How do I punch a drainage hole in ceramic flower pots?

I purchased some ceramic flower pots at the dollar store and they have no drainage hole, suprise, suprise!! I have already tried drilling a hole with a masonry bit and got nowhere. My dad said ceramic is too hard and i will just dull the bit or ruin the motor with the drill and said to try to chizel a hole. Would this work or is there another way?

Answer:

Almost all pots need a hole at the bottom. What type of plant do you want to put in it? When you get your plant, research it a bit and/or ask the nursery staff, and they'll tell you if it needs to be in soil with good drainage. If drainage doesn't really matter then your plant should be fine without the hole.

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Here's what worked for me: A while age, I got a ceramic pot with a plant inside of a plastic liner. Later on, I wanted to use the ceramic pot for a flowerpot. Fortunately, under the ceramic glaze, the pot was red clay. I just turned the pot over and used my Phillip's screwdriver to hand-screw a hole through the bottom. Just a bit of pressure caused the point to penetrate the glaze. Then I just kept twisting the screwdriver from side to side until the screwdriver came through the other side. It didn't crack because I was careful not to apply too much pressure at once. Hope this helps.