I think the important issue to prevent that is to not EVER get the flower pot
wet.  I think that the clay (or terracotta, or whatever) is rather porous and
heating it causes the water to boil out and BANG!  You could probably bake the
flower pot at home in the oven at a low temperature for a while to make sure all
the water is out of it before you take it camping.

Or at least that's my take ;-)  YPMNEBOTOHIMNMW
(that's Your Pot May Never Explode But On The Other Hand It Might No Matter
What))
Keith

David Beierl wrote:

> At 12:24 10/17/2000, Karl Wolz wrote:
> >I've done the flower pot thing and not had any problems.  Matter of fact, by
> >dad used to do the same thing back in the fifties!
>
> So have I.  Then one day I had a problem (bang).  As I say, my enthusiasm
> abruptly diminished.
>
> :)
> d
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