Painting Flower Pots

[Furbit]

I bought a huge cheap pot with a marking in the clay and decided to
paint it. I used oil based enamel and left portions open to allow the
pot to breathe. I thought maybe if I painted the whole outside of the
pot it would promote fungi from the moisture seeping into the clay and
standing there. Has anyone ever had a fungus problem with painted pots?
Is there another reason not to paint flower pots? I made red stripes on
mine.

Furbit

[Bob]

A painted flower pot will be no more subject to fungus infection that a
plastic pot (which does not breathe and is thus also more subject to fungus
infection that a non-painted clay pot). However, if you do not overwater,
you should not have problems with most plants. The other disdavantage is
the paint on the exterior of a clay pot will likely deteriorate in time, and
you end up with a ratty looking pot. I like the looks of clay pots, and I
like the moisture retaining quality of a plastic pot, so I "paint" the
interior of the clay pot with black asphaltum type tree wound compound.
Works very well and lasts a long time.
Bob

[vincent p. norris]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:55:36 GMT, "Bob" <rob...@sonic.net> wrote:
>........ I like the looks of clay pots, and I

>like the moisture retaining quality of a plastic pot, so I "paint" the
>interior of the clay pot with black asphaltum type tree wound compound.
>Works very well and lasts a long time.
>Bob

Have you tried putting a plastic bag inside the pot, poking a hole in
the bottom, and after putting the soil in, trimming off the excess?

I did that with a hanging black wire baskets with the sphagnum (?)
lining, and it seemed to work very well. I didn't have to water
nearly so often.

vince norris