Can't find any flower pot saucers for waters-What else can I use?

[FrenchToast]

I bought some 5 gallon pails and lids to make some waters then went to the garden center to get the plastic saucers for the bottoms.
No store I checked with carries them. Now all the saucers are built in to the pot!!

Does anyone know where I can find some or what else can I use for the bottoms???

Thanks-What would I do without all of you !!!

 

[Missy821]

I bought some this weekend at True Value/Ace Hardware!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

i saw on here somewhere, where someone used an oil pan from the auto parts store ???? But i am real surprised you cannot find the plant trays -- lowes, home depot, walmart, all have there stuff out there now, ace hardware

 

[catdaddy66]

I found none at Lowes this past weekend either. I had one at home and shangheid it from the wife's flower pot

and made a very good waterer (I think) w/ it.

 

[FrenchToast]

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I used to buy them all the time at Walmart but now the pot and saucer are snapped together, you can't buy them seperate. I checked Menards which is like a Home Depot and Lowes here in Wi and they don't have them. I also checked at the Fleet Farm and none there either.
I will check out Home Depot but I doubt they would have them seperate either. I've never seen them there in the past.
I'm looking for the plastic saucers not Clay which I think you can get at some garden centers.

I might look at the feed store and see what the bigest rubber feed bowl size is but I don't want it that tall. I looked for a puppy feed pan but couldn't find one.
Any other ideas?

 

[silkiechicken]

If you have lids for these buckets that fit snugly, I'd look into using poultry water nipples.

 

[Matt A NC]

I just bought some at family dollar or it may have been dollar general.

You can use a small wash tub of anything similar.

Matt

 

[rubyrogue]

i bought one at lowes for my feeder. it was outside in the garden center. but i made my waterer like this one
http://toolmakingart.com/2008/06/10/chicken-feeders/

 

[Siler]

Here in Indiana we have both Old Time Pottery and The Flower Factory, but I see that you don't have either in Wisconsin. Do you have anything like that there? I have many pots and separate saucers from Old Time Pottery. They sell the saucers separate.

 

[Humhill]

I just got the stuff to finish making mine last night. I ended up with a plastic oil pan from the auto department. They also had a metal dog feed pan in the pet section that would've worked.



Feed Pan:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bergan-Basics-Pet-Platter-1-ct/10317240