Dont buy those cheap cedar planter boxes from the big box store, mine rotted in 8 months

Paid $89 for a pair of those preassembled cedar boxes at Lowes last spring. Looked great for like 2 months. Then the corners started splitting and the bottom boards just turned to mush. Took them apart and the wood was maybe 1/2 inch thick and not even real cedar, just cedar colored pine or something. I could snap a board with my hands. Rebuilding with proper 2x6 cedar from a local lumber yard cost me $140 total but these will last way longer. Anyone else get burned by those flimsy kits? What do you use that actually holds up?

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avery_foster314d ago

Did you check for drainage holes before the rain hit?