With my potted plants, I like using saucers under my planter pots instead of placing the plant pot inside a larger cache pot.
One of the reasons that I’ve occasionally chosen the latter was because the pot that I might have liked to use with a saucer, did not provide sufficient drainage for the plant even though it had a drainage hole.
Speaking of drainage holes and planter pots, the one challenge I face with them is that there’s one hole at the base of the pot. I’ve always thought it would be smarter to have a few more holes so that the drainage would go by much faster. Unfortunately, I’ve never encountered ceramic planter pots with multiple holes. Well, there’s an easy fix, you can add holes to your ceramic pots. The majority of the planter pots that I use are made from ceramic. Research, several months ago, showed me that I could create additional holes at the base of the planter pots if I used a drill and diamond drill bits.
Initially, I’d thought about using my trusty Dremel; however, after some deliberation, this morning I purchased a WorkPro drill from Amazon.
I also ordered diamond drill bits. I ordered them both today and received it about five hours later.
For my pots, I used the smallest diamond drill bit that was included (6mm) to create the holes. When I started using the drill in the base of the pot, I started drilling at an angle, once I’d created a rivet, I slowly brought the drill to an upright position. I paused several times to spray the indention/drill bit and also suck away the dust with my handheld vacuum. In no time I’d created holes at the base of my planter pots. Hooray, mission accomplished. I must say that I’m pleased with my drill purchase, and I now have planter pots with several holes in the base of the pot.