"Spider" wrote
Thanks, David, that's a good tip. I've usually lined my aquatic pots with
torn up old tee shirts (there's a limit to how many dusters one can use!),
which keeps the soil in place, but I'll investigate cabbage nets.
I'm not sure I'd want to eat and paddle in water I'd just soiled! At least
chick poo pellets are sterilised. I'll not be too worried, then.

A pet beef of mine is the pots they sell for water plants covered in holes
so the soil washes out. Do water plants need drainage holes? I think not.
Recently I have seen some lily pots that are solid so don't need a liner at
all, actually you could use a bin from a pound shop, I have on occasion. For
example RHS Wisley and others use half dustbins.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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