The Best Plants for 3D Printed Pots (and Three We’d Keep Out)
PLA softens around 130 degrees, and that one number decides more about which plants belong in a printed pot than anything else. Here is the honest list.
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Hanging Planters for Indoors: Start With the Weight
A hook pulled out of Jill’s hallway ceiling at six in the morning. Here’s the weight math, the anchor that actually holds, and why hanging a plant is not a cat strategy.
Air Plant Holders: How to Pick One That Won’t Rot Your Plant
Most air plants die in the hour after their soak, not during it. Here’s what an air plant holder has to do about airflow, and why we stopped trusting glass globes.
Animal Planters: A Field Guide
Eight arms, an owl, and a sloth that has to come down to be watered. What each animal planter actually holds, who it suits, and where people go wrong with them.
15 Air Plant Display Ideas for Small Spaces
Every air plant display idea online is a glass globe, and a glass globe is one of the worst places to keep a tillandsia. Fifteen that work in rooms with no spare surface.
Cute Planters Under $20 That Still Drain Properly
Most cute planters under $20 are sealed at the bottom, which means somebody chose the photo over the plant. Here’s what we look for, and what people actually grab off our table.
Plants That Don’t Need Drainage Holes (and How to Water Them)
No plant grows better in a sealed pot. A few tolerate it. Here’s which ones, how to water them without drowning anything, and why every pot we print has a hole.
When to Repot a Houseplant (and How to Tell It’s Time)
Five signs a plant actually needs a bigger pot, four that look like signs and aren’t, and why one inch bigger is the right answer.
Do 3D Printed Pots Need Drainage? (Yes, and Here’s the Fix)
A string of pearls went to mush in a pot we sold in 2019, and we spent that winter redrawing every file. Why sealed printed planters are worse than sealed ceramic, and three ways to fix one.
Do Succulents Need Drainage? (And Why the Rock Layer Doesn’t Count)
I killed an echeveria in a beautiful concrete pot with no hole in it and blamed the light for a month. Here is what drainage actually does, and why gravel in the bottom isn’t it.