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Ensuring pots can drain at this time of year

guttiesgutties Posts: 224
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I've been putting up some modules and small plants that I've been ordering online.  I now have about 30 or so 9cm pots lined up against the wall of my garage, so although they are outside they are getting a bit of shelter.

However, I'm conscious that the pots are just sitting on the concrete and so I fear that they could remain very wet.

What kind of contraptions do you folk here use to allow some drainage from your pots in this scenario?
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  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    You can get little rubber circular pot feet (about the size of a 10 pence piece) from ebay which work well with small pots but for lots of pots I would prefer a box or tray , basket even,  with slats or holes  which also stops them being blown around too much and makes moving them around easier.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I put small pots in old plastic window boxes.  It helps keep them warmer on frosty nights and also slightly raised for drainage.  Stops them blowing over too.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I took the saucers from under all of my smaller outside pots. They were all full of water.
    If there's a drought, I'll put them back, but my understanding is that more damage is done in winter by damp conditions than cold.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • guttiesgutties Posts: 224
    Thanks for the ideas folks.  Those replies sparked the idea of getting those cheap clear plastic storage boxes from the pound shop and drilling lots of holes in the bottom.  That should allow drainage and also allow me to easily carry the pots in and out of the garage if there is going to be a hard frost.

  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    Actually... those storage boxes make great mini greenhouses with the lids on.

    higgledygarden.com/2016/05/11/storage-box-mini-greenhouse-simples/



  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    What a great idea!!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    http://higgledygarden.com/2016/05/11/storage-box-mini-greenhouse-simples/
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You can get them a lot cheaper. Dunelm mill used to do really cheap ones. I don't know if they still do.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • HazybHazyb Posts: 336
    Papi Jo said:
    http://higgledygarden.com/2016/05/11/storage-box-mini-greenhouse-simples/
    Thanks for the working link @Papi Jo
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I have a gravelled area in the garden and in the winter the pots are all stacked onto that. Keep an eye out for bread delivery trays as they make great pot movers. There's usually one or 2 dumped around industrial estates and the like or ask on freecycle if anyone has any spare.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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