Bulb pots, was Repotting Rodophilia
Jane McGary (Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:32:04 PDT)

If 3D printing and plastic bulb pots don't appeal to you, see your
friendly neighborhood potter of the traditional, wheel-throwing variety.
At our NARGS chapter meetings in Portland, we often admire the bulbs
Terry Laskiewicz grows in the pots her partner Stan Gibson, a
professional potter, makes especially for such plants. I particularly
liked seeing one of the yellow-and-brown Fritillaria species in a pot
with a coordinating glaze. I've bought a number of Stan's deep stoneware
pots and wide pans for bulbs I need to move around rather than keeping
them in my unheated bulb house. They have tasteful, unobtrusive glazes
or other surface treatments, and big, sometimes multiple drainage holes.
I've also seen some unusual pots made by local artist/gardeners for
succulents or aquatic plants, sometimes imitating the textures and forms
of the plants they hold.

For the plunged pots in the bulb house I use either unglazed terracotta
(the harder ones from Italy are best), or plastic mesh pots.  The best
brand of the latter is Finofil, which is hard to get in the USA but
readily available in the UK. Lately I've been searching through the
various kinds of mesh pots sold for hydroponic growing, available
through "indoor gardening" suppliers, which have become almost as
ubiquitous as shops selling the product of indoor gardening since Oregon
legalized it.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 9/14/2018 6:18 AM, David Pilling wrote:

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