Storing flower pots
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Happymouse
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How do you store empty flower pots ? Can they be stored outside ? It would give me tons more space in my shed if they can.
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Our local garden centre stores all their surplus empty pots outside as they mostly seem to be made of a plastic type material these days. I imagine that if we ever had a prolonged period of sub zero temperatures in winter they might split, but I guess they could always be stored inside a heavy duty empty fertiliser bag to give them some extra protection.
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If I store mine outside, they fill up with fallen leaves, snails, woodlice, worms and spiders. 
However, when stacked neatly on shelves in the shed after being washed, they stay nice and clean, and only the occassionaly wispy spider sits inside the one at the top of the stack!
However, when stacked neatly on shelves in the shed after being washed, they stay nice and clean, and only the occassionaly wispy spider sits inside the one at the top of the stack!
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Dear Happymouse, if you sort them out into the same sizes, you can get loads in a empty compost bag, this will stop anything getting in them that you don't want.
Is this all leading up to the potting-shed makeover.
Is this all leading up to the potting-shed makeover.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Dear Weed, i don't think you could get more of a contrast, than what there would be between me and Laurence.
Somehow i just can't see me in a frilly shirt.
Somehow i just can't see me in a frilly shirt.
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oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Weed, i don't think you could get more of a contrast, than what there would be between me and Laurence.
Somehow i just can't see me in a frilly shirt.
Well I can
Been there - seen him
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oldherbaceous
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Thanks for that Alan, 
and i was going to go to Chantals wedding in that one, now i will have to go in another equally fethching one.
and i was going to go to Chantals wedding in that one, now i will have to go in another equally fethching one. Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Thought "outside the box" or should I say "outside the pot" ! Tied a plant label to a long piece of string. Sorted plastic pots into sizes. Threaded them onto string with plant label at the bottom. Hung them up. I now have most of them off the floor. If I paint a face on the first pot I will have long pot caterpillars which should look fun.
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Mine are in those big plastic stacker boxes but I love Happymouse's idea. I could do that and hang them at the back of the garage giving me lots more space in the greenhouse. Great.
Beryl.
Beryl.