How To Drill a Drain Hole in a Ceramic Pot

Many a charming ceramic pots have been passed up due to the lack of a drainage hole. Sometimes I can’t resist and I buy them regardless, attempting to do the French Drain (where did that term come from?) where you spread rocks in the bottom to provide a reservoir for excess water. Also, many a soggy, dead flowers…

I really didn’t know that there was a ceramic drill bit you could use to drill a nice little hole right through the bottom of a ceramic pot. It looks a little like an arrowhead on the end.

Here’s all you need to get started:

safety goggles

a nail or something hard

drill

ceramic drill bit

something soft to cushion the pot

See the technique right here at Vivelyonline.