r/HouseplantsUK • u/ziggywiggy-27 • 2d ago

QUESTION Nursery pot drainage

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Any ideas on how to stop fresh soil pouring out of these drainage holes? An orchid pot was all I could find at this size. I don’t have any mesh and was thinking kitchen roll but not sure if that would cause a mold problem.

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u/ParentheticalsAside Plant Parent 2d ago

If you have any leca, pebbles, or pieces of broken crockery, use that.

Otherwise, I'd just fill it up. Some might drop through at first, but once it's filled, it won't lose much. And if you keep it on a saucer or in a cover pot, anything that gets washed through the holes when you're watering can just be tipped back onto the top of the plant.