Yup. :thumbsup:

In my 5 gallon buckets, I have around 10 x 1/2" holes in the bottom, and 4 or five holes around the sides, from half way down...to near to the bottom. Air ports (holes) are unnecessary above the half-full mark. No, the soil does not 'leak-out' of the holes.

Also, drainage rocks are very important, but I quit putting the rocks inside of my pots. I now keep the rocks in the tray under the pot. (actually, yesterday I cut a milk crate down and cut it into 5" x 5" pieces, to fit into the bottom trays. Rocks can make the pot sit funny...this remedies that problem) I do this for all sizes of pots, because I got tired of picking rocks out of the roots when transplanting. Works great, and I have approx. 15% more rootspace now. Keeps the pot up out of the tray so I can better see runoff, too. Prevents overfilling, or at the very least...I can see a disaster coming, with enough time to do something about it. :jointsmile: