I love collecting these old Bauer garden pots.
Most of them I stumble across do not have a
drainage hole in the bottom. Sorta makes them
a bit unpractical for a garden pot!
This guy I got for a steal. It's prevues owner
was under the impression it was unable to be
cleaned and useless because of lacking a
drainage hole. Oh, not so!
It was pretty grimy!!! Sap, Bird poop, you name
it...............
It was on this thing!!! With a little elbow grease
and a Mr. Clean Magic Erasure.
* ZAM*BOOM*BING*POOF*
Clean and looking new again.
Now for the drilling of the drainage hole.
Determine if your pot has a crack in it. Tap the pot, if it has a bell
like sound you are in good shape. If the pot makes a thud sound
it is cracked. A cracked pot can be drilled. However, there is a
chance the pot will crack further with the pressure of being drilled.
Using a glass and tile drill bit drill a hole from the bottom side
of the pot.
Keep a little bit of water on the pot to help keep things cool.
Push the drill down with even firm pressure.
And just like that, you will have a nice drainage hole in your
once "useless" garden pot.
The hole above was made by a 3/8" drill bit. If you desire a
larger hole drill a small size hole first. Then go back with a
larger bit to open up the hole a bit more. I don't bother to make
the hole bigger. My pots seem to drain fine with the hole that
the 3/8" drill bit makes.
These beauties took off.
Soooo, happy in their clean and properly
draining home.
Zinnias from Annie's Annuals..... nothing
more summery than that.
