Thai Limestone Stewpot

The Thai Limestone Stewpot is a broad, low bellied vessel hand made in Thailand and finished in a softly aged limestone glaze. It measures 70cm across and 50cm high in the one size available, and holds 120 litres of mix, which makes it the most usable everyday size in the range.

Why you'll love it

• Wider than it is tall. The 70cm by 50cm proportion sits low and stable, so it suits a deck or a spot under a window where a tall urn would block the view.
• 120 litres of mix. Real root volume for a shrub or a small feature tree, and enough soil mass that it does not dry out in a day.
• Softly aged limestone finish. Matt and mineral rather than glossy, so it reads as weathered stone against paving, timber and render.

Sizes and what fits in them

The Stewpot is made in a single size, quoted as outside dimensions.

• 70cm across. A wide mouth takes a rounded shrub, a clipped ball or a mounding grass without the plant looking pinched.
• 50cm high. Deep enough for a citrus, a gardenia or a dwarf olive to hold on for years rather than seasons.
• 120 litres of mix. Buy to that figure, less the gravel base layer, and add a slow release feed while the pot is empty.

Material, weathering and drainage

Material. Limestone glazed ceramic, hand made and hand finished. Tonal variation and an untrue rim are characteristics of the process, not faults.

Outdoors. Sold as an outdoor pot. We publish no frost rating for the Thai limestone range, so in cold districts treat it as you would any glazed ceramic and keep water from sitting in the base over winter.

Drainage. Keep the drainage holes clear and stand the pot on feet so water escapes. Cover them with a single layer of fibreglass flyscreen, never fabric or geofabric, which clog. Lay 50mm of 10mm gravel, then a premium potting mix rather than garden soil, and choose plants suited to containers: aggressive roots damage any planter.

What to expect when it arrives

Pots ship empty and packed for freight, with dispatch in 2 to 5 business days. At 70cm across and 45kg empty it is a two person lift, and once 120 litres of wet mix is in it, it stays put, so settle the position first.

Delivered Australia wide, with delivery from $29.95. Advanced and large stock is freighted at cost.

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