BLOEM Deck Rail Planter

These railer planters are super sturdy and easy to use. They look so nice, sitting nicely on our railing and they are stable with no wobble (the weight of what’s inside the planters helps). I was able to fit multiple configurations of pots inside the planters (see pics). You could also put the soil and plant directly inside the planter but I wanted the flexibility to move plants around easily later. The one tricky thing is creating the drain holes. The plastic is fairly thick so I used a threaded screw to initiate a hole, starting with a smaller screw at first, then switching to another threaded screw with a larger shaft to create a bigger hole. I could have also used a drill but since the little one was helping me, I decided to use manual labor over power tools (less risky ;)) There are markers to help guide where to make the drain holes. I suppose I can make more if I need later but since I have my plants in pots, there is a bar where the pots sit (about 2” maybe from the planter bottom) so any water will still drain out of the pots into the bottom of the planter.

Would have given it 5 stars but for the fact that there were no holes in the bottom of the planter which killed my plants due to standing water in heavy rain. I had purchased a similar planter a few years ago which came with holes drilled in the bottom. The manufacturer should really take care of this as this is meant to be an outside planter.