Self-Watering Sap Bucket Planters

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I've been using 3 of these for 5 or 6 years and haven't lost a plant yet. They are on the east side of the house, so they don't get sun all day, but with any container you have to choose the right plants for the location.

Do drill a couple holes in the bottom of the container but not in the water resevoir. (Not sure why another reviewer said you have to do that.) If the resevoir overflows, the water goes out the drain holes rather than drowning your plants. You can also water from the top - no big deal. I do this a couple times a week, just to make sure nothing's drying out especially during hot dry spells.

I don't think the plant roots have to reach down to the reservoir. Dirt is in contact with the water, and seems to naturally wick the water upward, far enough for the roots to get it.

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advertised as self watering. Mine came without this feature. They are cute, but overpriced, especially considering I didn't get self watering ones. They are just tin pots.

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Over all, it is really pretty, but the SW part was really difficult to assemble and didn't work well, so I ended up just using without the self watering feature.

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These are perfect for anchoring to our wood railings. I do not use the self watering pieces - just drilled a couple holes at the bottom for drainage. Easy to paint and the simple design does not detract from the plants. I originally ordered 2, they did the job so well I ordered 10 more!

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The pot is too tall and narrow for the self-watering feature to function. It would only work with plants with long, developed root systems, and even that would take some time to fully function.

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The size and function would be great but don't expect it to look like the pictures. In a very short time the nice copper color was gone and now I see rust spots in less than a season.

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I didn't like self watering system, had to figure out myself. Pots looked great on my fence, but some plants dried out too fast and others didn't drain and plants drowned,even though I drilled hole in bottom as instructed. Would recommend not using self waterer and put in other draining options. Love the look though

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The whole system is difficult to figure out, there are no instructions that come with the pots. They hold to much water, you must drill holes through the bottom of the sap bucket as well as the water holding device, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the self water aspect of this item. They turned white almost right away, I am hoping they weather much better then I think they will.

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It took awhile to assemble the self-watering features, although the directions were easy enough to follow. I like the way they look, I don't think the self-watering feature is very reliable however, I continue to have to water the plants despite there being water in the reservoir below. The soil on top still gets dry quickly, not sure why.

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Very, very pleased with how well my summer flowers are growing and overflowing these containers. Really gives a "country feel" to my garden fence.