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meshica7
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Joined: 05 Jun 2005
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Location: Florida,USA
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 Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: "Pot-Lock" security system... |
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A friend of mine loaned me a copy of the Bonsai Clubs International magazine for May/June of 1990 (volume XXIX No. 3).
On pg. 10 there is an ad for a product called "PotLock". The ad reads as follows:
"Protect your Bonsai with PotLock.
The Potlock bolts and secures your Bonsai to a wooden shelf through a drainage hole in the pot without restricting drainage."
The ad states the price at $10.00 for 4 Potlocks.There is no picture of the product and the company was based out of Rock Island,IL. here in the U.S. I did a Google search but came up with nothing. Has anyone ever used these security bolts before or even heard of them? Is anyone using a similar product of there own design?
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jimothy
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Joined: 21 Aug 2004
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Location: Cardiff (Zone 9)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:16 am Post subject: Re: "Pot-Lock" security system... |
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don't see how this protects your trees, only your pots. If the pot is bolted down, it will be simpler for the potential thief just to remove the tree from the pot - makes it lighter to carry, too  |
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Tuppence2
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Joined: 06 Feb 2005
Posts: 2052
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (Weather Zone 8)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: "Pot-Lock" security system... |
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And wouldn't the pots crack if pulled hard enough. Interesting, though, will take a look out of interest, and see what I can find that you can't. Not much I expect!
Thanks meshica.  |
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Dick
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Joined: 21 Aug 2004
Posts: 9645
Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: "Pot-Lock" security system... |
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| Essentially there is no fool proof way to secure a bonsai, If a thief wants a tree badly enough, then he will find a way to get it, even if you move it indoors each night. |
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meshica7
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Joined: 05 Jun 2005
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Location: Florida,USA
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:24 am Post subject: Pot-Lock |
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| Perhaps the pot-locks would be better suited to simply secure bonsai from falls due to the weather,birds,squirrels,pets. |
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steve
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Joined: 10 Sep 2004
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Location: SW Washington,USA
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: "Pot-Lock" security system... |
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As for squirrels  and cats they will just pull the tree out of the pot (had some experience with this in the past). |
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