Garden Tubs Question ( possyOT)

message from Stuart on 18 May 2004
Hi-All you gardeners out there and others with gardens .
I had a discussion with a friend recently about the use of those fancy
glazed plant pots that you see in garden centres .
I had always thought that they were used for holding plants which were
already in plastic pots to make them look nicer but she thought that they
were used as actual plant pots with the plants being potted directly in to
the glazed pots .
Ive never looked very closely at the glazed ones to see if they had
drainage holes but I suppose either way they would need them to allow the
water to escape.
Stuart s
 
BigWallop replied to Stuart on 18 May 2004
A proper planter is meant to take the soil and has all the drainage holes and things.
But a decorative pot is normally used to hold a small amount water in the bottom and
stop it going all over the floor or patio. So it depends on which you need to buy.
 

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