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touchofsky said:If you want to make a large terracotta planter lighter, what would you suggest?
I have been putting broken bits of styrofoam in the bottom, but maybe this isn't a good idea.

I use plastic water bottles, empty, with the caps on. If the container would be unstable for some reason, I fill the bottles with water. Two liter soda bottles would work for very large containers, like 15-25 gallon tree pots, or equivalent. I use plastic mesh designed to keep leaves out of rain gutters to cover the drainage holes, stand the bottles vertically, then fill around/between them with mix.