Terra cotta flower pots?
Terracotta flower pots
I have several plants in terra cotta pots on the outside patio. Some crack/break during the winter cold weather. Apart from bringing them indoors, is there any way to prevent this? Thank you. Anita Freilich
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Do I have to dump all the soil from my flower pots for the Winter, or?
Winter, or can I just remove part of the top layer?
Hi Amf, you might find this article of interest. It is from a Chicago newspaper, and I don't know where you live, but it may have some useful info.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/home/ct-garden-overwinter-containters-qa-home-1126-20151120-story.html
I store them in the garage or shed, I don't even take the soil out, just stack them up. We have really cold winters in general and I have never had one break yet. When I had a big front porch I used to put them under the stairs and they did fine. It may be from ice expansion that you get the pots cracking and breaking apart.
I have terra cotta pots I didn't want to lose, so I filled the cracks with gorilla glue (the brown color), wet the pot and you won't need much as it expands. Sands easy. Than I spray painted them. Good luck🙂
Bring them into the garage , if you don't have one , empty the pots and store them upside down.
wrap them in burlap or old blanket/towels to protect from harsh weather if you cant take them inside.
The freezing weather which expands the soil and water, is causing your pots to crack. I empty mine out if they must be stored in freezing temperatures. Have no problem.
Hi I have various sizes of pots that I have planted with cork screw willow, others have had only seasonal plants in them. In the fall I but them in a semi protected spot out side and tip them on there sides for the winter. That stops the snow and rain from building up and freezing in the pots repeatedly through out my Canadian winter. In the spring I put them upright (after it stops snowing) and return them to the prior spot. They do need a bit of pruning of the tips but I still have beautiful pots for the following year.