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Name: tabby denver, colorado zone 5              tabby Aug 8, 2012 2:46 PM CST |
Here's some new hypertufa pots I made this year. They've just finished curing and are now ready to plant. I've got even more still curing out back. And here are some of them planted up. These poor semps have been waiting years for a bigger pot.    |
Name: Marilyn Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b) Garden today. Clean next week.           CDsSister Aug 8, 2012 3:48 PM CST |
Wow, Tabby, You have a beautiful crop there. Love the colors. Are you using cement stains or regular paint of some kind? |
Name: tabby denver, colorado zone 5 tabby Aug 8, 2012 4:34 PM CST |
| I'm using cement colorant which is mixed in when making the hypertufa so it goes all the way through. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin           goldfinch4 Aug 15, 2012 12:13 AM CST |
Wow, great bunch of tufa pots. Love all the different colors too. I haven't made very many this summer (yet). Still hope to get some done. I just don't know where this summer went.  I made a couple earlier this summer but it has just been too hot. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: tabby denver, colorado zone 5 tabby Aug 15, 2012 9:01 AM CST |
| It has definitely been too hot. |
Name: Sandi Austin, Tx (Zone 8b) Texas Gardening          Bubbles Aug 16, 2012 6:34 PM CST |
| Love those pots! |
Name: Julia Washington State (Zone 7a)      springcolor Aug 16, 2012 8:01 PM CST |
 Those are nice!!Sempervivum for Sale |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)      |
| What a great bunch of pots Tabby. You have really been busy. Don't know how you did that in all the heat you've been getting this summer. |
Name: tabby denver, colorado zone 5 tabby Aug 19, 2012 10:07 AM CST |
Lynn, It's not bad out around 6 or 7 in the morning.  I found a plastic dish pan and am making some nice sized rectangular ones now. I have to have somewhere to plant all those semps I got in trades - they are currently in 6 inch plastic pots but will do better in the hypertufa over the winter. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Makes sense. |
Name: doglover Illinois (Zone 5a)        doglover Apr 3, 2013 9:19 PM CST |
| Can these pots be left outside in the winter in zone 5a? Nice pictures and wonderful idea. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Yes they can. Chris (goldfinch4) lives in zone 4 and leaves hers outside year round. |
Name: doglover Illinois (Zone 5a) doglover Apr 3, 2013 10:53 PM CST |
| Thank You, hope to give them a try this year. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| I have all the stuff to make them, but still haven't given it a try. Maybe I will do some when my daughter comes for a visit. |
Name: Teresa South central KY (Zone 6b) Consider the lilies of the field      bluegrassmom Apr 5, 2013 12:02 PM CST |
| What type of mold did you use ? Also, what do you add to make the colors? I want to try a couple for my mini hosta. Maybe a rectangled one too. Any suggestions and a recipe for what you used. They look great! Thanks, Teresa |
Name: Bev Salem OR (Zone 8a)   webesemps Apr 5, 2013 12:50 PM CST |
bluegrassmom said: They look great! Tabby, Your "pot crop" rivals your "plant crop"!  |
Name: Greg Colucci Seattle WA (Zone 8b)      gg5 Apr 5, 2013 9:55 PM CST |
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Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Teresa, I see in one of her above posts the she uses a cement colorant. She adds it when she is mixing up the ingredients for the hypertufa. I think she uses plastic dishpans, bowls, anything that has the size and shape you want for your finished product. |
Name: Greg Colucci Seattle WA (Zone 8b) gg5 Apr 5, 2013 11:04 PM CST |
| Lynn you are correct. You can also use latex paint and mix at bit in with the mix |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
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