Specialty Gardening: Anyone grow stuff in wooden crates?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
I grow lots of plants, mainly stuff I'm growing on for use as future bonsai material, in wooden boxes like the one in the picture. They work extremely well. They help hold moisture, allow a little more gas exchange than even terra-cotta, and help keep root temperatures lower than many/most other container materials. Admittedly, they are not too esthetically pleasing, but they're hard to beat for function. The container in the photo is lacking drain holes, which were easily added with a drill.

Al