Other gifts may last longer, but Rosso’s International’s 100% biodegradable bamboo pot is still my favorite gift this season – so much so that I’m keeping this one for myself.  It’s an attractive, inexpensive and eco-friendly planter.  Consider it a longer lasting peat pot.

Depending on where you keep the pot – inside or out – cracks will start to appear in two to three years.  At that point you have two options – throw it out or bury it with whatever is planted inside.  Either way – landfill or garden bed – the pots decompose within three to six months.  But you may as well plant them because while the pot breaks down, it also acts as a fertilizer.  The pots are made from natural materials, mainly bamboo husks.  So while they have the look, feel and utility of heavy-duty plastic, they leach nutrients instead of chemicals.  So far, so good, but it’ll be a few years before I can write my follow-up post.