Mr. Stacky5-Tier Strawberry Planter Pot, 5 Pots

I bought one for myself and another for my mother along with 2 sets of 20 bare roots Everbearing Ozark Beauty Strawberry Plants. Mom and I are both fairly new to gardening, but our plants are flowering and look healthy, and we both love how they look.I haven't had any trouble with it falling over even though I have nothing anchoring it. It seems fairly sturdy when well-watered, and we have seen some good winds here since I set it up and my toddler regularly pokes at it.I'm really wondering how this will hold up next year, since in my experience a lot of plastic containers will break down and become brittle with the weather. If it holds together well, I'll probably get more next year!5/3/2017 update: I have 3-6 strawberries growing per plant! Unfortunately, my mom's strawberry plants died, though after discussion, we realized she had both been moving it inside/outside with the cold and keeping it in the shade, so both factors may have contributed to their demise. Dad loves the look of it though and they're both excited to have learned from the experience and try again another time. Also my toddler did pull off the top layer once. However, I was able to easily stick the freed dirt/plants back and place and no harm seems to have come from their little adventure.5/13/2017: update: I'm harvesting strawberries every 3 days and collecting ~8 strawberries each time. They're mostly smallish, but it's an ever-bearing variety, so no surprise there. They are more tart than expected for the variety. Research suggests it might be a spacing issue, but on examination several of the "pots" appear low on soil, so I'll fix that and hopefully get sweeter strawberries moving forward. Handy thing about this container is I could easily move the whole thing into the cage with my blueberry bushes, protecting it from birds, rabbits, and other wildlife. Though tart, we are definitely enjoying them.7/29/2018 update: I fell behind on watering last year and all my plants in this planter died. The ones I planted in the garden survived and fruits this year. I don't regret my purchase, but I think I'll wait until I have a better watering system before I use this again.

Very nice planter for strawberries but will buy another one for herbs. Handy.

I'm not sure how these will hold up but they seem substantial enough to last a few seasons. It depends largely on their UV resistance. I've read some reviews complaining about the drainage but that is easily fixed. The 8 drain holes (per tier) are about 5/16" in diameter and could easily be blocked by coarse potting soil. Time for an old gardeners trick. Add small gravel such as pea gravel in the bottom of each tier about 3/4" deep before adding the potting soil. This will create many capillaries for water to drain through without clogging. (See photo) One can also use a layer of perlite to create the same effect. A little may fall through the large center drain hole but that will be fine, it's the smaller perimeter drain holes causing the complaints. You'll still have ample room for enough potting soil to satisfy strawberry's because of their shallow roots. Others complain about the size of the planter's plant pockets but at 4" x 4 1/2" I found them to be much larger than the 2" x 3"holes found in my standard terracotta strawberry planter. I give 4 stars because I think the planter should be a little more substantial (thickness) for the price.

This is nice for small places if needed and i like you can grow multiple plants in it

I had looked at this type of potting for my strawberries and maybe my petunias - so after reading several articles and watching many youtube's video's, I purchased 2 stands, one for my daughter and one for myself.They were easy to assemble and fill with soil and easy to plant with small strawberry plants. That's where the good part ends. They are hard to water: I did not like to size of the drain hole in each division, without some thing to cover the holes the soil would drain down along with the water, so I added a flat pebble to each area, then added my soil, the same mix soil I had been using all winter and spring in my greenhouse and then the plants.I noticed very quickly that as I watered each layer, the water, rather quickly, ran out of the drain hole on each section, dripping onto the plant 2 layer below and the water accumulated in the base of the stand. So, I tried watering from the bottom up and got the same results. I tried to water with less pressure, same results, I tried to water with a very, very fine sprinkler head on my wand, same results, I then tried using just a measuring cup and still the same results. I tried to water more often but using less water each time, same results. As my soil is made of peat moss, vermiculite and gardening soil it is great at holding water.So, for me there is a water retention problem, plus the fact that strawberry's are a deep rooting plant, these planters do not accommodate deep roots. My plants soon became spindly and stopped producing, they are a type of berry that produces all year long, and have produced fruit during the winter.If I try using them next spring, instead of a pebble to cover the drain hole, I will use a fiber material to slow down the drainage even more, and just to make sure it is not my soil, I will change it out for something else. I am also going to use the individual layers for testing my petunia plants to see how well they grow or not grow in these pots.Would I recommend them to some? Not really sure, they are clean looking, stack nicely, easy to move without the soil added, easy to plant using small starter plants and could possible be used for germinating.