Great information Thank you. A safety suggestion would be to wear a mask when pouring the dry concrete into the tub because concrete dust is toxic to breathe.

The recipe I use is a 1 part white Portland cement, 1 part peat moss, and 1 part perlite. The perlite helps keep the finished pieces lighter and easier to move around. Mine have lasted for years and I have found that plants love, love, love being planted in hypertufa pots. I used a 5 gallon bucket of each ingredient and poured them into a wheelbarrow which my husband turned with a shovel while I wet it down with a hose. You can make several large pieces with this amount, but it takes a strong person to keep turning the mixture. I like the idea of making smaller batches like you did which would be something I could do on my own. Also, I used cooking spray as release.

Nice video! Be sure to wear a face mask / breathing mask next time though! The dust from cement and concrete is very bad for the lungs; like you know how it’s very bad for the skin, it’s even worse for the lungs. Good luck with your future projects, and please be safe ❤️

Wonderful informative video. You can also dye the concrete different shades of colors by mixing in concrete pigment powder. Just wanted to point out to readers how important "curing" concrete is. To do it correctly concrete needs to stay evenly moist for several weeks. { where Irene wrapped her containers in plastic and placed in the shade.} Why this is crucial is the fact that during this time period crystals are formed within the matrix of the medium. It is these crystals that gives concrete its true strength and ability to age well. If this step is not given the proper attention, the structure will crumble in a couple months to a year. {Fun fact...One can actually feel the sculpture heat up during this process.}

Another finish: put live moss, buttermilk, & water in a blender and pulverize. Put liquid in a spray bottle and spraycoat the vessels outer side. The buttermilk feeds the moss roots that dig into the little pockets/cracks of moss/vermiculite. Small fern spores do well, too.

For the pot that looked like a pumpkin, instead of the bucket, use another bag filled with sand, more pliable and easier to remove. Great video, thanks for sharing.

Use a compressor with an air hose and an attachment called a blow gun by putting the small nozzle into the edge of the mold the forced air will push the mold right out. Water works just as well. Nice job on your tufa pots.

I am so glad Irene learned English, that she could share all these great vids with us :-)

My mom made something like the boxed one but a solid block and carved several of them into various animal statues for her garden. They were beautiful and whimsical ❤

I’ve been researching how to do hypertufa and this is my favorite tutorial. Your pots are exactly what I hope mine will look like. Thank you for the excellent information, professional footage and all around fantastic lesson!

To accelerate the moss growth .... find a handful of "Pretty Moss I Found In My Garden" and tear it up into small bits. Mix it thoroughly with a handful of garden dirt. Mix that with buttermilk, enough to make it sorta soupy and gooey...like pancake batter. Now paint it onto the outside of the planters, and let Nature do her worst!

our awesome men to the rescue! ❤❤

The best fake rock tutorial I found on KZfaq! It looks awesome. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us.

Great video! You've worked many hours to make this video and it shows! Clear instructions and nice camera work. Well done!!

❤ Years ago, I read several articles on hypertuffa pots. One of the most interesting articles was about covering polystyrene (styrofoam) packing containers with a hyperfuffa mix. This was to create a more protected area for the root zone. Have you seen or heard of this procedure? In my area, it can get to be -40 in the winter, so cold hardiness is important.

This is The best video on the subject on KZfaq

Where do you get your ideas from. These planters are cool. And thank you for the mistake video too. It’s nice to see that everyone makes mistakes and fixes them.

I made many of very similar prox 7-8 years ago. I found a power washer made the perfect rustic surface in 1-2 minutes. Most of them are still going strong to this day. White cement give a more light sandstone look if you are into experimenting. Yours came out great ! Just keep in mind the power washer if you want to make many in no time.

I tried forever to figure out what the brown mixture was. They look amazing. Thanks for the English version

It’s much easier if you put the vermiculite in the bottom before mixing because it’s not easy to dig down through cement

If u are making a large amount (or ur older an a little help goes along way) …. Put ur dry mixture in a 5 gal plastic bucket with a threaded lid an just roll around to mix the dry ingredients. Then pour ur water in.

I love hypertufa. Yes the fibers cut down on cracking. They look amazing

The planter look great, I hadn’t heard of that peat trick. If you add yoghurt to the outside of the pots it will encourage moss growth❤️✨

Planters look great…I used to make these and found the easiest way to mix cement etc. is to put all materials in large construction bag and roll around. Add water to bag and mix some more…

I love how you are using whatever is around. So smart and ingenius! These planters look really great.

Crude, basic, rough... and beautiful. Try blending some moss with buttermilk and spraying one that sits in the shade. Nice job.

Thank you for this! I'm very glad to see that you use gloves (so many KZfaq videos show people mixing cement without protection on hands, feet, etc). I would suggest a mask, too, especially when mixing fiberglass fiber. In fact, I looked at my local big box construction store (Home Depot for me), and there is what seems to be a safer alternative: Cellulose Blown-In Insulation (but in retrospect, I'm thinking they won't add strength). I don't know how this would hold up in these planters, but since Japanese studies showed that breathing fiberglass had the same effect on the lungs as asbestos 😳 I would rather take a chance with my pots, rather than my health. Please be cautious and stay safe.

I've watched a couple of your videos and I'm very impressed with your creativity and attention to detail! You gave me some great inspiration for my garden planters. Thank you!

They look wonderful. I especially love the round shape 🥰

I have also used a styrofoam box on a piece of cardboard upside down and put the hyper tufa mix on the outside. I did everything on top of a picnic table under 2 shade trees.

