T4U 15CM Self Watering Plant Pots, Plastic Plant Pots Pack
T4U 15CM Self Watering Plant Pots, Plastic Plant Pots Pack of 4, Self Watering Planter with Water Level Indicator, White Plant Pots Indoor Outdoor, Indoor Plant Pots for House Plants Flower Herb
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Coco Coir Moss Pole
| Weight: | 624 g |
| Brand: | T4U |
| Model: | PG1310-M |
| Colour: | White |
I am steadily transferring my orchid collection into these pots. Using Leca they are ideal and take the problem of when to water away by virtue of the water level indicator. i recommend them.
I found these to be just as good as the small Lecuza ones. They work on exactly the same principle and are a larger capacity and excellent value for money. I have a number of various size Lecuza ones but for the smaller size ones these are just as good.
Perfect as plant pots, but don’t expect the floating water level thing to work, once the soil is in you would have to over water the plant to have it well at the bottom.
Admittedly, it seems the self watering would only be feasible if either the roots extended into the reservoir or if a ribbon/string extended from the roots into the reservoir BUT it’s excellent for allowing proper drainage when watering.
The device for measuring water can be excluded from set up but if kept, doesn’t look too bad.
I’ve included two photos: one that shows the device and another that has it tucked away between the foliage and serves as a reference for the size as compared to an average candle.
These pots are very light, and it didn’t come with an instruction, one of the tubes was really hard, and I would not get it out, through the “platform”. other then that it’s easy to use, very lightweight plastic pots, but looks great from a distance.
What you do is you take a stanley knife and cut away at one of the small outer osmosis holes in the ComSaf insert. Don’t remove too much. Take your third of a straw. Cut little snips into one end. Get some nail glue and swipe it around the base of a funnel. Push the snipped end, of the straw, onto the funnel and hold it in place until it is good and stuck. Poke the other end, of the straw, a little way into the hole you cut in the ComSaf insert (not too far or it will be under the surface of your planting medium). Then you can fill the pot (I’ve gone off soil/coir and all that – I’m getting better results with stuff like Lechuza Pon and puffed volcanic rock) with medium and plant and water it directly into the reservoir via the funnel! Another thing I love about these pots is that you can use the inserts in other cover pots. Not if the cover pot is bigger than the insert but if the insert is slightly bigger – it’s really easy to trim with scissors. I wish I could buy the inserts on their own, actually! They need to be a snug fit, with all four feet and the bottom of the water level indicator touching the base of the cover pot, but they are really easy to sheer off a couple of millimeters around the edge. Yes – please make sure the water level indicator base, and the feet, are all at the same level else the readings will be completely skewed and you’ll be habitually under/over filling the reservoir!
Please sell me the inserts on their own, ComSaf!