Specialty Gardening: Modifying terracotta and other pots, 1 by woofie

woofie wrote:
I just used enamel spray paint on my terra cotta pots and it seems to work just fine. One of my large terra cotta pots had broken in half, so I glued it back together, strapped it with large tie-wraps and painted over everything, inside and out (I did use a coat of spray primer first). That was about 4 years ago and the pot is still just fine.

And if you find a plastic pot that you like, but aren't happy with the color, or just want to jazz up an old nursery pot, there's this wonderful spray paint from Krylon called "Fusion" that is made especially for plastic. It bonds to the plastic. I tried it when it first came out and the pots I painted are still in good shape, no chipping or peeling.

Here's my broken pot: