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Re: Flower Pots for SQ FT Plots

On 20-Aug-97, Doreen Howard wrote:
>This isn't off-topic, because I plan to place these pots in a sq ft bed for
>winter crops and take them inside when hard freezes threaten.  My question
>is:  does anyone have experience with making drainage holes in plastic
>pots????  I'd think that a masonary drill bit that can be used with concrete
>and clay pots would shatter the plastic.  I have tons of
>big plastic tubs that have no drainage holes and I'd like to recycle them
>into moveable planters for herbs and mesclun this winter.  I found the pots
>in a trash pile and thought they were are great find.  That's where I get

Hi there Doreen - you could try using a hot poker and melt holes in your
pots.  A useful job for a cold night by the fire.
--
 NOEL & PAULA JACKSON
Organic Growers of Strawberries & Other Produce at
   NATURE'S ACRES
Taradale Rd.,Dannevirke,New Zealand
where last week we thought a nice early spring had arrived, and this
week it feels like the middle of winter again!  Brrr!!

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