SAND MINE Self Watering Planter White Flower Pot (6, XL)

Have bought 2 sets so far and just ordered 2 more. Using these for hybrid hydroponics type plants (those that can take a lot of water). Great solution so we don't have to worry about plants being watered if we travel during the summer. Highly recommend!

I can't say enough good things about these pots. They are easy to assemble. They work like a dream. Every plant i put in these thrives and develops a robust root system for me to transplant to a bigger pot. They work best for young plants you are trying to establish, or small plants that like water which you don't have time for. The soil stays the perfect pH, but plenty of air to keep bacteria and fungus from killing your plants. I use these as a sort of "preschool" home for my baby plants which I have water-propagated or seedlings that need lots of humidity. If you use these pots before planting your young plants, they grow a strong root system. This reduces shock on the plant when re-potting. Re-potting is a breeze- they just slide right out, no broken roots.The white is so classy! Great pots to rehab dried out plants too. It offers this unique method of drenching the plant in hydration while safely aerating the soil and roots. Not to mention plants LOVE to be watered from below- natural system they are use to.CONS: These are 4" pots. The outer shell is 6 inches, and there is a 2 inch gap from the walls, so don't plan to re-pot a 6-inch plant in here. It's too small. You can reduce the soil ball to fit, if you have a plant in rehab. Works great for that.Also, they don't snap closed. So, the black holder in the middle tends to wobble if you hold it wrong. It's really not that big of a deal though because you get use to how to securely pick them up. It needs water replaced once a week or so, therefore it sorta needs to come off easily and check health of the plant.

I wanted to use them with leca, but I can't tell where the water level is with these. Even if I take the pot out then put it back in, it's very hard to tell with displacement taken into account where the water level will end up. I guess it's okay if you want to use the wicks, but if you just want leca to be your wick, nah, impossible to tell the water level. I ended up using the net pots in other containers and drilled holes in the white part of the pot to use for regular soil plants.

These planters would be perfect for your indoor garden. I liked the look of these but I wanted them for my herbs that I grow. They were just a little to big for my indoor greenhouse. They would be a great item to have but I had to return mine.

I was gifted a set of pots that looked like this a few years ago and love them so when I saw these I purchased them thinking I was getting a steal of a deal. Well unfortunately, I failed to notice the dimensions were MUCH smaller than anticipated. So I do think these pots are great for herbs or other small plants because they fit nicely on the windowsill and they get evenly watered continuously without constant attention. Just make sure you realize these are very small. The inner pot will hold about a 4 inch plant? My much larger set has held up well even outdoors so hopefully these will too.

Just keep filled with water and fertilizer and they rake care of themselves.

I use these with all my plants. I first purchased them for a few seedlings that I had purchased. The orchids loved them as the leaves don't get wet and die off. The water in the bottom of the pot waters just the roots and the orchids seem to love them. I have purchased multiple sized of these pots as my plants grow I have the next size up and ready to place into the new pot size. Yes I will definitely buy again I love these pots.

Even though these are listed as 'XL' they are smallish to me as the inner pot is only 4in by 3.5in deep. Those inner pots fit the outer pot well and have excellent ventilation slits as well. The 'perk' is that a 5in net pot with a small edge will fit the outer pot as well with plenty of room for the resevoir as well. The true negative the the use of cotton as the self-watering wick. Because it is organic, it will decompose and attract mold and other 'badness' to the plant. This problem is easily worked around by using a strip of microfiber cloth which is both extremely wicking and nonorganic. If these pots woukd have come with an inch-wide strip of microfiber cloth instead of the rope-like cotton wick I would have said they were perfect. I have purchased 3 sets and may need more in the future.