Using a plastic plant pot as a pond?

twopenny

That sounds lovely. I like the unusual. People don't have enough fun with gardens.

There's some lovely ideas out there but I can't have all of them

twopenny

Help! I bought the pot. Perfect size and shape but -
It has hidden tiny holes in the bottom.
Is there anything I can securely fill them with? I have gorilla glue?

wort

when when miss Dimmock used to make a water feature out of buckets , she would drill a hole for the pump then fill round the edges with sealant , so I’m sure you could plug the tiny holes with sealant ..?

Davesnave

I don't know Gorilla glue, but small holes I'd do with Araldite after roughening around them to get it to stick.....or glass fibre resin if I had no Araldite. Works on my rusty weld on the van roof!

twopenny

I hadn't thought of araldite or resin. Id sort of resigned myself to buying a liner because it's going to be a begger to reseal since sunk and full of water.
I did look at the sealant and saw it pealing away from the smooth plastic.
Food for thought. Thanks. 

Davesnave

Larger holes might  be filed with blobs of stuff like this. Works even underwater. I use it for heavy duty sticking, like fixing shower panels to walls and inclined-to warp-windowsills etc.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/CT1-0304423-Sealant-Construction-Adhesive/dp/B00F8CK7T4/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_1285150262?_encoding=UTF8&hvadid=223168629794&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045658&hvnetw=g&hvpone=&hvpos=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvrand=9232197572528751717&hvtargid=pla-467327670397&ie=UTF8&linkCode=df0&psc=1&psc=1&tag=googshopuk-21&th=1

Other brands are available....with shorter links too!

twopenny

That looks good Dave. I've got to go to the builders merchants, I'll scan the shelves. Also need an order from Amazon.

These are tiny holes but plenty of them. They are aranged around a moulding in the base and are verticle. Being the pots were stacked also and most plastic ones you have to drill your own holes the whole thing escaped me.

This tub if I can dig deep enough through the rocks and stone is big enough for a dwarf waterlilly and I know I won't be able to get around to the fancy pond I want for a year or two.

Apodemus

Might be worth doing the maths on all this - by the time you have bought some resin to use as a sealant, you might be cheaper buying another pot, without holes! 

Davesnave

As above, there's also:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rectangular-Bucket-Equine-Stable-Trough/dp/B08BKXDFKX/ref=asc_df_B08BKXDFKX/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=430833542536&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7774162118443756927&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045301&hvtargid=pla-930577441560&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=100431049419&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=430833542536&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7774162118443756927&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045301&hvtargid=pla-930577441560

I'm buying DB a galvanised horse trough for her birthday. It will need holes as it's to be used as a planter, but I'll drill them carefully so if we decide to use it differently, it'd just a nut, bolt and washer job.

Apodemus

Davesnave said:

I'm buying DB a galvanised horse trough for her birthday. It will need holes as it's to be used as a planter, but I'll drill them carefully so if we decide to use it differently, it'd just a nut, bolt and washer job.

Nothing shows affection like a galvanised horse trough!   ...although I confess I was once guilty giving my fiancee a pair of wellies for her birthday!     (In my defence, they were expensive wellies and she still has them nearly 40 years later!)