I have spray painted plastic containers. Best technique is to set up a spray booth with large opened corrugated cardboard box shielding three sides. Container to be sprayed is inverted on an upside down bucket - that's for convenience to get the to-be-sprayed containers up off the ground. Spray first with a primer for better adhesion, then color for second and third coats. Goes very quickly. Just choose a calm, not breezy day. Spray the containers white and that should alleviate the over-heating / getting too dry issues. Won't eliminate, but should help. Judy in New Jersey where it is snowing. Forecast has changed from "ending by 9:00 a.m." to "over by 3:00 p.m." On 2/13/2022 3:32 AM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs wrote: > Hello Mike and All, > > Thank you for your kind words about the Lachenalia pictures. > Just a short notice to answer your questions. I grow almost all my Lachenalia in pots, the ones on the pictures are pot grown. Only if I have too many I try them outside in ground but after 2 seasons it clearly shows that they are by far outperformed by the potted plants. The difficulty I have with the black pots is that they become too dry and too hot in my climate during summer so I have to move the pots to a shady place. > I wrote an article on my way of growing bulbs in pots which will appear in one of the next Bulb Garden issues. > > Bye for now > > Uli > -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>