Terracotta pot feet

[JennnyFlo]

I want to put these under a number of pots as some contain herbs and need good drainage. Others are on wooden decking and want to discourage the wood rotting under the pots.

Has anyone found a cheap source terracotta pot feet?

Ive bought quite a lot of these, I find them in garden centres the more run down ones are quite cheap sometimes but you have to check

Be mindful that if you have something tall which might blow over in the wind, they dont stop pots blowing over in the same way the cast iron stands do, I have lots of little stands too

I had a load of tomato plants last year in terracotta pots and they blew over tons of times because they were probably too small for the pot and grew too tall, the feet couldnt cope.

Also dont discount the stands with wheels on, lidl or Aldi had a load in last year, very sturdy

Very useful guidance soupyspoon

If you just want to raise them off the ground, you can glue the tops of plastic bottles underneath them.

Terracotta pots are porous so have good drainage anyway. But yes, I can see the issue with standing any pot directly on decking.

Chuchoter

Glued bottle tops, you say. Now there's a heap and cheerful idea.

Bloody marvellous idea..thank you!
I was using slices of old plastic pipe!

Be careful about using the plastic solution though because they will perish very quickly and be more prone to collapsing your pot. Perhaps ok for one summers planting while you find a more permanent solution.

B&Q sell terracotta feet for a few quid. I wonder if glueing bits of broken terracotta to the bases would work?