If 3D printing and plastic bulb pots don't appeal to you, see your friendly neighborhood potter of the traditional, wheel-throwing variety. At our NARGS chapter meetings in Portland, we often admire the bulbs Terry Laskiewicz grows in the pots her partner Stan Gibson, a professional potter, makes especially for such plants. I particularly liked seeing one of the yellow-and-brown Fritillaria species in a pot with a coordinating glaze. I've bought a number of Stan's deep stoneware pots and wide pans for bulbs I need to move around rather than keeping them in my unheated bulb house. They have tasteful, unobtrusive glazes or other surface treatments, and big, sometimes multiple drainage holes. I've also seen some unusual pots made by local artist/gardeners for succulents or aquatic plants, sometimes imitating the textures and forms of the plants they hold. For the plunged pots in the bulb house I use either unglazed terracotta (the harder ones from Italy are best), or plastic mesh pots. The best brand of the latter is Finofil, which is hard to get in the USA but readily available in the UK. Lately I've been searching through the various kinds of mesh pots sold for hydroponic growing, available through "indoor gardening" suppliers, which have become almost as ubiquitous as shops selling the product of indoor gardening since Oregon legalized it. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 9/14/2018 6:18 AM, David Pilling wrote: > Hi, > > On 14/09/2018 12:37, Wylie Young via pbs wrote: >> You are right that the UK/Europe has some good pots for them. > > 3D printing has become a low cost at home reality, so if anyone has a > bright idea for the perfect bulb pot, it is now easy. We'll even put > your design on the PBS website. > > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…