Are these full leaves, or are they ground down so that you have to use a strainer/filter?
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I would compare thier size to tobacco in a roll your own cigarette. They are larger then what is in a tea bag. Does this help?
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Leaves are ground with very little powder that escapes the basket into the brewing tea.
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They are hollow. Your soil goes in there. You probably can't trim anything off. The part that hangs down is the part that holds it to the rail so the wind won't blow it off of your railing. I have 3 of them on my railing. Then my husband found some round ones on Amazon to go in the corners. They look real nice with flowers and vinca vines hanging down off of my deck rail. Hope this helps.
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Mine does not look like it can use a leaf bag. Has 2 internal filters which are very easy to clean.. We really like our unit.
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Hi, mine are thriving and all I do is once a month change the water and rinse the roots, they need light but not full sunlight. They seem to do great with just a little plant fetilizer in their water, just a little tho. Maybe once a month or so. If you forget, it doesnt seem to bother them. Enjoy them, I do, they are so pretty when they get tall and bush out.
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Plastic ones are at Home Depot and do drill holes for drainage. An FYI use coffee filters over drainage holes---no soil mess on ground.
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Bunn filters. They are deeper and prevent the grounds spilling over because the force of the water coming through.
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Just got them today. they look great for spring and fall clean up with the leaves. i think i'll go to the hardware store a buy a huge piece in bulk and cut them to size to save money. in fact, i think i'll try to find some with microscopic pores like the pleated ones and use them as disposable units. cleaning the pleated ones doesn't take more than 10 minutes for everything but it would be easier to just toss them. will let everyone know if i find something that will work. thanks for the comments.
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I'll tell you exactly what I did and my bamboo planters are nice and green and healthy, but slow growing which suits me fine. I used a 4" deep bowl and put one layer of clear acrylic rocks on the bottom. Then placed the bamboo on top of them. The bowl is 7" in diameter. I then finished filling up the bowl around the bamboo with acrylic rocks all the way to the top. These anchor the plant in place. I use Brita filtered water to water my plants. I purchased Super Green bamboo food which comes in a squeeze bottle. Every other month I squeeze 1/2 a bottle into a glass of brita pitcher filtered water. Every fourth month I will take this plant to the kitchen sink and I will use this filtered water to totally run over the sides of the bowl to completely change the water inside the bowl. I will also use this same water to wet a cloth and clean off any dust on the leaves. I have used this method to create a total of three planters of which I gave two as gifts. I used artificial small sunflowers to poke in the rocks to add more color. Looks Great! Will grow in filtered light or complete shade. You'll have a live plant for years with very little care. The leaves will not turn brown if given bamboo food and regular water change. I've made these planters for over 6 months now and as of now, they ALL are healthy, green and growing.
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they are really nice looking, and my plants have done well in them. The only problem is if you plan on placing them where the rain can get to them, they don't drain and your plants will suffer if you get a big rain. I'm using one on my porch and it is doing great, and people comment on it all of the time. The other one was in the yard and the plants died due to inability to swim for long periods of time. I think the planter is resin. Hope this helps...bk
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No. I use an infuser in mine when I don't use bags. The spout is completely open so leaf will simply pour out.
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The tea infuser for me is easy to clean. After done using I turn over in a napkin after and then wipe it clean. It also depends on type of tea steeping as to if it sticks in fine side of strainer. You shouldn't have a lot of leafs going down drain if you dump into trash first with a light rub then rinse in sink. I had a spoon type steeper that I didn't like cause I keep putting to much tea in it that swelled up during steeping not giving the full flavor this I put a few pinches which is perfect then upside down leafs come out especially if left long enough to dry. :)
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Neither ground, or whole flowers. They're kind of shredded into small dried slivers. Hope that helps!
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i have an open top mesh strainer that i plop into almost boiling water.if you are interested in quality teas, you need away to deal with loose leaves. of course, you can just dump tea in water, then strain it this is worth the effort as even davidsons is far better than tea bags.personally, i prefer yamamotoyama as tea is important to me. do follow directions. too long a brew ruins greens.
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No strainer. But for myself, I do like to see the tea leaves floating inside. It is pretty.
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The edge of these strainers are knurled over so that it's very easy to grip the edge with a finger and lift. I've never had a problem with them. You'll want to carry a paper towel or a dirt dish under it and with you when dumping in the bin as it tends to retain water when the strainer gets full. This strainer will not catch coffee grounds however, so do be careful when rinse your permaneant gold-tone filters
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They are air plants. All you need to "plant" them is a little cup, or tiny vase, or anything that you think will look nice. Google image "air plants" has a lot of neat ideas. Mine are in vintage tea cups. They do not require dirt or anything.
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Yes. They have punch-out drain holes, but they're really big - about an inch in diameter. I didn't want to lose that much water so quickly, so I drilled smaller holes. If you do use the punched-out holes, you'll need something to cover them to prevent losing soil - maybe a paper coffee filter.