This is a great project idea. Im thinking this would be neat for decorative stepping stones and other potential decorations for outdoors or even custum garden bed borders. I'm going to have to give this a try.

That was very nice! Im doing it. Greetings from Costa Rica/U.S.A./Canada

Great video! Thank you so much for the recipe. Here in New York, we need something that can handle the severe cold as well so it should work perfectly!

They look amazing. They really do look like stone. Thanks for showing the process.

I liked watching your video, and your pots are very pretty! Now I want to try making my own planting pots! 😄

New subscriber:We've made many of these hypertufa pieces in the past, but you've re-energized me to make more! Today, it was 40.56 Celsius....I'll wait till it cools off! (105° fahrenheit). -Eva, from sunny Texas

thank you for the step-by-step and thank you for showing us your oopsie so we don't try the same. I like your planters. I'm looking forward to warm weather so I can get back to my hypertufa.

Excellent video! Thank you for the information about curing, I just purchased a few bags of concrete to learn how to create planters and lawn ornaments and now you have expanded my ideas further...again, thank you!

I love this technique! They are lovely!!!❤

If you don’t want to wait for moss, go out and find some native moss to collect. Put it in a blender with some some yogurt, then paint the mixture where you want the moss to grow.

what I'm saying is that there are some really wonderful volunteers out there. ! . Some of these persons have donated thousands of hours of their time. Because of them, in part, someone like me has an opportunity to work. That seems weird to me, but I am so grateful.

Very beautiful. I used perlite in my project, it actually looks very nice, because is in the garden, the white specs will blend with the surroundings, don’t look bad at all. Subscribed! 👍🏼🌸

VERY, very good. Liked and Subbed. Thank you!

They look great to me, especially that im an artist and make many lovely things. The square one reminded me of a zen pool for water in a zen garden.

Love it. You should wear a mask when mixing however. That dust is no bueno.

I was looking for garden decorations and I came across your channel. 😊I loved these planters. You made the process seem so easy and doable. I'm going to try doing some planters.

Use a broken piece of brick to help with smoothing edges and bringing out areas that u like it will help like the wire brush, but can be more economical affordable..if you move the inside bucket within a hour it might've helped a bit better in removing it later.. they turned out very very pretty well done...

Those planters you made were absolutely gorgeous, they looked so realistic, and you made it look so easy. Well done. 🥰🇬🇧🐾🐾💖

9:20am definitely going to make pots like these

Thank you for this Awesome video. It gave me some excellent ideas for planters using your method. Carry On Madam.

It looks great,..I have also added peat free compost to my mix and it ages it beautifully!

I love the idea they are so natural looking as if they were created by nature. I'm definitely going to try this. Thanks.

Looked great! Really love the square planter and will definitely make one (or more)!

That came out great!Tip! Pumice stones are real rocks and easy to carve into planters.

Really nice work and well explained, including the mistakes you made were helpful.

I loved these planters. You gave us three different options. I never thought about using a ball or cardboard boxes. Thank you for sharing this with us.

I love them they came out so good ,especially the one you made with the boxes ! Can’t wait to make them

I loved your idea of using fiber … They look really sturdy . I’m using your hypertufa recioe . Thank you

The bucket episode was hilarious, but the finished product is perfect.

Thanks for sharing this. Your information was clear and very understandable. I've been thinking about doing a project like this and now I can!

Thank you for this video!

Beautiful!

Love love these!

Love these!

Love them! I'm in a place that just had snow last week and is still below freezing at night. But I have to try this.

I absolutely love it!

Thank you for sharing this fantastic "how to" instruction video. I am going to try making some for my water feature I am building. Regards from South Africa

Irina por fin te leo en español !!!!!!!! Estoy muy muy emocionada poder entender mejor tus excelentes videos me encanta, todo tu trabajo que haces todos los tutoriales son excelentes eres una manualista espectacular, te admiro desde la primera vez que vi. Dios te bendiga hermosa, bendiciones y un abrazo muy fuerte desde Chiapas, México.

Love this! Very clever.

Awesome!

Thank you. Great job!

So lovely for the garden!

This is fantastic! Thank you!!!

I can’t wait to make some!… thank you!

I ❤them all, thanks DorothyG

Hello Irene, I watched your beautiful birdbath and had to watch this one too. I love your creations. Going to save this and hopefully make some soon. Blessings from Georgia ❤

Beautiful lady,lovely accent,Gorgeous hairstyle,with awesome ideas! ❤

Gorgeous!!!

Madame, you are tough as rock! Great idea!

gorgeous!

I like your outside ideas. Basic and simple. Thank you.

Thank you I am doing garden more cheaply now . Love your creativity 🎉🎉🎉well done

Beautiful!!!!

WOW, I love them!!!!

I love them❤

Love the looks of these, thanks.

Those look great!! ❤

Lovely!

These are fantastic!!! Thank you

Fantastic! Gorgeous! Thank you so much!

This was so helpful, thank you 🙏

🌷 Thank you… very good information! My very best to you and yours! 🌻

Thanks for sharing this! They look great!❤

Love this!! Thank you 👍🫶

Love them! Will be trying this out.

i especially like the square one

Beautiful work!

Loved these. Will try this.

What a great idea, thanks.

LOVE how natural they look...like stone! I would just like to say please protect your lungs from the dusts you are inhaling! If it's caustic to the skin on your hands, imagine what it does if you breath it in!! 😢 🫁