A hanging pot that drips is a hanging pot that damages whatever is under it. Tiled floors, timber decking, bench surfaces and shop counters all stain when the run-off from a freshly watered pot is left to fall. This hanging flower pot saucer is the part that settles the problem: the moulded body catches what drains through the compost instead of letting it drop, and it does so without the extra tray that has to be bought, aligned and cleaned separately.

The hook is moulded into the same piece, so the pot, the reservoir and the suspension are one unit. That removes the commonest failure in hanging displays, which is a separate saucer worked loose or forgotten during assembly.

Any water held below the compost does useful work rather than running away. In practice this means a hung pot goes longer between waterings, which matters most in the two situations where watering is difficult: pots hung above head height, and rows of pots in a bay where the irrigation line cannot reach every unit evenly.

Two habits keep the arrangement healthy. First, never leave standing water against the base of the compost for long periods, because roots that sit in it will rot; water until the reservoir just fills and then stop. Second, empty the reservoir before winter storage, for the same reason any open container should be emptied before frost.

The saucer has to correspond to the pot diameter, not merely fit inside it. A saucer set too small lets water spill over its edge the moment the pot is over-watered, and one set too large is wasted material and freight. Because this saucer and its pot are supplied as one moulded unit, the sizes listed below already match, so the correct answer is simply to pick the pot diameter the display needs.

For retail displays the sizes are usually mixed on one rail: a large unit at the end, mid sizes through the run, small units at eye level. For growing, a single size per bay is easier to irrigate and to count at harvest.

The applications that need a saucer rather than a plain hanging pot are predictable: entrances and atriums where a dropped drip is immediately visible, retail aisles where stock stands underneath, restaurant and hotel planting where the floor cannot be marked, and residential balconies above a neighbour. In production greenhouses the same units are used above propagating benches, where a drip onto young plants is a disease risk rather than a cosmetic one. The container sits naturally alongside the rest of the greenhouse equipment range and is normally ordered together with planting tools. Growers hanging pots over seedling benches usually combine them with a multi-layer growing bench, so the whole overhead zone drains into one system. Water management in protected cropping is documented by the FAO, and irrigation practice is reported by Greenhouse Grower.

1. Material : PP material,

2. Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, White.

3. Usage Time : can be used for 3 years under normal usage.

4. Scientific design first quality material make it good for permeability and ventilation.

5. Total range of size

Item No.	Description				Carton Package Details
	Top Dia (mm)	Top Dia (inch)	Bottom Dia (mm)	High (mm)	PCS /CTN	Carton Size (cm)	G.W./CTN ( kgs )	CBM /CTN
BP90	90	3.5	60	80	3150	64×55×56	23.55	0.2
BP100	100	4	70	90	1800	51×51×56	19	0.146
BP120	120	4.7	85	105	1000	61×49×53	15.5	0.159
BP130	130	5	88	115	900	53×40×55	15.5	0.117
BP140	140	5.5	95	125	800	57×57×58	16.5	0.189
BP150	150	5.9	105	135	600	61×46×56	15.5	0.157
BP160	160	6.3	110	145	600	65×49×57	18	0.182
BP180	180	7	130	150	450	55×55×58	18	0.176

Q: Does this saucer pot need a separate drip tray underneath?
A: No. The body that receives the compost and the water-holding section below it are moulded as one piece, so there is no separate tray to buy or to align.

Q: How do I water it without leaving the roots standing in water?
A: Water until the lower section just fills and then stop. Empty it before winter storage, since an open container left outdoors will be damaged by ice.

Q: Is the hook included with the saucer?
A: The suspension hook is moulded into the same unit as the pot and the water-holding section, so the complete hanging piece is supplied together.

Q: Which size should I pick for a retail rail?
A: Match the saucer to the pot diameter the display needs rather than choosing the smallest that fits. Sizes are listed below and typically mixed along one rail, with larger units at the ends.

Q: Will it keep water off a bench in a production greenhouse?
A: That is the main reason it is specified above propagating benches, where a drip onto young plants is a disease risk. The held water also lengthens the interval between waterings.

Q: What material is it made from and what colours are available?
A: It is moulded from PP material, uses the same size range as the rest of the hanging pot series, and is supplied in red, yellow, green, orange and white.

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