Decide which bang out of wood you’ll use and how you’ll preserve it.
And they can be turned into a quaint DIY wooden container planter for use indoors or outside.
Repurposing woodencontainersinto planters can make a rustic and organic design statement.
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Here’s what you’re gonna wanna know about creating a DIY wooden container planter.
Warning
Before planting in a painted box, check to see whether the paint contains lead.
it’s possible for you to use a simple lead test kit found at many hardware stores.
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Edible plants grown in a container coated with lead paint can absorb the heavy metal.
And lead paint chips can pose an environmental risk.
Even low levels of lead can cause health problems, especially in children.
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Eventually they will start to rot from holding damp soil and being exposed to the elements.
Plus, the nails and any other metal hardware used to make them can start to rust and corrode.
Some older pressure-treated lumber is preserved with arsenic, which you don’t want to use for edible plants.
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It will be stamped with a CCA (Chromated Copper Arsenate) label.
Although newer pressure-treated lumber should not contain arsenic, it still has chemicals to preserve it.
This oily preservative contains hundreds of chemicals that can cause many adverse health effects.
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Apply it to both the inside and outside surfaces of the planter.
Overview of Wood Preservative Chemicals.Environmental Protection Agency.
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