Tip-Top Flower Pots: Maximize limited space to grow plants and flowers!

Step 5: Assemble the stake and PVC.

Insert the stake through both PVC sections, being sure that the PVC sections are perpendicular to one another. The stake should go all the way through the bottom PVC section and into the drainage hole so that it is flush with the surface underneath the 12" pot.

Make sure the stake is standing as straight as possible. Adjust as needed.

Comments

[IDmom]

How do the holes need to be drilled for the stake to go through causing the pots to lean? I'm sure the hole and stake placements have something to do with making the pots lean, but I can't picture it. Please explain for this newbie, thanks!

[jholland]

I used pots with drainage holes already since drilling these holes in terra cotta may prove difficult to do without cracking the pot. If you are going to drill the holes yourself in terra cotta, I would suggest soaking the pot in water for a couple hours before hand and using a small drill bit working your way up to larger bits. The holes should be in the center of the pots on the bottom. As long as the holes are large enough, the pots will naturally lean. Does that make since?

[knittinandnoodlin]

Great instructable! I just bought a kit for this at the Philadelphia Flower Show - such a cool idea to stack flower pots! Your instructions/photos are really clear - good work!