Planter

Planter or Planters may refer to:

Common meanings

 * A flowerpot or box for plants
 * Jardiniere, one such type of pot, mostly indoor types
 * Cachepot, another term for the same
 * Flower box, another type of planter, mostly for outdoors
 * Window box, a planter attached to a windowsill, on the outside
 * Sub-irrigated planter, a planting box where the water is introduced from the bottom
 * A person or object engaged in sowing seeds
 * Planter (farm implement), implement towed behind a tractor, used for sowing crops through a field
 * Potato planter, a machine for planting potato tubers and simultaneously applying mineral fertilizers to the soil

History

 * A coloniser
 * Plantations of Ireland, 16th and 17th centuries
 * Ancient planter, a colonist receiving one of the first land grants in Virginia
 * New England Planters, settlers who moved to the Canadian maritime provinces which had been left vacant by the Acadian Expulsion
 * Old Planters (Massachusetts), early settlers of Massachusetts
 * A farmer
 * Planter class, the collective class of plantation owners in the American antebellum South
 * A supervisor of a plantation, particularly in the Far East under the British Empire
 * Church planter, a person engaged in creating a new Christian church

Companies

 * Planters, the American snack food company best known for its processed nuts and the "Mr. Peanut" mascot
 * Planters Bank, which merged with Peoples Bank of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States in 1990 to form Centura Bank
 * Planters Inn, hotel in Savannah, Georgia
 * Union Planters, a former bank in the United States
 * Planters Development Bank or Plantersbank, a former bank in the Philippines

Military

 * USS Planter, a number of ships of the U.S. Navy
 * SS Planter, a number of commercial steam ships
 * Mine planter, a mine warfare ship of the early days of World War I

Sports

 * Planters Pat Bradley International, a former golf tournament

Baseball

 * Clarksdale Planters, a minor league baseball team in Mississippi, United States
 * New London Planters, a minor league baseball team in Connecticut, United States

Culture

 * Igor Planter, a fictional eco-terrorist in the 2000-2004 manga Black Cat
 * The Planter, a 1917 American drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and John Ince

Other uses

 * Planter, Georgia, a community in the United States
 * Planters Hall, a historic place in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
 * Planter's Punch, a cocktail