cheap alternative to pot feet?

[notaflyingmonkey]

Thanks to the lockdown I've been potting up herbs etc like a fiend. However I've now run out of proper clay feet for the pots. Last year I bought some circular foam feet from Amazon, and they were useless, they just compressed under the weight of the pots.

Given the limitations of lockdown, what can I use as a cheap alternative?

Is there a particular reason you need them? I never use them for herbs.

little blocks of wood cut from stuff lying around

Agree that not all herbs will need them. I tend to use feet more from late Autumn to improve drainage should we have a wet winter. Blocks of treated wood might make a good alternative if you have any wood you can cut up.

Pieces of Broken pots

Wow thanks for all the quick responses - I've never posted in gardening before but usually when I post I get maybe one pity response when I start threads elsewhere.

The pots are sat on the decking, and I find they need a lift of some sort to help drain and stop the wood rotting underneath.

I often use a couple of bricks for the heavier pots. But I have a collection of cast iron trivets ( found in charity shops) for the lighter pots.

Would plastic tops from milk containers/squash bottles work? How big are the pots ?

I like the idea of trivets, but plastic bottle tops is inspired - thank you peridito!

I just use bricks for the larger pots.
But generally don't use them. Are they just to provide greater protection from frost, and drainage?
I already stick loads of stones/broken pots in the bottom of pots for drainage.
Garden centres seem to charge a fortune for these 'feet'

Wine bottle corks work well.

I second plastic lids. I use three or four of these per pot and they take the weight of all but the heaviest ones.