I talked with another member about these and wanted to see if anybody in this forum does these. I've found limited but positive info and I've made some to be planted.

I haven't used them myself. Interesting little video I found: https://pottymouthplanter.com/ .
But I may have seen a "poor man's" version of one in the last couple years. We recently bought a 42 acre getaway cabin property in Central Texas and the previous owner planted a pecan tree in the ground with a pot all the way around it, well submerged in the ground. I thought that very odd when I went to water the tree shortly after we closed on the place. But then we discovered gopher mounds everywhere and realized the previous owners must have been fighting gopher root damage to trees and shrubs. I had such damage occur with some dwarf variegated yaopons I planted by the front steps of the cabin. So suddenly it occurred to me an open-bottomed planting to defend against gopher damage made good sense! The pecan tree is 6'-7' tall and very healthy. So I wonder if the pretty Potty Mouth pots shown in this video could also be used for gopher defense, although the one she shows in the video doesn't have very deep sides.

BTW, we have gotten rid of the gophers effortlessly. We saw a red fox scurry in front of our car accessing the property last month. THAT must be who has excavated the deep 9" wide, fairly deep hole under said porch steps! Gopher and mole evidence seems to have gone away in the last few months. Problem solved without any cost whatsoever. LOL

I would love to try one! Thanks for sharing.

Overall I have had decent luck with these so far. The critter protection was an afterthought as I was just looking for a way to garden in this hard ground.

I've heard about one but never tried, I guess I should give it a try

I have some old pots, I think I will knock the bottoms off a few and give it a try. Thanks for the info

I've had a pretty decent year with these pots and SIPs in an organic garden. I'm surely using them next year.

Thanks, I'm going to try using them next growing season.

Pots in the ground are a great way to keep mints from taking over gardens.

gardenfish said:Pots in the ground are a great way to keep mints from taking over gardens.

Got another one?

I didn't know bottomless pots were a "new" invention. I've cut bottoms out of torn pots several times and used them in this fashion. I wouldn't spend a nickle on buying one. If you insist on trying them and you are like me ie you change your mind where you want your pots, don't put anything big like a tree in them. You'll end up cutting the pot to get to the roots. I think their best use is for annuals on top of soil that is otherwise hard pan.

I wouldn't buy them that way, either. I just cut out the bottom of a pot I already had. When I moved, I planted the mint into a frost proof ceramic pot and it is still there. I will be building a new bed next year, just for mints, with a inserted edge around it to keep the mint from traveling.

My mint and thyme is safe in this pot:

Pretty plants, love the elevated plant holders!

I planted three bunches of aspidistra 'Cast Iron' plants down at our cabin. We're dealing with gophers so I cut the bottoms out of 3 large trade pots and planted them half-way down in the ground right in those open-bottom pots. Reason I left them stick up 5" is that I planted the plants at the corner of the cabin porch (to help hide the gutter downspout) and didn't want the hose I have to drag around that corner to knock the plants down every time I'm watering plants (only have one hose bib at rear of the cabin, and most of my plants are at the front). It's working as a hose stop AND the plants are really doing well at last check. Plus it may keep the gophers from doing root damage. I lost 2 variegated dwarf youpons to the gopher and I'll be danged if I'm going to let him get my Cast Iron plants, too!