Yes, you can plant them in pots without holes.

Thanks, buyorsell. I just found some fabric plant containers. Has anyone used those? Do the roots go through the fabric?
sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: Fabric pots

Hi Sherry, Yes you can put Pickerel in a pot without holes, but it most likely will jump out the top & escape that way. Those fabric pots are very interesting, let us know if you buy them how they do.
Regards
Dianne

My pickeral are in plastic pots with a few holes in the bottom. The try to 'jump pot' every summer, but I do trim their roots each fall and divide them every other year in the spring. They come back like crazy here.
S

Hmmmm whats the secret? My pickerel has a mass of roots filling every square inch of a five gallon pot with some holes in it. But all I get is a handful of shoots and leaves at any given time.

It is perhaps my most pathetic plant but I just cant put it out of its misery. Is it the hot hot summers here in zone 9 Arizona?

I have used just about anything you can name to plant plants in and I like the cloth ones best. I priced them a few days ago and at $3.00 each and needing quite a few I decided that I didn't need them quite that bad. Maybe someone can find some cheaper, if so let us know. Lily roots will not grow through them. I don't know about other kinds of roots though. Glenda

azponder,
It sounds like your plant has outgrown the pot and is suffocating itself. I have to thin my pickerill rush every single year, and it stills gets crowded.

azponder, I have been hunting fabric planters for a cheaper price. I've found that azponds has them for a pk of 2 for 5.98 or 99 and they are 10 inch square. That is what I use. And that is the cheapest price I can find. Another place I found them they were $9.00 each pack of 2. or $8.00 per pack if you buy 6 or more.If I can find the right kind of fabric, might just start making them. Glenda

Do people like fabric planters, because you can just cut it off when you thin them? Do they stand up in the pond though? (and not fall over).

Sandy they do stand up in the pond. They conform to the bottom of the pond and can't tip over. They are easy to pick up, just by grasping the sides. The roots don't grow through them and the roots growing in them made it so tight, that I did have to cut them to get them off the plants. (This was after 3 years growth.) I took a knife and started on one side just cutting through the material and across the bottom and up the other side. Then just picked up and broke the big square mass of plants and roots in half. I thought it was really easy. And all you have to do then is wash the dirt off the roots and go from there. Glenda

Thanks Glenda,
I hate trying to cut overgrown plants out of their pots. Its really hard. How expensive do those fabric ones tend to be? They sound much more easy to use than lifting a pot without a lip. Actually, what I really want is a small crane. ;)

http://www.watergarden.org/s.nl/sc.2/category.27/.f?partner=WG azponds.com and 123ponds.com are a few. Cheapest is azponds 10x10x10 are about $3.00 each in packs of 2. The first site is 3.49 each round 8x10 and 123ponds have them 10x10x10 for $4.50 each or $4.00 if you order 6 or more packs. Also packs of 2. Can't remember what the 8x8x8 in sizes cost at azponds and 123ponds. If anyone knows where to get them cheaper please let us know. Of course the above is plus shipping. Glenda

How many of you have access to a sewing machine and can sew? Just curous. I can attempt to tell you how to make your own for probably less than $.50 each. And probably make in less than 15 min. If interested I can email you if you like. Glenda

I sure want everyone to know how much I appreciate all this information.
Glenda, I would love to know how to make the pots. I have a roll of landscape fabric that I think would work. I'm still going to order a few to start out with since my pickerel has got to get repotted soon. I like the fact that they conform to the bottom of the pond. That's been one of my main problems - my pond bottom isn't very level where I want to put my plants. (excuse #2 to dig a bigger pond.)
Sherry

If you already have the landscape fabric. You can make a planter or several before you could order one online, and won't have to wait for it to arrive. Cut a piece of landscape fabric 30 in by 30 in. Fold it in half. Cut a 10in x 10in square out of the two corners opposite the fold. The shaded areas on the diagram. Open this up and you will have a big cross. Fold each side up and sew the 4 edges together using a zig-zag stitch or overcast stitch, backstitching each end to keep from raveling. I have drawn a diagram and am enclosing a picture I took of it. The proceedure is so simple, but my instructions may not be. This makes the 10x10x10 in. planter. And the tops can be folded down to make it shorter. You can use different measurements if you want to make it a different size Glenda

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Very nice, thanks Glenda! Think I will give it a shot!

Thanks Glenda! Great drawing and very understandable!
I do have a sewing machine, although I'm not the greatest sewer (haha.....sew-er). Do we just use regular thread and a regular needle? This would be so much cheaper than buying them!

I would use a good quality synthetic strong thread (Coates) comes to mind. Not some from the grocery or dollar store. Don't want it to go break'n on you. Hope that lots of people will take advantage of this. When I first started thinking about this, I got to thinking that it would probably cost 3.00 to make one. Then when I realized what they are made of and got to pricing landscape fabric knew that I was waaaay off-track. If someone can't make them for themselves. Starting in June Hubby is going in for a knee replacement and I should have about 3 months that I can sew my heart out. Maybe too late for this season, but there's always the next.Glenda

Thank you sooooo much, Glenda. I think I have nylon thread and heavy duty needles already, so hopefully I can make several by the weekend. We really appreciate your sharing.
Sherry

Anyone get any of these pots made this weekend? How did it go?? Actually these can be sewn by hand if you don't have a sewing machine. Just use a buttonhole stitch. Glenda

Glenda, I haven't had a chance yet, but I did bring the landscape fabric in and have all the materials and your pattern ready to go. Now, I just have to find the time.
Thanks again, and I'll let you know how they turn out.
Sherry

Sherry, got any extra pickeral? I raised my pots from the bottom yesterday and my pickerl all look like mush. I guess I'll give them a chance, but they don't look good :( S