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Plant containers
Does anyone know why plant containers are sold without holes in the bottom? Just a small rant but the times I've been really stuck into a good gardening day and about to fill a container only to find it has no holes in the bottom isn't true. Ok, it doesn't take long to drill the holes but the drill is always in the house when I want it in the garage etc etc. Just wondering ...
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The ones with no holes are surely sold for indoor use to stop you flooding your carpets? But sometimes they have a colour or weight I need for the garden and out comes the drill - which lives in the garage and I do potting in the shed at the other end of the garden.........
The cheap plastic ones usually just come with the impression of a hole, you have to drill it out yourself. Be careful, I have split the bottom right out of them before.
I have had to drill holes in the bottom of some plastic containers, nothing came with them to tell me I needed to do this. Now I know that plants require drainage, but some first time gardeners might not realise and end up with a soggy disaster. The pots were far too big to be for indoor use.
Make a small hole with a nail or an awl, then drill with a spade bit. Very simple
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Invicta - that depends on the size of your indoor house plants! I now need these large pots for both my ficus benjamina and elastica and a goose foot plant whose botanical name escapes me.......
Obvious answer then I guess is to move the drill to the garage. I think I use it more than my OH anyway! AYM280 I think you're right about the manufacturers saving money.