Small ceramic pots

brothercain

Recently while wondering through a second hand store, I came upon a few nice, little ceramic pots. I have since hit all the little second hand stores, thrift stores, etc. in my area. Quite a few of the pots look as though they may have been made in an art class in school maybe?? Thats what I like most about them. All original.
Some look to be professionally made, but anyway they only cost a couple $$ !! Some I have had to drill drainage holes in the bottoms, with a carbide tip bit and a good friend holding on!!!
I mostly use them for my accent plants but have used a couple for smaller trees. Anybody else get containers this way??
Just thought I'd share that.
I'll get some pics in sooooooooon.....
Only the Strong Survive
Brother Cain

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weirdowl

Yeah, I've got two pots that I found at thrift stores. One is a medium sized rectangular black pot and the other one is about 12" high and shaped like a cone or vase. It looks like it was made in school too, even signed by the maker. I'm growing a ficus in the vase shaped one in hopes of putting it over a rock soon. I've also found plastic trays that I use as humidity trays, big plastic bowls for mixing soil, buckets, spray bottles. The kitchen section usually yields something of use. I've been wondering what kind of bit to use to drill drainage holes. Thanks, are carbide bits expensive?

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ripsgreentree

Carbide bits at the hardware store depending on size can run from a couple of dollars to $20 depends on how large you want your dranage hole.

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ripsgreentree

After the last post I remembere that I had found something of value in the antique shops. This is painted teracotta, high fired. I found two but one already has been given away with a nice juniper in it. Yes they both needed to be drilled out for drainage.
If I remember correctly this cost $6.00.

This was a fun project and it kept me busy for months. I also found some good bonsai pot's

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ripsgreentree

Here is another example of a pot that is not intended to be bonsai. This is a ceramic pot fired and glazed and fired again. It was a tough drill out ten years ago when I did this project. This is two olives and a kingsville dwarf boxwood in the center. This pot has servived for ten years, the arangement of plants has never been repoted.

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Bonsainut

Brother Cain,
With all the tens of thousands of mallsai that die each year there must be plenty of empty bonsai pots somewhere.
You got me to thinkin'