Round garden pots versus Square

There was a time when you couldn't buy a square garden pot, all you could find in the garden centres and nurseries were round.

Square pots are harder to make, warp easier in the kilns than round, and you are limited to the size of the base moreso than the round.

Suppliers of garden pots slipped by these problems by making the bases of the square pots small and the pots tall to give them some size. This changed the buying habits of pots, everybody wants the straight lines of the square pots to fit in wiht their modern homes.

This square pot trend has been around for years and looked like it was forever going to outsell the Round Garden Pots.

But wait.... The tide seems to be turning back now. Not every plants wants to be in a tall skinny pot, some would rather be in a short wide, the roots are closer to the surrounding soil. Tall skinny pots are top heavy normally - not great for the windy conditions. The big box stores love the square pots as they fit neater on their shelves and often get them at a cheap price, hence square pots are everywhere and even becoming too common.

So if you are in the Garden pot business, keep an eye on round, they are coming back.

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