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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Repo Wench)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Gravel for Drainage
Message-ID: <1201@dual.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 15:47:27 EST
Article-I.D.: dual.1201
Posted: Mon Jan 27 15:47:27 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jan-86 04:19:23 EST
References: <1570@mtgzy.UUCP>
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Summary: Try pot shards!

In article <1570@mtgzy.UUCP>, seb@mtgzy.UUCP (s.e.badian) writes:

=> 	I usually put some small pebbles in the bottom of each of my
=> houseplant pots when I repot to make sure the plant has good drainage.
=> I've been having trouble finding gravel in sufficient quantities.
=> I find small bags of gravel in the gardening sections of home
=> center stores, but nothing very big. Can someone suggest a substitute?

You mean you've never broken a pot???  :-)

Seriously, I just use pieces of broken pots (like after the cat chased a fly
and knocked the pot off the windowsill).  If they're too big to use as they
are, go after them with a hammer.

     Helen Anne      {ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,ucbvax,sun}!dual!hav

            /* This is a disclaimer.  I deny it all.  Period. */

Hey, there's a great future as a fry cook!  I could be manager in two years.