Large garden pots

Post by **pinky** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:15 pm

Hi everyone, new to the forum so please be patient with me.
Does anyone know where I can buy very large pots as a garden feature for fish, water lilys etc..
Closer than Bangkok please and not ridiculously priced (if possible

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Thanks in advance.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:42 pm

Go half way to Bangkok and try the Ratchaburi area - it's where many of them are made.

Drive around the place for a day and you will see many being sold on the roadside.

Post by **crazy88** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:15 pm

Terry hit the nail on the head . Ratchaburi is your cheapest option close to here .

There is a place on the Petchkasem road near index with a good variety of pots and water features outside .The prices are pretty good once you have bargained them down .They deliver and install the water features inclusive .

Crazy 88

Post by **niggle** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:34 pm

PK road south of Market Village opposite JD Pools (just after Electricity U Turn is quite good. We get a truck 2 or 3 times a week round the estate selling.

Post by **PeteC** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:37 pm

Watch the fish though. I've used large pots before, the kind Thai's actually used to bathe with in days gone by, and still do in some places. Even a few dozen guppies will eventually deposit a thick layer of stinky sludge on the sides and bottom. Only way is to empty and scrub it every few months. They will eat a lot of mosquito larve though. Pete

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:30 pm

Very true Pete.

The reason that you get a huge deposit of fi5h 5hite on the bottom is because the 'few dozen' dozen guppies soon become several hundred - they breed incredibly fast.

Post by **PeteC** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:03 pm

These were the fish with very colorful tails, the males I believe. Blues, greens, yellows etc. I just called them guppies as they were guppy size...LOL. They did multiply fast though. Pete

Post by **crazy88** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:03 pm

As do all the livebearing toothcarp species .Danios and barbs do the same job and are not as prolific .

Not tried them here in pots but cardinal and rummy nosed tetras would look good in a large pot IMO .

Crazy 88

Post by **pinky** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:02 pm

Thanks everyone. Will check it out and thanks for the advice on the fish. Trip to Rachaburi coming up... Cheers