By: Christian Robertson, Owner/Operator I am often looking for macetas/pots for planting bamboo that would be large enough to accommodate a 10 – 20 foot tall bamboo plant. I was having a hard time finding something that had the stability needed for withstanding wind. Most of the clay pots were expensive and in the $1000 – 2500 pesos range per pot. One day I drove past a washing machine repair shop that had some old beat-up washing machine cylinders in front of the shop. These were made from stainless steel metal or galvanized plastic, both materials that would take hundreds of years to break down in a landfill. I stopped to talk to the owner and learned that the canisters had built in drainage at the bottom and were the same diameter top and bottom. The proprietor had no use for them and it would cost him money to bring to the landfill.