Comments on: A Fibreglass Pot that threatens your freedom https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/ Gardenvisit.com Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/#comment-1028 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:08:50 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2379#comment-1028 Thanks Henry. The outside temperatures where my friend lives reaches as low as -45C. (Although with global warming the planter may soon be suitable….See ‘The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igloo]

So the planter at present would only be suitable for indoors. Space is a bit tight. Do you have the dimensions of the planter? Perhaps Tom could recommend a plant which tolerates long winters with low lighting levels?

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/#comment-1027 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:56:24 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2379#comment-1027 A good question indeed: I saw some fiberglass planters in a grand garden yesterday and they were flaking, as though suffering from frost damage. But my guess is that this would not happen to a well-made planter – so I think the flakey examples could come from the early days of fibreglass, with too much resin/filler and not enough glass fiber.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/#comment-1026 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:52:55 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2379#comment-1026 Just in case you are in the market for some good Inuit sculpture….[http://www.whistlerart.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=140]

]]> By: Henry https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/#comment-1025 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2379#comment-1025 Hi Christine. Good question, I’m not actually sure. I quick jog round Google tells me that when fibreglass is used to make pipes, it has a recommended functional range of between -30C and 150C. I’m sure there are differing types of fibreglass out there but I hope this is some indication of their durability. If anyone out there is pushing those limits then I want to know why they’re trying to destroy my products! 🙂

]]> By: christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/a-fibreglass-pot-that-threatens-your-freedom/#comment-1024 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2379#comment-1024 Hi Henry. What is the temperature range that the planter is suitable for? Can it be used indoors? What size space would you recommend it for? I am thinking about purchasing one for a friend who lives in an igloo…[http://science.howstuffworks.com/enlarge-image.htm?terms=snow+-kids+-recipes+-flower&gallery=1&page=11]

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