Self-Watering Sap Bucket Planters

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We have a driveway with a white picket fence alongside it, and I thought these sap buckets would dress it up. I bought 3 and affixed them to the fenceposts with a long screw, which has held them well. I was a bit confused by the self watering system set up instructions, they were not very clear, but I "winged it" and it seems fine. My plants grew pretty big and lush (celosia, petunias and sage) and it was nice to not worry about watering the containers daily in the hot summer. I left the planters out there this winter, and filled them with greenery, pinecones and added a decorative swag to the front, and they are the perfect holiday touch as you come up our driveway. I would buy more of these for other areas of our garden, as I love the look against the picket fence.

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I plan to try these again next year and will plant the plants much deeper in the pot. They dried out very easily and I ended up having to water them every day (even when the reservoir was full). These pots have a hole punched in the side for hanging, but come with nothing to hang them with. They look great, though!

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Very attractive, but the self-watering system is poor. The system is not the one described in the directions and does not self-water until the roots have had time to grow to the bottom. Also, for drainage, instructions tell you to drill holes in bottom. Annoying. Nonetheless, I have 3 of the buckets, filled with flowers, mounted on my weathered fence, and they are stunning!

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Like most people we are not using the self watering feature because it did not drain at all and the plants were stooping in water. We drilled holes in the bottoms. They look really nice but they are not self watering. I'd have to say this is pricey for a plant container.

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I really like this planter. I have a small terrace and I have this hanging on my railing to maximize the space for gardening. It has been great thus far.

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I bought two of these "sap buckets" -- one to use as a vase on my back porch -- the other as a planter -- they look great -- I think they're wonderful!

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I love the look of them and while the design was pretty self explanatory, the cover to the water reservoir kept popping off whenever I would push it down into the container. It only happened to one of the three buckets I purchased, so it may have just been a problem with one of the clips. The tube was also a little unwieldy. Once that was done (all in all, only 20-25 minutes to assemble 3 buckets), they were easy to put up on my fences and brighten up the side of my yard to much - I really love them.

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Assembly of plastic grid into pail and attachment of water fill tube were difficult. Tube is TOO SHORT for the bucket, when it is firmly attached to the grid. Once securely installed, top of fill tube is 3 inches below rim of bucket. It was hard to plant annuals and stay away from cap on fill tube. Potting soil ended up covering the cap, which will make filling the tube with water very difficult.

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after filling the reservoir, we had a few days of rain. my daughter was taking care of the gardening for us while we were away, and she didn't know that the water could build up and cause the plant to rot. i've pourd out the water, but i'm not sure the plants will recover.

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We found the instructions less than adequate about how to put together and use the watering features of the sap buckets. Some attention to this would be greatly helpful to future purchasers.