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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. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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? |
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. |
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. ![]() Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
tabby Aug 15, 2012 9:01 AM CST |
It has definitely been too hot. |
Bubbles Aug 16, 2012 6:34 PM CST |
Love those pots! |
springcolor Aug 16, 2012 8:01 PM CST |
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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. |
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. |
Makes sense. ![]() |
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. |
Yes they can. Chris (goldfinch4) lives in zone 4 and leaves hers outside year round. |
doglover Apr 3, 2013 10:53 PM CST |
Thank You, hope to give them a try this year. |
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. |
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 |
webesemps Apr 5, 2013 12:50 PM CST |
bluegrassmom said: They look great! ![]() ![]() |
gg5 Apr 5, 2013 9:55 PM CST |
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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. |
gg5 Apr 5, 2013 11:04 PM CST |
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