Plant holders in artificial backrounds?

[skinnycartman21]

I am building a artificial backround for my first vivarium and I am wondering what is used to have plants in the backround. Do you put the little plastic pots into it or do you leave a pocket of sorts to plant them into? Any suggestions or answers is appreciated.
Nick

[CLennerton]

based on what I have seen, you can do both, as long as their is enough soil for the plant to grow, it should be fine

[Grimm]

Yeah people put pots in the background, but typically the best looking vivs do not use them. Most of the time the background will be build with a lot of nooks and crannies so you can easily mount epiphytic plants. If you do use pots, make sure there is a drainage hole in the bottom.

[JoeG]

Ditto to what Grimm said. I have never preplanned that aspect, I just mount the epiphytes using toothpicks, wire, jute or glue. I think this is the best approach because if you are anything like me, I like to move my plants around 1 or 2 times after the initial planting.

[Kyle The Toad]

You could also use styrofoam cups as planters. Just use expanding foam to cover them up after you've put them where you want them. And it's easy to cut slits or holes into them for water drainage.

[skinnycartman21]

Thank you all for the advise, I think I will go potless and build a lot of nooks and ledges with drainage built in. That's what I wanted to do in the first place. Pics of the build will be posted and I'm sure I will have more questions for you all during the progress.
Nick