Home Gardeners Love These Mobile Planters Available At Walmart, Home Depot, And More

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Recently, we fell in love with a popular Best Choice metal garden bed at Walmart – who knew that the supercenter was such a hot spot for garden essentials? Turns out that Walmart is just one place that you can find a mobile planter that checks just about every box on our extensive list of gardening wants. The City Picker Patio Grow Box is, as the name suggests, just right for positioning on a patio, lanai, or balcony. At 24.5 inches x 20.5 inches, it's petite enough to be space-efficient, but big enough for plants that need a bit of room to spread out ... think back to that rule to remember if you're growing tomatoes in pots. Tomatoes need some depth and width to grow effectively, and the City Picker planter delivers both. Customers are wild about these planters, with a flurry of satisfied reviews on each of the many sites that sell them.

"Great size, very handy, easy to follow instructions even if you've never gardened before. I'm growing tomatoes on my apartment porch and they're thriving in this," reported a Walmart shopper who rated the planter "10/10." Overall, Walmart shoppers have blessed the Grow Box with a 4.4/5 – star rating, pointing to a high degree of satisfaction. Over at Home Depot, where well over 1,000 happy reviews again indicate quality and durability. "They work great and grow tons," one customer gushed. "In 2015 I bought 9 of these. I am still using them. I found they can grow even more than they say [...] Having a constant water supply makes things grow amazingly." We've also seen the City Picker planter at Blain's Farm & Fleet, albeit with not many reviews. And this list is not exhaustive by any means!

The City Picker Patio Grow Box comes in several colors and ranges in price from around $30 to $40. The Patio Grow Box is self-watering, with a two-gallon reservoir that will make sure your plants stay hydrated even in the heat of the summer growing season. How often to water your veggie garden is a question that plagues many home growers; this box will take away some of the guesswork. Having a planter on wheels is always preferable to a stationary one, no more trying to haul a super-heavy pot when you can just roll it from place to place.

This summer, when we're planning our garden planters, we'll be examining specimens that pack the most perks for the best price, and we can already tell that the City Picker Grow Box will rank high on that list of options. Gardening in small spaces can be limiting, but we're feeling our horizons expanding just by looking at these planters — we can't wait to fill some with herbs, veggies, and even some cheery flowers to fill our bellies and brighten our space!