My MIL has several planters at their cabin that look like loons. My FIL asked if I could make replacements for some that have fallen apart. I am going to make a couple more as a Christmas gift. These will be painted. I was thinking either redwood or cypress although I suppose I could just use PT. I think that is what the existing ones are made of.
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David
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I'm not too crazy about using pressure treated wood for planters. Your other two suggestions are fine.
Pressure treated wood has chemicals that could leach into the soil. I know the old cupric arsenate was discontinued because of health concerns.No good deed goes unpunished -
These are for flowers, not vegetables. Plus the flowers would sit in plastic trays. In any case, IMO the health concerns were overblown. I built several projects with the old CCA treated lumber in the last 25 years or so and never had problems. In fact, I don't personally knowanyone who can say that they know anyone who could prove a health problem as a direct cause of CCA lumber.David
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Cypress should work well, and would probably be easier to get in your area of the country. Another idea somewhat off the wall, but more long lived, would be HardiPlanks or plastic decking boards, if wide stock is not an absolute requirement in your design.Comment
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I use rough finished western red cedar fence picket posts for all my yard projects- mostly planters among them. Unfinished. Some of them going on 6-7-8 years now and hanging in there fine.
Around here they go for $2.25 for a 1x6 x 6 ft although the 1" dimension is usually more like 5/8"Last edited by LCHIEN; 07-23-2009, 05:01 PM.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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I thought about plastic decking but need wide stock, at least wider than the decking. I also need to be able to paint it and AFIK you can't paint the decking. I think I will go with cypress.David
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Cypress would be my choice, this is on my list of projects as well, but fairly low in priority at the moment. Let us know how they turn out.Keith Z. Leonard
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It sounds like you've made up your mind. Cypress is a good choice, I wish it was available in my area. Besides the two you mentioned (cypress, redwood) the other option I had thought of was cedar as mentioned by Loring.Comment
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