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Plant pot feet

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  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Any 'feet' I use will definitely be foc as well @Pauline 7 @Fairygirl. I'm from a long line of Yorkshire folk on my dad's side so try and uphold their frugal ways ;)
    East Lancs
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    I'm not strictly a Yorkshire lass, I was born in Dartford Kent. Only settled in Yorkshire in 1995 after a bit of a roam round the country.
    West Yorkshire
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You'll be just about accepted then @Pauline 7  ;)

    I'm used to slimy and yukky @pansyface, so I don't mind  :D

    If I could be a**ed, I'd stain the bits of wood first. Some of them are offcuts from other projects, so they're painted, and they're definitely less slimy  ;)  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Mine often sit on bricks or old roof tiles. Also keen to discourage ants from crawling up and setting a colony in there.

    Some of my pots just sit in a plate to catch water though. No feet in those or the ones with in built reservoirs even when they sit on concrete..
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Keeping pots off the ground, however you do it makes it less likely that ants will nest unless you let the container stay really dry.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    Another vote for feet from me - agree about the ants. I do resent paying exorbitant GC prices, though, so am on the look-out for free equivalents!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Or tight as a gnat's chuff as we say here @pansyface :D

    I've had them in the past, but they fall apart at the first hint of frost/ice. I also find them quite awkward as there isn't much surface area for pot bases, and big pots can be a faff to manoeuvre.
    'orses for courses and all that.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    @pansyface :) If only my GC charged that! They charge that for one!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I started off with a big pack of them (from somewhere online, I forget where exactly) but they are gradually breaking so I supplement with whatever I can find that's about the right height. Can't imagine I paid as much as £2 per three, but this was probably 25 years ago.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Here are the expensive ones. I have got some of their plain risers and like them very much.

    https://www.italianterrace.co.uk/product-category/etc-etc/
    Rutland, England
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