Best (cheapest) place to buy plain old plant pots?

calisto

I have a flourishing pile of tomatoes and chilis I have propagated and want to pot them. I know I can just shovel them in grow bags, but because of the late start I expect I will have to bring them inside to over-winter and so want them in pots.

Where can I get a pile of cheap plastic pots? I've looked in the ASDA, online, B&Q and Wilkos, and they do all these plant-tray things, and ornamental pots, pot movers on wheels, etc. I don't need ornamental or real terracota. I just want cheap as chips plastic pots in a bulk pack?

Also, what size pots are recommended? I have the chillis single seed per tray and only 9 of them, and the toms are 3 to 4 per propagator tray (approx 100 seeds divided into 30 trays). The toms need more space urgently, the chillis can cope for a few more weeks I imagine.

Bizarrely the B&Q website shows exactly what I want as an Icon 'Growing Pots & Saucers', but then only has a pile of useless stuff and no pots.

I would probably end up using large yoghurt pots and ice-cream tubs, but don't have the appetite to get through them all... :rotfl:

Davesnave

Ask on Freecycle or Freegle. In my experience, people frequently have a number of large pots they don't want to just throw away.

I've moved to growing toms in polythene pots, like these:
http://www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk/Black-Polythene-Polypot-Plant-Containers-PRDPOTS001/

They sit better on the floor of the polytunnel and they're therefore more stable.

Morrisons sell black flower buckets quite cheaply too, but they're not large enough for most of the toms I grow. OK for larger chillis/sweet peppers.

jammy_dodger

you could try local garden centre, the ones near me have a large crate or skip filled with free to a good home pots to give away

in various sizes may be worth a look

like the idea of the plastic bag pots too davesnave cheers

Foxy0810

You can get plastic bag pots in wilkinsons they come in packs of two and are very good/strong I'd highly recommend them too

Leif

The Morrisons flower pots will do you, but you might have to ask them to put a pack together, about £1 for 10 I think. They need drilling in the base, and they are not very strong, but good enough for toms and chillis. You council tip might have pots too. I got some self watering containers for pennies, compared to £6-8 new. They are faded from the sun, and they were a bit smelly, but leaving them outside for a while cures that.

LilMissEmmylou

poundworld that is where I got all of mine

valk_scot

If you want big containers. use growbags. You'll undoubtably be buying compost to fill your pots anyway so buy growbags, cut them in half crossways across the middle, stand the two halves upright, stab a few drainage holes in the bottom and plant away. They're as sturdy as most cheap pots.

savemoney

My wilkos sells plant pots and saucers. If you have a Boyes store they sell them

peter_the_piper

We sell all the second hand large pots for a donation to the local hospice, same with used compost bags.

WeaselPop

Not sure what size pots you want but I'd go for:

- Free ones from your local nursery (usually a box of free pots outside where you can help yourself)

- 6 inch pots from Poundland (6 for £1)

- 4 inch pots from Poundland (10 for £1)

- Flower pots from Morrisons (usually about 10 for 99p)

HTH

sassyblue

calisto wrote: »

I have a flourishing pile of tomatoes and chilis I have propagated and want to pot them. I know I can just shovel them in grow bags, but because of the late start I expect I will have to bring them inside to over-winter and so want them in pots.

You can't overwinter the tomatoes inside they just die off don't they? I understand if you kept them warm and dry they might last longer than a damp greenhouse but then they'd be too tall wouldn't they??

Poundland is good for pots.