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Juli

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plant pot saucers
« on: October 27, 2012, 16:27 »
Has anyone got any suggestions for cheap alternatives to plant pot saucers?
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2012, 18:04 »

Nope!¬  they do their job very well.  Why the question?

Cheers,   Tony.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2012, 18:05 »
For indoors, the plastic saucers are cheap and OK.

For outdoors, you can get pot feet but they're not necessarily much cheaper than a saucer.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2012, 18:16 »
Cheapest water-catcher for pots has to be ex-supermarket meat trays - not pretty but can be cut down with scissors to make them less noticeable.  :)
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2012, 19:04 »
We use the clear lids off CD and DVD bundles, and odd teacup saucers bought for 10p at jumble sales, some of these can look nice. 

When I lived in the Netherlands I use to use Kwark, (Creamy Yoghurt) pots and the lids.

Something that just come to mind that could be used would be the plastic lids from large coffee jars.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2012, 19:49 »
Thanks, some good ideas there. I'll have another look around the house and garage to see what I can find.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2012, 20:38 »
Had another idea, ask local pubs what they did with their ashtrays, these would make good plant saucers.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2012, 22:11 »
For large pots and containers I use the round metal trays that you find in pubs. You can often get them in charity shops. Having seen the price of plastic saucers in garden centres I got some of the black flower buckets from Morrisons and just cut the bottom inch off with a stanley knife. Makes perfect pot saucers.
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Re: plant pot saucers
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2012, 08:34 »
I decided to get cheap plastic plates (20 x 23cm for £3)  :)
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