Hi,

Does any one have any ideas on how to move big, heavy container pots?

Well, now, that's a good question. I have my potted tomatoes in a couple of wagons, so that I can keep them in the sun. I don't know how big your containers are, but if they would fit in a wagon, I would recommend that you get someone to help you lift them in, then you could wheel them around. If they are too big, a wheelbarrow could work for one pot...

Thank you Jaytay

Hello Wick, I have a friendly horti-person (I call him) Mike who owns a nursery and helps me with this together with two of his staff (healthy and fit and strong etc!) He has 6 round wooden rollers that are solid and about as big as a pergola pole but smooth. I don't know how they do it so easiily but they place these rollers underneath the plant and move it slowly and surely by displacing the rollers from one side to another while balancing the pot on top. Does this explanation make sense? It takes people in the know to do this, looks like Canadian log rolling to me and dangerous, but they have never broken a pot and do it with practised ease.

Anyway, I have some garden help once a week who is also strong and he turns the pots for me in a circle, half turn then by half a turn again and we have gradually moved pots that way. Depending on the size and weight of your pots, I have a dropnose trolley that I use too with success and then I also have a drinks trolley on wheels that has a small steel lip. Borrow one of these from your local liquor outlet, it's like the one they use to move soft drink etc wooden crates around with. Even I can move my pots round like this. And finally, two of my pots are on those square appliance wheel supports (you know, the ones you use for the fridge and the dishwasher etc,) so I just wheel them about.

Please let us know how you finally do what you need to do, thanks and cheers Lestie.

Oh dear, what happened? I did not notice the date of Wick's post until I posted my 2011 reply to a 2004 query?

Anyway ... if you have a heavy pot or pots to move that what I do and have done!

Cheers everyone, Lestie.

Thanks Lestie! This is a good bit of advice at any time.

Hello Connie and thanks ... but this 'mistake' has given me an idea too. I think I will trawl through all the old posts and see what other information I can offer and what other opinions and help and advice and all those good things I can offer. Hopefully others will also come in and add theirs too.

Adding to the general knowledge pot is a container that is a really useful one to grow!

Here is to a smiley day for all of us, mean it, just make it a smiley day!

Cheers Lestie

We have a dolly that we use to move our container plants around with. This is so handy.

Hello. Please help. I am not sure I know what a dolly is! Please describe it - maybe it's just the term I don't know. I feel silly but thanks fo any reply Lestie

A dolly is a 2 wheeled cart, slide the lip under the heavy container, tilt it back and off you go!