Moisture can cause a ceramic flower pot to crack during the cold winter season.
Glazed ceramic freeze winter.
Plus ceramic has no capacity for expansion and will likely crack as the soil it contains freezes and expands.
While the coating on ceramic pots keeps the moisture out for the most part small chips or cracks will still allow some in.
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No warranty against freeze damage.
In the winter homeowners typically take measures to protect their flowers and plants but many overlook protecting their flower pots from the cold temperatures.
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Some glaze manufacturers will even guarantee their modern product through.
That means they ll absorb water and crack when they freeze.
Chances are if you are selecting a wood plank type ceramic tile it will be a porcelain tile and freeze thaw stable.
Drainage holes can become clogged by sitting on a flat surface that blocks water from draining.
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Other types of ceramic tile such as vitreous body tiles can be freeze thaw stable as long as the body of the tile has less than 3 absorption.
Ceramic pots are clay pots but with glazing.
They are often glazed on the outside but not on the inside.
The glaze on the pots protect them from the cracking that can occur on unglazed pots during cold winter weather and in mild climates cold damage is rarely a concern.
Storing ceramic containers for winter.
Glazed ceramic pots still tend to crack if moisture is in them.
In the modern commercial glaze formula which bind better with the water molecules and prevent easy separation and freezing.
Much like terracotta and clay pots it is not a good idea to store ceramic pots outside in the winter.
The main reason glazed ceramic pots crack in the winter time is that they don t drain properly and water fills up the pot freezes expands and the pot cracks you can see an example of this above.