they leave the holes out so you can use them to hide ugly smaller pots inside them . it is for lazy people who don't want to bother with planting the plant in a nicer pot . so they buy a nice pot to drop the nursery pot into . in other words people are using the pots as water catching saucers . the holes are there they just havn't been punched through yet . i did the same thing the other day . i forgot to punch the holes in 2 nice pots i planted . then i watered them . it rained that night and the next morning i found my beautiful flowers drowning in a pool of water . i sat the pot on the edge of our fire pit and held it tight with one hand while i drilled the holes with the other hand and a cordless drill . another way to do it if you forgot is to have someone hold the pot while you gently cut the preformed holes open with a utility knife or a sharp knife with a heated tip . needless to say i ended up with water ll over me but it was worth it to save my plants .
