![]() You can watch a rather lovely video of US master potter Guy Wolff making terracotta pots here. They are made, by hand, from clay, on potters’ wheels, then fired in a kiln. ![]() That’s basically the same for plant pots. How are they made: You’ve seen Ghost, right? You know the pottery scene? (of course you know the pottery scene it’s the only one anyone remembers from that movie). They are more robust than plastic pots, in that you can strim a clay pot without it getting shredded but if you drop one, you’ve lost it. How long do they last: Theoretically, forever you can reuse clay pots year after year for generations. But they are heavy and clumsy gardeners will struggle to keep them in one piece. As old as the hills, the ultimate in traditional gardening, they look wonderful and last for ages if you look after them. What is it: Clay pots are made of baked clay – that’s the stuff you get out of the ground, so about as natural as it gets. Probably the one type of biodegradable plant pot we’ve all used at one time or another, clay pots have a fine pedigree: they were the go-to pot of choice for all Victorian estate gardeners, and remain the benchmark for classy gardens everywhere.
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