planters that look nice are some of the costlier elements of expanding your houseplant or garden collection. But you don’t have to settle for cheap plastic pots or drop a fortune ...

Gardening Beyond plastic: How gardeners can reduce landfill waste Ask the Gardener offers more earth-friendly solutions. In 2019, 68 percent of plants were sold in plastic pots in the United States.

Alternatives to plastic pots include plantable ones made from rice hulls, peat, cow manure, wood pulp, and coconut coir. They will break down in the soil and allow the roots to grow through the walls.

Repotting might sound like a chore, but it’s one of the best things you can do to keep your succulents happy. With the right ...

What’s less fun, and far less green, is the stack of empty plastic planting pots that gets left behind. But that pile of waste is not a fact of life, as Israeli company Bioplasmar demonstrates.

I raise and sell several hundred vegetable, flower and herb starts every spring, which meant that I was constantly purchasing plastic pots. In my experience, even high-quality plastic pots tended to ...