3 of my 4 big terracotta tomato pots disintegrated over the winter (i know, i know, shoulda have brought them in).. my question is how is best to dispose of them? Do they just need to go in the bin and if so how do i safely break them up, at the moment they're sort of 3/4 pots with sharp jagged edges!
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Originally posted by lottie dolly View Postyou could use them for drainage over big holes in pot bottomsLast edited by Pumpkin Becki; 16-04-2010, 06:51 PM.
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I may be wrong, but can't you crush them up and the encircle your pots with the shards to deter slugs?
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Hmm looks like I may need to find some heavy clothing and goggles and break out a hammer, then
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Aren't terracotta pots tempered so that they don't shatter in winter?
I remember when I went to a garden centre in Spain and was admiring the pots my mum advised me that it's a bad idea to buy them in hot countries as they don't temper them because they don't have such harsh winters. As a result they shatter in the UK.Current Executive Board Members at Ollietopia Inc:
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Originally posted by OllieMartin View PostAren't terracotta pots tempered so that they don't shatter in winter?
I remember when I went to a garden centre in Spain and was admiring the pots my mum advised me that it's a bad idea to buy them in hot countries as they don't temper them because they don't have such harsh winters. As a result they shatter in the UK.
As for the shattered pot, they all go into the bottom hald of a cut down water butt and get broken up with a hammer etc and reused. Does anybody want half a tonne of broken pots btwTonyF, Dordogne 24220
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Originally posted by OllieMartin View PostAren't terracotta pots tempered so that they don't shatter in winter?
I remember when I went to a garden centre in Spain and was admiring the pots my mum advised me that it's a bad idea to buy them in hot countries as they don't temper them because they don't have such harsh winters. As a result they shatter in the UK.
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